The first black millionaire was Madam C. J. Walker who was born in the 1860s. It's possible that the Wayne fortune began in the early 1900 and grew to billions in the next 100 years. 100 years gives the room for several generations of Waynes.
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Sorry to go back to this... but... this part of kirk55555's post was niggling in my brain...
Is that what a woman is? An emasculated man? If so, that's a fucked up perspective on women.
Is that what a woman is? An emasculated man? If so, that's a fucked up perspective on women.
Look, the only reason the Doctor isn't a female is because the BBC won't let him change gender. They're far too conservative for something like this.
Until proven wrong, I believe the Doctor will always be a white male. And I am hoping to be wrong, because I'd like to see a black Doctor one far-off day.
Until proven wrong, I believe the Doctor will always be a white male. And I am hoping to be wrong, because I'd like to see a black Doctor one far-off day.
True. Black millionaires were rare, but not nonexistent. And, heck, it's an alternate reality anyway. If there's a world where Atlantis and the Amazons are real, there's no reason it can't be a world that had a larger number of African-American millionaires or billionaires in its history. That would be a very mild bit of unreality in comparison.
Is he really?
Cos we never heard of Timelords until the tail end of Troughton's era, and we never heard of Galifrey until Pertwee's era, so Hartnell was never actually a Timelord from Galifrey was he
Don't get me wrong, if they wanted to make James Bond a woman I'd be outraged, but an alien whose entire DNA is rewritten everytime 'he' regenerates? I can live with that. I don't want it to just be a gimmick, it has to be the right person for the job but I'm not opposed to it.
Of all the characters out there in fiction, the Doctor is the one it makes the least sense to treat as having a fixed identity. There are certain fundamentals that all Doctors share: genius, humor, arrogance, morality, imagination, wanderlust, a certain personal irresponsibility combined with a deep sense of responsibility for others, occasional cluelessness and immaturity, and the like. But the rest of the Doctor's physical and behavioral traits are all changeable and should be changed. The franchise would never have lasted 50 years if it were hostile to reinvention. Male is just something the Doctor has happened to be. There's not a single reason why it's something he intrinsically has to be, any more than there's a reason why he's never been ginger.
Storm is actually from New York, she as bron in Harlem and her father was also an American.
If you count voice acting, narration, audio plays, guest starring o other shows and a play every couple of years. But as far as capilizing on being the Doctor no, he's got two failed US pilots and passed over to play Hannibal Lector. Even his Broadchurch series is being filmed yars apart.
No, its supposed to mean "Why does the Doctor have to be a female role model?", something someone brought up as the reason for a female Doctor. Is Britain so devoid of them that they need to screw up The Doctor? Why is that a role The Doctor needs to play? Honestly, I don't think the character needs to be looked up to/be a role model to anyone. Seriously though, I thought he was pretty popular with both genders. Even if there is a need for a leading woman for british youngsters, I don't see why Doctor Who needs to be the show for it. That was all I meant, that there are better ways to give girls an identifiable lead then changing The Doctor's gender. I'm also pretty sure that goal isn't one the BBC cares about regardless, at least in the context of a show like Doctor Who.
I really don't know where you got the "woman = emasculated man" thing. I like a bunch of female characters, and none of them are "emasculated men". I just don't want the Doctor to be a woman, and I don't see any real reason for it, and the ones supplied by people are really not convincing.
Because its not The Doctor. It would be a random female alien calling herself The Doctor, just like a female Batman would be a random woman in a cowl. The Doctor is a guy, plain and simple. That's the established character, despite all of his different incarnations. He's the character I like (generally speaking), and Ihave no connection to some random female Timelord. Its something that would just be done to make PC people feel better, which is no reason to do anything. Gender is important to a character, I can't think of many gender neutral characters. Regardless of the reasons, The Doctor has been male for 50 years. He's never even hinted at changing gender. There is no compelling reason to do it, except that its technically permissible in canon.
By all means have more diverse characters in media, but make new damn characters, don't ruin pre established ones for their fans by creating a new character and stealing their name.
I got it from your post. When I suggest a female Doctor, you describe it as a Doctor with his penis removed... Thus, emasculated man.
And I'm sure you won't be surprised, your arguments as to why The Doctor should only be played by men isn't particularly convincing either.
Because it would, apparently. Duh.
I just can't understand the logic that says the audience can cope with the Doctor being played by actors as diverse as William Hartnell, Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi and David Tennant yet wouldn't tolerate a female Doctor.
It's not that I want the Doctor to be played by a woman, any more than I wanted Tennant to quit. Or that I wanted Smith to replace him (I'd never heard of him). Or that I wanted Smith to quit (I'd happily have watched him for another decade) or that I wanted him to be replaced by Malcolm Tucker (I'd have been happy with another unknown). I'm just prepared to give a female actor in the role a fair crack of the whip, as I still haven't seen a convincing argument against it.
I mean, given that he's essentially an asexual character who's kissed men as much as he's kissed women, who's hardly a James Bond-style libido-driven character, why does his gender matter so much, given that we know how much his personality and essence changes from incarnation to incarnation?
It's not that I want the Doctor to be played by a woman, any more than I wanted Tennant to quit. Or that I wanted Smith to replace him (I'd never heard of him). Or that I wanted Smith to quit (I'd happily have watched him for another decade) or that I wanted him to be replaced by Malcolm Tucker (I'd have been happy with another unknown). I'm just prepared to give a female actor in the role a fair crack of the whip, as I still haven't seen a convincing argument against it.
I mean, given that he's essentially an asexual character who's kissed men as much as he's kissed women, who's hardly a James Bond-style libido-driven character, why does his gender matter so much, given that we know how much his personality and essence changes from incarnation to incarnation?
Sure it's the Doctor. It's no different than curly hair, big ears, massive chin or ginger hair. It's still the Doctor.
Don't play the "PC people" card. It's an automatic fail.
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