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Post by kleinreturns on Jul 22, 2017 13:13:01 GMT
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/jul/21/doctor-who-casting-peter-davison-laments-loss-of-role-model-for-boys Doctor Who casting: Time Lords clash over 'loss of role model for boys'
Peter Davison says Jodie Whittaker removes ‘vitally important’ hero for boys – but Colin Baker says he is talking ‘absolute rubbish’
Friday 21 July 2017 09.34 EDT
Last modified on Friday 21 July 2017 17.00 EDT
Peter Davison, a former star of Doctor Who, has lamented the loss of a role model for boys after the part of the Doctor was given to a female actor for the first time.
Jodie Whittaker was revealed on Sunday as the 13th Doctor, in a move largely praised but which left some infuriated.
Among those who have criticised the casting is Davison, who played the fifth Doctor. Speaking before an appearance at Comic-Con in San Diego, Davison said Whittaker, 35, was a “terrific actress” who would do “wonderful job” and that he hoped those who found it hard to adjust would watch “with an open mind”.
But the 66-year-old told the Press Association: “If I feel any doubts, it’s the loss of a role model for boys, who I think Doctor Who is vitally important for. So I feel a bit sad about that, but I understand the argument that you need to open it up.
“As a viewer, I kind of like the idea of the Doctor as a boy but then maybe I’m an old fashioned dinosaur – who knows?”
Davison’s daughter, Georgia Moffett, played a cloned version of the Doctor in the series in 2008, and is married to David Tennant, who played the 10th Doctor.
Colin Baker, 74, the sixth Doctor, accused Davison of talking “absolute rubbish”. Baker, 74, has long championed a woman taking over the role and has been celebrating since Whittaker’s selection.
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Baker, who has four daughters, previously called the decision to select a woman after 12 men in the role “brave and game-changing casting”.
“They’ve had 50 years of having a role model. So, sorry Peter, you’re talking rubbish there – absolute rubbish,” he said. “You don’t have to be of a gender of someone to be a role model. Can’t you be a role model as people?”
Baker also said he hoped to see a non-white Doctor in the future and that the series should look to America where he feels casting is less dependent on colour.
“They see a future world where that is irrelevant and it’s perhaps time Doctor Who and its fans did too,” he added.
The announcement on Sunday that Whittaker, who starred in the ITV drama Broadchurch, would take the role was also met with praise from the outgoing Doctor, Peter Capaldi.
Glad that Mr. Davison didn't just join the PC/Female Doctor bandwagon and actually addressed a very good point and concern about Doctor Who now not being a role model for boys. Colin Baker also needs to stop being a jerk too.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2017 13:45:07 GMT
I don`t care what gender the Doctor is.
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Post by johnblutarsky on Jul 22, 2017 16:52:37 GMT
Glad that Mr. Davison didn't just join the PC/Female Doctor bandwagon and actually addressed a very good point and concern about Doctor Who now not being a role model for boys. Colin Baker also needs to stop being a jerk too. The role model for boys argument is a silly one. Now, Doctor Who can be a role model for boys *and* girls! Why is that a bad thing? Furthermore, I'm sure the Doctor will eventually regenerate into a man.....once again. I fail to see the issue with the gender change. As long as Jodie's acting and the scripts are good, everyone should relax and enjoy the show! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2017 19:12:43 GMT
The Doctor can be a role model for boys and girls no matter what gender he\she is.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Jul 23, 2017 2:26:23 GMT
Glad that Mr. Davison didn't just join the PC/Female Doctor bandwagon and actually addressed a very good point and concern about Doctor Who now not being a role model for boys. Colin Baker also needs to stop being a jerk too. The role model for boys argument is a silly one. Now, Doctor Who can be a role model for boys *and* girls! Why is that a bad thing? Furthermore, I'm sure the Doctor will eventually regenerate into a man.....once again. I fail to see the issue with the gender change. As long as Jodie's acting and the scripts are good, everyone should relax and enjoy the show! |
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Post by johnspartan on Jul 23, 2017 3:14:12 GMT
The role model for boys argument is a silly one. Now, Doctor Who can be a role model for boys *and* girls! Why is that a bad thing? Furthermore, I'm sure the Doctor will eventually regenerate into a man.....once again. I fail to see the issue with the gender change. As long as Jodie's acting and the scripts are good, everyone should relax and enjoy the show! The Time Lords granted Matt Smith 12 more regenerations in his final episode "Time of the Doctor." |
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Jul 23, 2017 3:20:08 GMT
I don't watch DWINO, but when did The Doctor get more than twelve regenerations (thirteen lives)? Shouldn't this be the LAST one? The Time Lords granted Matt Smith 12 more regenerations in his final episode "Time of the Doctor." |
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Jul 23, 2017 13:06:23 GMT
“You don’t have to be of a gender of someone to be a role model. Can’t you be a role model as people?”
I haven't watched Dr Who for a long, long time so don't really care either way but I did love the confused irony of this particular statement...
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Jul 24, 2017 5:31:18 GMT
Exactly. If someone's gender doesn't matter, it's as good an argument against changing a character's gender as it is for.
Thing is the poster in question doesn't believe it'unimportant and neither do any of the other people either championing or decrying it.
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Post by pk9 on Aug 1, 2017 23:08:26 GMT
I just realized both the BBC's and BBCA's DW websites still have male pronouns all over the place in reference to the Doctor. BBCA's "About the show" says "The Doctor is an alien Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey who travels through all of time and space in his TARDIS with his companion.
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Post by reelreviews2 on Aug 2, 2017 4:12:47 GMT
I just realized both the BBC's and BBCA's DW websites still have male pronouns all over the place in reference to the Doctor. BBCA's "About the show" says "The Doctor is an alien Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey who travels through all of time and space in his TARDIS with his companion. Ha. I love the irony. Using the "logic" of the "progressives" working on the show, their own website is now hateful, narrow-minded, bigoted, and transphobic until it starts referring to the Doctor using "her" pronouns all the time. The Doctor's new gender has been announced so we must all start using it immediately, whether or not the change has actually happened yet. |
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