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Lydia West for RTD's Doctor supposedly.
Oh wow. She is good. Well, she impressed me both in Years And Years and especially in It's A Sin. Funnily enough, last night I was speculating to my partner about whether the new Doctor will be an actor who RTD has worked with before (Alan Davies, Russell Tovey, Rory Kinnear, Lesley Sharp, T'nia Miller..... even Ann Reid) and one person I thought of was Lydia, and I rather liked that idea. Young, fresh and a good actor. I kind of hope that it is true. Whoever it ends up being, I trust RTD to make a sound choice.Lydia West for RTD's Doctor
She's done work in Doctor Who before apparently.Oh wow. She is good. Well, she impressed me both in Years And Years and especially in It's A Sin. Funnily enough, last night I was speculating to my partner about whether the new Doctor will be an actor who RTD has worked with before (Alan Davies, Russell Tovey, Rory Kinnear, Lesley Sharp, T'nia Miller..... even Ann Reid) and one person I thought of was Lydia, and I rather liked that idea. Young, fresh and a good actor. I kind of hope that it is true. Whoever it ends up being, I trust RTD to make a sound choice.
As it's the beeb I'm putting money on the next Doctor being a transgender, mixed race, wheelchair using, little personI reckon with RTD coming back we could see Olly Alexander as the Doctor and Lydia West as a ‘companion’ but as an equal of course. Whatever. The BBC’s thrust for cultural diversity and lecturing and preaching to an audience already accepting of social issues raised by previous intelligent scifi and trying to attract new viewers of some demographic the corporation doesn’t fully understand (who aren’t really into that kind of thing and don’t watch much tv or pay the licence fee in any case) has produced the series’ lowest ratings and much of the merch is reportedly turning up in the bargain bin. Fans are crying out for a retcon of the destruction of decades of lore and storyline. There’s a big anniversary coming up and I’m thinking the BBC are desperate to put on a good show to mark the occasion. RTD has his work cut out to refloat this sunken wreck of a show but will be given carte blanche to pull out all the stops. Then they’ll cancel it, having ended on a high.
It'd have to be a special wheelchair to allow them to 'take the knee'!As it's the beeb I'm putting money on the next Doctor being a transgender, mixed race, wheelchair using, little person
It is so predictable now GNC, that it is getting tedious.Seriously, guys?
Just a cheap and nasty knock off of Deep Space Nine (the best Star Trek series!)
Prepare to meet your doom...DS9 - The least convincing aliens ever to grace the screen. Half of them were Star Wars cantina rejects and the other half would have been laughed out of a 1960's BBC special effects department.
It was so earnest to "look at us we are Star Trek, but we are all grown up and serious..."
Every episode I ever had the misfortune to catch was a rinse and repeat. Ferengi, trying to wheel and deal, the English doctor-bloke looking uncomfortable with his embarrassing lines or an alien turning up with a silly name like Nog from the planet Kardashian.
All carried out on that terminally dull space station.
At least Voyager was just an attempt to rehash cowboys and Indians like the original, rather than trying to be some sort of faux-political drama/Smiley's People in space which ended up a soap.
Hugh Quarshie. Probably a bit old now for the workload involved, but 10-15 ,years ago he'd have been an amazing doctor.I'd quite like an older black, male, Doctor.
As I have said previously, I think Adrian Lester would be a good 'Doctor'.I'd quite like an older black, male, Doctor.
Sort of like Colin Salmon, if not the man himself.
I fully understand the drive for youth (gotta get those social media clicks), but I do wonder if that comes at the price of acting and story-telling.
As I have said previously, I think Adrian Lester would be a good 'Doctor'.
Companions should be wary when the Doctor gives them a gift of a red jacket...Problem is, The Doctor is now basically indestructible and immortal and any real sense of danger has been lost for good. Unless you count snuffing the companions.
Personally, I'd be satisfied with a non-humanoid life form for the Doctors next transmutation.
There is the start of an advertising campaign on BBC1 so something coming, probably just the start of the next series.Just seen a story that Dr Who's social media accounts have gone. I tried the Twitter one and got "this account does not exist" https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho?lang=en . Also all content is gone from the official youtube page https://www.youtube.com/c/DoctorWho
Do you think they are about to announce something?
I was wondering if it was something to do with the “Cancelling of Barrowman” that the UK media seems intent on.There is the start of an advertising campaign on BBC1 so something coming, probably just the start of the next series.
I guess it worked based on the new companion!The Doctor was trying to enlist the help of Scousers today!