U.K. Group Calls For Female Doctor Who
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Be right back, commiting suicide by slamming my head into a sidewalk repeatedly.The_root_of_all_evil said:Joanna Lumley as The Doctor said:
I think a mass mob taking to the streets chanting "Dylan Moran, Dylan Moran", or possibly "Julian Barret, Julian Barret" will sort this little problem out.
Muh. I don't really have that much of a problem with this idea. As long as they get someone good to portray him/her/it then I don't really care. Though it would make earlier relationships rather...odd. I personally wnat them to find som dathed reason why the doctor would regenerate as John Simm (Life on mars). I was rooting for him when he was the master in thoughs episodes, he made David Tennent look pritty boring.
Joanna Lumley
Feminism is a load of shit feminists want to be treated equal as well as still being regarded as specialNeosage said:
I don't have strong feelings one way or another. Man or woman, the Doctor could be characterised to be consistent with the previous doctors irrelevant of gender - and with Steven Moffat directing and writing lots of things, I think he could really pull it off in quite a spectacular way.
That said, I don't think changing the direction of a show to make a political point is ever really a good thing. (Unless the show is fundamentally racist, sexist or generally broken anyway - which Dr Who isn't; there are strong female characters and strong male characters both. Torchwood manages that quite nicely as well, having a good balance characters that transcend gender stereotypes; Ianto makes the tea while Gwen kicks arse.) If Moffat and the other people in charge of the show made that choice independent of external pressure, then I'd have no problem with it. I do agree that artistically a spurious change for no real reason other than wanting a token woman doctor would be a bad thing; if anything it's actually counter-productive for the achieving of gender equality.
On a separate note, would the anti-feminists in this thread like to qualify their arguments a little instead of spewing bile all over the place? One of the more amusing and painfully idiotic comments that seems to have sprung up here and there is when people cry 'It's DOCTOR Who not NURSE WHO!'. So women in the medical profession are only ever nurses, then? I'll take it Martha Jones doesn't exist then. Or indeed that male nurses are a hideous joke. just goes on a basic, herd-like utilitarian principle with none of the self-awareness. The people that want a female Doctor are campaigning exactly because of ideas like these and the fact that people feel that these viewpoints are somehow valid or acceptable. But because of the fact that they're part of public consciousness and socially endorsed stereotypes, no-one challenges them.
Also, feminazis? I never knew that feminism had anything to do with goose-stepping, jackboots and anti-semitism. I misguidedly thought that it was about searching for gender equality by dealing with issues that concern the oppression of both genders. But, what do I know?
That said, I don't think changing the direction of a show to make a political point is ever really a good thing. (Unless the show is fundamentally racist, sexist or generally broken anyway - which Dr Who isn't; there are strong female characters and strong male characters both. Torchwood manages that quite nicely as well, having a good balance characters that transcend gender stereotypes; Ianto makes the tea while Gwen kicks arse.) If Moffat and the other people in charge of the show made that choice independent of external pressure, then I'd have no problem with it. I do agree that artistically a spurious change for no real reason other than wanting a token woman doctor would be a bad thing; if anything it's actually counter-productive for the achieving of gender equality.
On a separate note, would the anti-feminists in this thread like to qualify their arguments a little instead of spewing bile all over the place? One of the more amusing and painfully idiotic comments that seems to have sprung up here and there is when people cry 'It's DOCTOR Who not NURSE WHO!'. So women in the medical profession are only ever nurses, then? I'll take it Martha Jones doesn't exist then. Or indeed that male nurses are a hideous joke. just goes on a basic, herd-like utilitarian principle with none of the self-awareness. The people that want a female Doctor are campaigning exactly because of ideas like these and the fact that people feel that these viewpoints are somehow valid or acceptable. But because of the fact that they're part of public consciousness and socially endorsed stereotypes, no-one challenges them.
Also, feminazis? I never knew that feminism had anything to do with goose-stepping, jackboots and anti-semitism. I misguidedly thought that it was about searching for gender equality by dealing with issues that concern the oppression of both genders. But, what do I know?
yeah i kinda object to this one, don't think the Doctor should be female, there are Time Ladies already
Now...i'm not an avid Dr. Whoo fan, but I do recall loathing the actor before Tennant. Also, it's my understanding that the Doctor's. personality changes when he fully regenerates along with his appearance doesn't it?
...I don't know I can't see a woman doing it.
...I don't know I can't see a woman doing it.
Agreed! The problem with the current generation upcoming, male and female, are they don't want to do anything "hard", like science, maths, or anything else useful. Psychology, "Media Studies", and sociology are all they want to study because of the (UK) government's pathological view everyone should go to university, regardless of the usefulness of the topic of study.sv93 said:
As for a female doctor who, go away you overly politically current ass's, and leave our fictional characters alone! I'll accept a female Dr Who or James Bond the day I see a male Mrs Marple!
Actually work on getting kids of the UK into subjects like science and engineering, not onto TV with you banal vanity, because when I was on my engineering course, 90%+ where foreign students, and only 5 out of 80-ish where female.
Hey, isn't there some internet rule saying that thereis a female version/fan art of all male pop-culture/media characters?
I think it's Rule 63, and it was amazing seing it done on the TF2 characters.
I think it's Rule 63, and it was amazing seing it done on the TF2 characters.
