Doctor Who's a woman

anon35496508 · 2017-07-18T10:13:47.215Z

And of course it is Doctor, not Dr, Who.

sadpunk · 2017-07-18T10:15:15.373Z

HYG is a doctor?

hip_young_gunslinger · 2017-07-18T10:20:40.229Z

Just a keen hobbyist, really, but if you pop the trousers off and hop on the table I’ll take a quick look.

sadpunk · 2017-07-18T10:27:07.573Z

Nice try, pal, but I’m not hopping half-naked on a table for anyone.

badmanreturns · 2017-07-18T10:28:34.673Z

it’s okay man i had literally no idea about doctor who being anything other than shite before i entered this thread

andyvine · 2017-07-18T10:35:44.467Z

naked or nothing

ninetyeightytwo · 2017-07-18T10:37:38.422Z

The Doctor’s been a woman before! Joanna Lumley!

zxcvbnm · 2017-07-18T10:38:00.036Z

DUDE THAT WAS TOTALLY NOT CANON

EDIT: back me up Theo, counting on you here.

ninetyeightytwo · 2017-07-18T10:38:49.480Z

Have you noticed that some people write “cannon” instead of “canon”?

Lo-Pan · 2017-07-18T10:44:46.550Z

my cousin died many years ago very suddenly, of course this was very sad.
Anyhoo we went to the church for his funeral and everyone was greetin and super sad, they played the dr who theme music as we all sat there at the start cos he was a big dr who fan and of course this set off the giggles for me and my siblings, like fucking pishing ourselves laughing.

Always thought ma cuz would have seen the funny side as well

Severed799 · 2017-07-18T10:58:47.135Z

oh fs:

Salon – 17 Jul 17

Murdoch-owned paper publishes nude photos of new female Doctor Who

In what could been seen as a vicious, undermining move, the Sun and Mail Online ran nudes of Jodie Whittaker

SenorDingDong · 2017-07-18T11:13:24.706Z

If you watch the video revealing who the new doctor is while playing Doctorin the Tardis, the theme tune bit kicks in right as the reveal happens. Very satisfying, would recommend everyone does it.

zxcvbnm · 2017-07-18T13:48:45.240Z

what did you sign?

1101010 · 2017-07-18T13:53:03.542Z

Pretty sure it sort of is considered canon? I can’t recall now but those Whovians have a lot of love for that episode, it seems.

1101010 · 2017-07-18T13:54:52.671Z

This thread title keeps reminding me of Tom Baker’s ship’s captain in Blackadder II

Meatsqueak · 2017-07-18T13:55:29.400Z

Read a good point yesterday about how the vast majority of feedback has been very positive yet people have actively been hunting out and highlighting the negative views

Raanraals · 2017-07-18T13:56:04.326Z

YOU HAVE A WOMAN’S SONIC SCREWDRIVER!

1101010 · 2017-07-18T14:03:13.369Z

There were a bunch of comments immediately to the BBC announcement on Twitter that were exactly the sort of misogynist/weird crap we would expect. So I think the comments are out there for sure and in large numbers.

However, I don’t always accept they’re made from the position of being a fucking idiot, rather I think there’s a certain amount trolling that comes in this form via an expectation. I mean there are loads of people I’ve met who I can imagine totally insincerely posting this sort of shit because it would amuse them to see people getting wound up by it / just the reaction.

So viewing this through the prism of comments online isn’t really telling us much. Although it is obviously generating a lot of publicity for Doctor Who, none of which is focusing on the new show runner, Chris Chibnall, having never done a particularly great Doctor Who story in his time on the show.

zxcvbnm · 2017-07-18T14:03:16.820Z

um well you sure showed them

sadpunk · 2017-07-20T14:55:29.378Z

anon82966911:

many recent comic book writers are as liberal, progressive and open-minded as most DiSers.

Still a disappointing bunch that aren’t. From racial ignorance to misogynist artwork and weird places in between