Re: Helen Mirren wants to portary The Doctor (Tongue-in-cheek? You dec
But there is a difference, isn't there? Because Superman, James Bond and Captain Kirk are all set in one shape. In-universe, James Bond always looks the same, wether played by Connery, Moore or Brosnan. To Spock (even more specific, Spock Prime) young James Kirk always looks the same, no matter wether he's played by Shatner or Pine.
But the Doctor changes his shape. When he's about to regenerate in "The Parting of the Ways", he tells Rose he could end up with two heads, or no head, implying he could even regenerate into a non-humanoid shape. A female regeneration therefore isn't that much of a stretch.
As for "Would it work for the audience", well, I guess you'd have to try. I remember some fans complaining back when David Tennant was cast, saying he was too young to play the Doctor. Now we have an even younger Doctor in Matt Smith, and all's fine. Well, not all, if you ask me, but the age of the actor playing the Doctor is not among the "not fine" things.
One of the lovely things about a long-running show like DW is, you can experiment. I'd say, try it out, maybe if they do a year of specials again, have a year with four or five specials instead of a whole series and have the Doctor be female this time. If the audience accepts it, keep her, if it doesn't work, have another regeneration at the end of the last special.
I know, if you grow up with a character, you're beginning to loathe change. And since change is a necessity, you accept it, but still want as little as possible.
But I find it very limiting to say "Oh, no, not that" before it was even tried. Especially to the world of Doctor Who, where anything is supposed to be possible.
But there is a difference, isn't there? Because Superman, James Bond and Captain Kirk are all set in one shape. In-universe, James Bond always looks the same, wether played by Connery, Moore or Brosnan. To Spock (even more specific, Spock Prime) young James Kirk always looks the same, no matter wether he's played by Shatner or Pine.
But the Doctor changes his shape. When he's about to regenerate in "The Parting of the Ways", he tells Rose he could end up with two heads, or no head, implying he could even regenerate into a non-humanoid shape. A female regeneration therefore isn't that much of a stretch.
As for "Would it work for the audience", well, I guess you'd have to try. I remember some fans complaining back when David Tennant was cast, saying he was too young to play the Doctor. Now we have an even younger Doctor in Matt Smith, and all's fine. Well, not all, if you ask me, but the age of the actor playing the Doctor is not among the "not fine" things.
One of the lovely things about a long-running show like DW is, you can experiment. I'd say, try it out, maybe if they do a year of specials again, have a year with four or five specials instead of a whole series and have the Doctor be female this time. If the audience accepts it, keep her, if it doesn't work, have another regeneration at the end of the last special.
I know, if you grow up with a character, you're beginning to loathe change. And since change is a necessity, you accept it, but still want as little as possible.
But I find it very limiting to say "Oh, no, not that" before it was even tried. Especially to the world of Doctor Who, where anything is supposed to be possible.
