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such_heights) wrote2013-08-04 11:33 pm
such_heights) wrote2013-08-04 11:33 pm
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We now have enough Doctors to make a clock!
Blanketfort of squee below!
As a lot of other people have said, if the Doctor's gonna be another white dude, Peter Calpadi is pretty much my ideal choice. I LOVE HIM A LOT. And the Thick of It crossovers are already hilarious.
(And with regard to issues of diversity in Doctor Who - honestly, I want more diversity among the people who write the show first. The almost entirely white male writing team has been going throughout New Who and that's pretty terrible. I think that needs fixing first before I trust them with a female Doctor -- and I say that as someone who likes the way that Moffat writes women. Also, Doctor Who is not short on excellent female characters, but it is extremely short on long-term chromatic characters. I adore Mickey and Martha but they aren't enough by a long shot, so. Those would be my priorities over casting a woman as the Doctor.)
Being in the audience for the show was immensely fun - full of enthusiastic Whovians, lots of great cosplay, and a delightful atmosphere.
I'm really excited about Twelve + Clara - I think a new Doctor is going to be great for giving Clara's character a real chance to shine. And god, more than ever I hope that River comes back and we get some River/Twelve because DAMN that would be fabulous.
So yes, this has softened the blow of Matt leaving. Slightly. A little.
As a lot of other people have said, if the Doctor's gonna be another white dude, Peter Calpadi is pretty much my ideal choice. I LOVE HIM A LOT. And the Thick of It crossovers are already hilarious.
(And with regard to issues of diversity in Doctor Who - honestly, I want more diversity among the people who write the show first. The almost entirely white male writing team has been going throughout New Who and that's pretty terrible. I think that needs fixing first before I trust them with a female Doctor -- and I say that as someone who likes the way that Moffat writes women. Also, Doctor Who is not short on excellent female characters, but it is extremely short on long-term chromatic characters. I adore Mickey and Martha but they aren't enough by a long shot, so. Those would be my priorities over casting a woman as the Doctor.)
Being in the audience for the show was immensely fun - full of enthusiastic Whovians, lots of great cosplay, and a delightful atmosphere.
I'm really excited about Twelve + Clara - I think a new Doctor is going to be great for giving Clara's character a real chance to shine. And god, more than ever I hope that River comes back and we get some River/Twelve because DAMN that would be fabulous.
So yes, this has softened the blow of Matt leaving. Slightly. A little.
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I hadn't thought about your parenthetical, but you're right.
I'm very much looking forward to Clara and Twelve. She's been a bit too overshadowed by the Ponds.