Sea Devils And Die: GeroniMoffat's Doctor Who In The 2010s

GET. ON. WITH. IT.

The two finalists to become the new Doctor have to lip sync for their lives

— Keidra (@kdc) July 16, 2017

it's a female woman!

Jodie Whittaker

Wikipedia page right now:

In March–April 2013, Whittaker starred in the ITV detective drama Broadchurch. In January 2014, she starred in the reality-based spy drama miniseries The Assets on ABC. On 16th July 2017, Jodie was announced as the new Dr Who.
Now the 13th Doctor Who
After the men's final of Wimbledon, it was announced that Whittaker was to be the 13th Doctor of Doctor Who.
On 16th July 2017, Whittaker was unveiled as the 13th Doctor Who.
In July 2017, she was announced as the next Doctor in BBC's Doctor Who.
On 1 July 2017, the BBC announced that she would be the 13th Dr Who.

ex-Eastender and born in Skelmanthorpe lassie!

no she wasn't in Eastenders!

She was also in Attack the Block, if you want to see her fight some aliens.

fine choice. would have preferred fleabag but it sounds like she's busy.

another fuckin northerner pfft

I wanted Fleabag Space-Mitford too, but Jodie Whittaker is good.

Threads elsewhere about this are hugely depressing.

she really got on my nerves on broadchurch to be honest, but the part called for it. I'm sure she's capable of toning it down.

the FB comments on this are horrifying. but expected.

Holy shit

Two to one says some goof somewhere is plotting to crowdfund their 'real' 13th series, Doctor Man, for men what are tiresomely men.

It's 30C outside where I am and I have goosebumps

Full press release

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/jodie-whittaker-13-doctor

(That's not her costume, which is obvious but anyway.)

I finally get to know how it feels to have a crush on Dr Who

This thread is now two incarnations old (and ignores the other Capaldi thread), perhaps we should start another? Of course without a title that would be a casting spoiler.

I'm trying to not post in this thread like Julio on Wimbledon but that's not going to work

Who else was in ATB? Clearly that movie was just an audition tape for future franchise fanboy brain melters

I never finished watching The Assets (spoiler: the ladies catch Aldrich Ames) but her American accent was passable as I recall. The wardrobe was hilarious

I think a new thread title that's not a casting spoiler would be a waste of a thread title. We can wait a few more months. A couple of weeks from now this thread will be off SNA anyway (unless we get an epic CF with socks and new trolls and all the trappings)

i actually only know her from ATB, where she was good, and broadchurch, where her character bugged. what else of note should I look for?

Nashwan was so completely OTM 2 days ago he didn't even realize it

Just watched the intro video, let me wipe away my years.

Tears.

oh shit she was in the entire history of you, forgot that. that's the best black mirror episode by far.

Attack the Block: one of the other leads was John Boyega.

...thus, I think, Tombot's note.

All else aside, as with many of the decisions Marvel has made in recent years, I applaud any decision that gives the regressive nerds embolisms.

I took Daily Mail comments from people angry about a possible Female Dr Who and turned them into episode titles for the new series pic.twitter.com/k586EeVpld

— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) July 15, 2017

"Nobody wants a Tardis full of bras"

Tardis full of bras for thread title.

Yes, please! ^^^

How is it possible that ppl w/ regressive views like that watch Nu-Who?

I figure it's more likely old men who haven't watched in ages and young men who've never watched it at all being summoned by the bat-signals of the Daily Mail and MRA forums, respectively.

xps BRADIS?

I agree, none of the sad assholes bitching about this actually watch Dr Who

Computer, I need a YouTube of the last four Doctors angrily reading those Daily Mail comments in their native accents

Mostly just Tennant or Capaldi yelling would be fine

ha ha, the idea that anybody could be on the internet for more than ten seconds and not be "spoiled" about the identity of the new doctor is quite amusing

tennant at least is great at reading tweets

on the internet BBC News website for more than ten seconds

Fixed. It's right next to Federer winning Wimbledon (SPOILER)

"Ridiculous, Dr Who a woman, so BBC, left wing feminist nonsense.

Kris Marshall would have been perfect."

This is what I get for thinking "I wonder what the Telegraph comments section thinks of this", in fairness.

kris marshall would have been perfect

for me to poop on

I can't believe the first Huddersfield Town supporting Dr Who would cause so much controversy.

I feel like, even taking into account the Telegraph comments section, there are about 10 people patting themselves on the back for not being angry about this for every person who is actually angry about this (I guess that this may just be in my bubble though)

though this evens it out somewhat

THIS IS REALLY SHIT - IT SUCKS - IT'S STUPID - KILLS THE SHOW. I want nothing more to do with it and I HATE CHRIS CHIBNALL - HE CAN FUCK OFF

— Ian Levine (@IanLevine) July 16, 2017

well it's certainly the quickest and most effective way of getting me on Team Chibnall

The vast majority of people who actually watch the show are not at all angry and are actually excited