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May. 28th, 2017 04:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowkat1. Apparently I'm not the only one who didn't enjoy this week's Who all that much and had issues with it.
I didn't hate it. But, I'm admittedly not quite as fannish about the series as others. But I did think it was rather clumsily written.
Hmmm, while hunting down the listing of this season's Doctor Who episodes (hard to do when you have no clue which season this is supposed to be), I stumbled upon an announcement of the NEW DOCTOR or rather who will be replacing Capadali and when it will happen.[ETA: Fake announcement. Just found out it was fake. So never mind.]
Looked up Peter Harness, who co-wrote Pyramid at the End of the World, and yep I don't like his writing. He'd also wrote the Zygon invasion episodes, which I also had issues with. In fact, I think I gave up on Doctor Who during that season in part because of those episodes.
2. Dinner was lovely with U last night. She's very wise. She refuses to discuss or talk about politics at all. With anyone. I'd bring it up. She'd say nothing. Or change the subject. (U voted for Clinton.) Avoids it completely in every way.
3. My crazy church friends on FB are still throwing cats at me. The latest is a poor cat who is depressed after just losing her owner of ten or twelve years. This is getting ridiculous. Although it is rather amusing. My friends on Dreamwidth are trying to talk me out of it, while my friends on FB are trying to guilt me into adopting a cat right this very second. Who knew adopting a cat was such a controversial subject? I blame all those cat videos.
I didn't hate it. But, I'm admittedly not quite as fannish about the series as others. But I did think it was rather clumsily written.
Hmmm, while hunting down the listing of this season's Doctor Who episodes (hard to do when you have no clue which season this is supposed to be), I stumbled upon an announcement of the NEW DOCTOR or rather who will be replacing Capadali and when it will happen.[ETA: Fake announcement. Just found out it was fake. So never mind.]
Looked up Peter Harness, who co-wrote Pyramid at the End of the World, and yep I don't like his writing. He'd also wrote the Zygon invasion episodes, which I also had issues with. In fact, I think I gave up on Doctor Who during that season in part because of those episodes.
2. Dinner was lovely with U last night. She's very wise. She refuses to discuss or talk about politics at all. With anyone. I'd bring it up. She'd say nothing. Or change the subject. (U voted for Clinton.) Avoids it completely in every way.
3. My crazy church friends on FB are still throwing cats at me. The latest is a poor cat who is depressed after just losing her owner of ten or twelve years. This is getting ridiculous. Although it is rather amusing. My friends on Dreamwidth are trying to talk me out of it, while my friends on FB are trying to guilt me into adopting a cat right this very second. Who knew adopting a cat was such a controversial subject? I blame all those cat videos.
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Date: 2017-05-29 09:35 pm (UTC)And obviously it should be done because the actor is the right choice. However, after seeing people arguing that casting a woman 'would just be a stunt' I'm feeling a bit annoyed. We're half the population, it shouldn't be considered a 'stunt'.
Of course, having a female or POC Doctor would both be brilliant and also open them up to everyone arguing they were doing it wrong. So yeah. No right answer.
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Date: 2017-05-29 11:06 pm (UTC)I think they will get a backlash if they go for a woman Doctor, based on the backlash that I saw regarding River Song. And I don't think it will be from male fans, there's a lot of female fans out there who don't want a female doctor. Some because they just hate change. Other's because they are heterosexual and want to fantasize about a male Doctor. I know the female well. Saw this happen with Supernatural as well. You should see them on soap opera boards and Amazon paranormal romance novel reviews. There's a lot of ladies out there with ingrained misogyny.
I think it's more likely to get a POC Doctor. But honestly think either would open up the story a bit, and challenge the character and its own views.
Heck, they turned the Master into a female upon regeneration so the foundation is there. Sort of.
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Date: 2017-05-30 12:53 pm (UTC)