9/16/2023 0 Comments Women end of time doctor whoRather like the Master, some of those commenting seem to be searching for the right terms to describe this shift and finding it difficult to avoid stereotyped language. The fans have lived through so many changes, and this is only a new, different one, not a fearful one.’ This determined position on gender (more below) is, however, at risk of being undermined by other statements from the BBC. Because this is a really exciting time, and Doctor Who represents everything that’s exciting about change. In comments published on the BBC’s Doctor Who website, she said that being the first female Doctor ‘feels completely overwhelming, as a feminist, as a woman, as an actor, as a human, as someone who wants to continually push themselves and challenge themselves, and not be boxed in by what you’re told you can and can’t be.’ In the same article, she also publically states ‘I want to tell the fans not to be scared by my gender. Whittaker, to me, is saying all the right things, taking the role seriously and addressing a range of concerns. Could the future possibly just be female? We can only hope. Missygate brought all the trolls out in a taste of what Whittaker will face as the Doctor. This is only slightly better than comments about the famous Time Lord now being a ‘Time Lady.’ Of course, precedent was set by the Master regenerating as female, played by Michelle Gomez, known-perhaps predictably-as Missy. ‘Is the future going to be all girl?’ asks the Doctor’s long-term nemesis the Master. The first part of the title for this blog is taken from the final episode of season 10, ‘The Doctor Falls’ (10.12). Those who, after the announcement that Whittaker would be the Doctor, posted that she would do a great job irrespective of being male or female kind of missed the point. So why am I not overjoyed to finally have a female Doctor? Articulating a female Doctor In November 2017 the Doctor’s ‘look’ was unveiled then in February 2018 the reworked logo the Radio Times notes that the first episode of season 11 will have an extended running time (65 minutes), and some of the season directors have been announced. As expected, information is being drip-fed as the new team develop a new era. This is partly because there are major changes happening with the series as it continues with a new head writer/ showrunner, Chris Chibnall, as well as a new Doctor and companions. This was announced in July 2017 and while Whittaker effectively debuted as the Doctor at the end of the 2017 Christmas special ‘Twice Upon a Time,’ it will be the autumn of 2018 before the first series featuring the thirteenth Doctor hits our TV screens. As someone who was fairly vocal about the need for long-running BBC flagship series Doctor Who to seriously address its gender problems, I was pleased, but not overjoyed, when it was announced that the thirteenth Doctor would be played by Jodie Whittaker, the first woman to take on the role.
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