Posted on 01/27/2020 9:39:26 PM PST by yesthatjallen
"Doctor Who" just made history with its first ever black Doctor, who was revealed during Sunday night's episode "Fugitive of the Judoon."
Jo Martin, playing the first black incarnation of the Doctor, was shockingly revealed to the 13th Doctor, portrayed by Jodie Whittaker. Whittaker was the first female incarnation of the character.
In the episode, written by Vinay Patel and Chris Chibnall, Martin's character, a tour guide in the English city Gloucester named Ruth Clayton, surprisingly announces that she is the Doctor.
The historic revelation came after a TARDIS was dug up from under Clayton's lighthouse childhood home. But neither one of the Doctors recognized each other.
"You're in my future, not the other way around," Martin's Doctor says.
"I've never been anything like you ...Trust me, I'd remember, especially that shirt," the 13th Doctor says. Though the show has had a host of strong female characters along with Whittaker -- from Michelle Gomez's The Master and Alex Kingston's River Song to companions like Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) and Rose (Billie Piper) -- no black woman has ever portrayed the title character.
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Dr. WTF Is That?
It’s like they are actively working to destroy the franchise.
Anyone watching the show up to then was a student of history, humanities, and government. That is now gone.
I had no problem with the concept of a female Doctor. After the first three episodes the PC SJW became intolerable. Dr. WHO is over. He’s dead, Jim!
Its not just news...its history! /s
Never much of a fan, but I sure hope they keep James Bond a white male. Heard recently they’re keeping him male. The only black Bond I could take is Idris Elba. Even that would be tough, and I don’t really care what race characters are. Just Bond really heh.
Wow! I didn’t even notice. But then again i don’t make everything about race like CNN does. There’s a word for that i think...
Dr. Whew, the nearly blind proctologist with artificial
hands and no sense of smell.
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31. Do we dare ask “Dr. Who Dat”? /sarc
I could care less. Half the Dr. Who’s (Horton Hears a Who?), were lousy actors and the plots, sets, and costumes were stupid and ridiculous.
OK, now that was different! Tnks!
“Woman, black woman, next I guess is trans woman of color but where do they go after that?”
Trans Icelandic disabled woman of color/white-Hispanic-Asian/Yasidi?
The show exemplified “camp”, with its goofy characters and props, but got lost by the late 90s.
She’s butt ugly too boot - now, if they’d bring back black, gay, super-ugly Bill, that would make a duo to draw to. All the SJW’s would flock to it like never ever before.
After they jumped the shark, I’ve never watched the show again and it was my favorite for decades.
I’d believe it.
I am pretty sure that the movie casting a female JB has been scrapped. They finally offered Daniel Craig enough money to make one more. I believe it is due out this year.
William Hartnell was never “flighty”.
Leftists believe the more “boxes” they check, the better their product.
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