Dr Who

2 hearts and infinite regeneration? Sure. NO PENIS?! OUTRAGE!!!!

Was there much fuss when the Master became Missy?

I don't know who Jodie Whittaker is. I didn't watch Briadchurch. Her face looks vaguely familiar from something but she looks a bit bland.

Michelle Gomez on the other hand is such a strong character and had a track record of playing interesting but barking mad characters. Missy was wonderful.

I'm a bit confused about all the outrage surrounding this tbh.

Dr Who is an alien who can regenerate as anything and I'm pretty sure it's been mentioned previously that it's possible for them to change sex when they regenerate. So what exactly is the problem with Dr Who regenerating as a woman? Surely it's far more realistic for the doctor to return as a woman at some point given the universe and story line that's already been laid out? In fact it would be highly unrealistic and unlikely for the doctor to constantly regenerate as a man.

Nudey not buddy 🤔

I'm pleased. I liked her in Broadchurch and thought she was funny in Attack the Block.

I am wearily disgusted by the reaction. Time travelling 900 year old alien with two hearts? Fine. Regenerates into a woman? NOOOO, I'm never watching again! I also don't remember the tabloids digging out buddy pics of David Tennant or Matt Smith. Misogyny 101.

People didn't give 2 hoots Missy was the Master i was omg it is the Master when she first appeared but thats all

It is Doctor Who I am really pleased and she is a good actor I think she will do just fine all this angst the Doctor is an alien not a man.

Yep pleased

Saw it coming

Wanted Olivia coleman

The backlash was exactly the same with StarWars. When the lead character in Rogue One was announced as female there was so many whiny shits moaning about their being "too many women in Star Wars". It was a fucking joke.
There's only four main roles, possibly five in the whole universe!

Me!
I hope she's really good because she has a lot to prove. (It is crap though that I feel this, because if a man was less than amazing in the role it would reflect only on him, whilst women so often end up representing all of womenhood, iyswim). Like Lotta I hoped it would be Olivia Colman. I am not surprised because I thought there was a lot of foreshadowing in the last series (especially the last episode) that suggested the next doctor would be female.

The backlash is frustrating, but at least it is overt proof that this stupidity still exists.

I'm not surprised by all the frothing from the usual types. It's been made clear for a while now that time lords can change sex when they regenerate. Was there much fuss when the Master became Missy?

I'm not a fan but can't help being amused that there are people out there who can accept that Dr Who is a time traveller, a shape shifter and immortal but can't be a woman. Suppose it still says a lot about our society.

I'm chuffed that they have cast a woman. I had already decided that if it was yet another quirky bloke, I was not going to watch the next series. My first choice would have been Olivia Colman closely followed by Phoebe Waller Bridge, but still happy. I can't quite imagine Jodie Whittaker in the role yet, but I think that's the case for everyone new Doctor. I wish her tons of luck in dealing with the sexist bullshit that has already started up

DH was uncharacteristically raging about the DM and Sun coverage of this, saying they've rounded up lots of JW pics without much on. He's really affronted by such blatantly sexist coverage.