Introducing the 13th Doctor!!! Jodie Whittaker. š±
Now donāt get me wrong, I have no issue that The Doctor can regenerate into a female form… itās just the timing of it. I mean, weāve literally just had the Master appear as Missy… and Michelle Gomez has been (in my opinion) the best Master ever. So itās that cross-over that has me questioning the timing. Maybe it could have been held off to the 14th.
Regardless, Iām looking forward to the story of the Doctor continuing. I didnāt want Capaldi to go, I think heās really hit his stride over the last little bit.
Iām sorry for all the crap Jodie Whittaker is about to get from all the people who donāt think the Doctor should ever be a woman… but weāve had precedent now in a few Time Lords changing gender through regeneration.
I guess my favourite response Iāve read so far to those who say āDoctor Who has always been and should always be a man.ā Was: āIām pretty sure Doctor Who is a fictional alien being who magically changes form upon its death, so it can be whatever the writers want it to be.ā
Sometimes we take our fiction to heart. We saw similar backlash when Kate Mulgrew became the first woman to take the Captainās chair as the major character of a Star Trek series, and she was bloody brilliant. We saw the BS when the Ghostbusters reboot was an all-female team. And weāre already seeing a proverbial shitstorm brewing around the new Star Trek TV show that will feature major roles for African American and Asian female characters.
Interestingly, in all the above examples, the crap was delivered before the shows/roles actually had a viewing. People were screaming boycott purely based on the gender of the characters… but I personally feel in every instance encountered so far, that the ladies did outstanding jobs with the roles.
So, welcome Jodie Whittaker to the Whovian universe. Please take care of the sci-fi character whoās been part of my TV viewing life for the best part of its entirety. Iām hoping you have a long and illustrious time as The Doctor and I look forward to seeing what you make of her!
PS: Iām already liking her outfit!
PPS: Joanna Lumley has already introduced us to a female Doctor in the Comic Relief skit āDoctor Who: The Curse of the Fatal Deathā. š¤£