Should the Next 'Doctor Who' Be a Woman? 772
Hugh Pickens DOT Com writes "Jennifer Finney Boylan writes in the NYT that for those who did not get beaten up in high school, 'Doctor Who' is a beloved British sci-fi series about a character called the Doctor who is able to regenerate into a new body whenever a mortal would die or whenever an actor grows tired of the gig. The Doctor has been played by 11 different men since the show went on the air in 1963 and with Matt Smith, stepping down this Christmas, many fans had hoped that this time, a dozen cycles in, the Doctorship would finally go to a woman. 'Maybe it was the election of Barack Obama that made it seem, fleetingly, as if there were no more glass ceilings, for offices from president to pontiff,' writes Boylan. 'Whether the 45th president is a woman (Hillary Rodham Clinton?) or a Latino (Marco Rubio?), it still feels, on a good day, as if we've entered a time when there are fewer limits on what men and women can aspire to.' But unlike presidents or popes, we may not get that many more chances at a glass-shattering Doctor. According to long-held Doctor Who mythology, the character's 13th regeneration could be his last. 'As the producers think about whom they want to take on the role next, they should keep in mind the way people's hopes are lifted when they see someone breaking the glass ceiling, even when it's for something as seemingly trivial as a hero on a science-fiction program. Equal opportunity matters — in Doctor Who's universe as well as our own.'"
WHAT AND CALL IT NURSE WHO ?? (Score:5, Funny)
That is just absurd !!
No (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Really? Political correctness? (Score:3, Funny)
Only a silly uneducated Yank would write this (Score:5, Funny)
Re:No (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Really? Political correctness? (Score:5, Funny)
That's what they said about daleks and stairs. Didn't stop them.
Re:No (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Really? Political correctness? (Score:4, Funny)
Finally a worthy opponent for the Daleks!
Re:Really? Political correctness? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Time Lord (Score:5, Funny)
The clue is in the title. Who ever heard of a "Time Lady"?!
Um, everyone who ever watched season 16 [wikipedia.org]?
Re:WHAT AND CALL IT NURSE WHO ?? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Really? Political correctness? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Really? Political correctness? (Score:5, Funny)
The next James Bond should be Jessica Alba. Now that would breathe new life into a tired out francise.
Leave Dr Who alone.
Re:WHAT AND CALL IT NURSE WHO ?? (Score:5, Funny)
No, it has already been done (Score:5, Funny)
The Doctor should never be a woman. We have seen how that turns out in the spoof "Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death", where the female Doctor notices the sonic screwdriver has "three settings".
Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_and_the_Curse_of_Fatal_Death [wikipedia.org]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p18DKN27IZQ [youtube.com]
Re:Really? Political correctness? (Score:5, Funny)
They wouldn't be able to do all the running involved...
New tagline:
"Lets Roll"
Re:No (Score:4, Funny)
I'm tired of these motherfucking daleks on my motherfucking ship.
Re:Really? Political correctness? (Score:4, Funny)
A female doctor would run like a girl.
Re:Really? Political correctness? (Score:3, Funny)
Exactly,
It's a Doctor, not a Nurse.
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Re:Really? Political correctness? (Score:5, Funny)
Having breasts does not make you interesting.
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