Doctor Who Begs the Question “Who Is That Girl?”
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Well. It happened: Doctor Who finally returned to our screens and, for the first time, the character is a woman; actress Jodie Whittaker to be precise.
Not only my personal verdict but, apparently, the verdict of viewers in general, she was absolutely fantastic!
I was dubious. I was doubtful. I was suspicious that political correctness had crept in to change the Doctors sex. I was so very very wrong.
Doctor Who has always been played as a man. An alien Time Lord who regenerates after death he may be, but he was always a man.
William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, Christopher Ecclestone, David Tennent, Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi and, of course, a nod to Peter Cushing in a couple of spin-off movies.
“A woman!” “No! Don’t be ridiculous,” came the cry from so many fans when Jodie Whittaker was revealed as the first female incarnation
She was magnificent. I can’t think of enough superlatives to describe her debut.
“Why are you calling me madam?” She asked a bemused police officer.
“Because you’re a woman”
“I am? Half an hour ago I was a grey-haired Scotsman”
Funny, sassy, courageous, slightly surreal but, most of all, superb.
Personally, I did feel the franchise needed a bit of a kickstart again. As much as I love it, there was a slightly worrying sensation that, without something dramatic, it was approaching its sell-by date.
Wow! What a kickstart! What a performance.
Jodie Whittaker? As an avid Whovian, I can pay you no greater compliment than to say “You are the Doctor. Heart and soul”.
I am absolutely as chuffed as could be that my doubts were absolutely and totally blown out of the water.
Go watch it!!!!
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Oh! Unforgiveable!!! I forgot the late great John Hurt who played ‘The War Doctor’!!!!….I humbly apologise
Mr. Bamforth, you disappoint me. I would have thought that you would know the difference between begging a question and raising a question. Here is what Wikipedia has to say about begging the question:
In logic, the formal name of this fallacy is petitio principii “assuming the initial point”.
Actually begging the question is making a statement like, “Alcoholic beverages make you drunk because they are intoxicating.” or “Donald Trump is an asshole because he is a member of the Trump family.”
By the way, I watched The Woman Who Fell To Earth (the title of the Doctor Who episode) twice on BBC America on Sunday. I cannot claim to be a full-blown Whovian (despite sharing a birthday with Tom Baker), since I am not a consistent watcher – Peter Capaldi seldom managed to keep me interested – but Ms. Whittaker, so far, has the quirky Doctor traits down pat, and that’s a large part of the role. Eccleston was charmingly eccentric, Tennant charismatic, Smith was reminiscent of several of the pre-2005 doctors, and I’ve already mentioned that Capaldi didn’t do much for me. That said, I will probably start watching on a regular basis again.
<i?Petitio principii. All things sound more learned in Latin.
Thank you for explaining that. I’ve alienated too many people by being Doctor Syntax and it’s time someone else took up the cause. It needs to be done!
Que? 😀
Anyroad…it was the editor who came up with the title 😂😂😂😂
I really should give up on the “begging the question ” issue – and about 40 others, but I don’t it seems. After all I’m the guy who still makes a distinction between “because of” and “due to”
I don’t do it to annoy people – I just can’t help it.
Beer helps 😀👍🍺
“A woman!” “No! Don’t be ridiculous,” came the cry from so many fans when Jodie Whittaker was revealed as the first female incarnation”
My man, you were one of them what said alien time lords should be men, if I am not mistaken. If I wanted to, I could go look back in the archives and find my proof when I said it’s an alien and can be male or female, but I’m just going to do an I told you so instead 🙂
If you read it properly Jess you’ll find the bit were I say ‘I was wrong’ 😘
Oh I know, but it’s not stopping me from doing an I told you so 😉
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I’m a John Pertwee guy myself. Capaldi was decent but I couldn’t understand half of what he said.
I LOVE DOCTOR WHO, and love Jodie!