But didn't the Doctor also marry River? I think that's a whole other level on this discussion.
Ncuti Gatwa is the 15th Doctor
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Fandom is a delicate bubble that, once in a while, needs to be pricked.
Nope. What you wrote doesn't apply to humans and also doesn't apply to the Doctor. A middle age guy falling in love with a minor is creepy and wrong. You don't have to accept it all. Some can be wrong while others are OK. Same with the Doctor.
When humans are more like pets to any Time Lord, romantic love is creepy. At least to me. Maybe you're alright with that. There can be a type of love between a human and a pet or a Time Lord and a human but it's not a romantic type.
River might be a grey area. More than a regular person but not a full Time Lord either. It worked for me, but YMMV.
I'm just describing the relationship based on relative lifespans and intelligence. True, only Missy has that explicitly but I think it's accurate. My daughter had pet mice awhile back. They lived for about a year. Or roughy 1/70 of our life. And they had no conception of the larger world outside their cage. What was happening much less why.
Of course, we cared for them, protected them, and were sad when they died. Kind of reminded me of the companions!
It's all relative! But it really has to do with the differences in life experiences and power dynamics. Just like it is in a work place or between teachers and students.
Sylvester McCoy approves as well
And the other Scot too
And the other Scot too
^^Brilliant.
Colin Baker offers his congratulations...and promptly apologizes for misspelling Ncuti's name.
^^^Being from Glasgow, i am lucky if i can say his name correctly never mind spell it.......i was pronnuncing it as Nic--U--Tee Gatwa.......i was treating the Nc as a Mc, as in McDonalds, don't hate me!, i'm Scottish. lol
Hey, I’m from South Africa where names beginning with N are common and I was confused about how to pronounce it. I thought it would be pronounced ng-KOO-tee. But I’m not actually familiar with Rwandan names so I guess they have very different language rules.
I kinda want Saoirse Ronan to be announced as his companion now.
That would be wonderful but I'm also all for her as The Doctor and not just for her name. She's a wonderful actress and has a killer Irish accent. She's great at madcap adventures, too.
Hell, we haven't had an Irish Doctor yet so even more reason for her!
I think she’s probably too well-established as a movie star to play The Doctor
Same could be said about Brian Cox, Benedict Cumberbatch, Sean Bean (for Snowpiercer), Jennifer Connelly, Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, and I'm sure I'm forgetting plenty of others. The day and age of either or television has long since past.
But I get your point. It's just a matter of what kind of projects Ronan wants to do.
Unless you're saying she's "too" famous to be The Doctor to which I say pish posh to that!
But I get your point. It's just a matter of what kind of projects Ronan wants to do.
Unless you're saying she's "too" famous to be The Doctor to which I say pish posh to that!
Since Mandip Gill has 'walked back' the certainty of her departure, I want Yaz to become a 'carryover Companion' like Ben/Polly, Sarah Jane, Tegan/Nyssa/Adric, Peri, Mel, Rose, and Clara.
Back in February at Gallifrey One, I was in a very small group chat with Mandip and it kind of slipped out then that she might not be leaving in the Centenary special. It started with a slip of her saying that she spoke with RTD and grew from there. It wasn't definite. And it doesn't mean that she's a carryover companion. But she might be in RTD's first episode. It could be more, I suppose.
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