New Doctor Who Companions revealed

wildthyme467989

https://twitter.com/bbcpress/status/922217513122979843

Turns out those rumours about Bradley Walsh were true. Can't wait to see this next year

artan42

I liked Walsh in Law and Order. This could be okay.​​

wildthyme467989

artan42 wrote: »

I liked Walsh in Law and Order. This could be okay.​​

I've only ever seen him hosting The Chase, never got to see the episodes of the Sarah Jane Adventures he did, but I'm still looking forward to it, haven't had 3 companions since the Peter Davison years, but a few of the Big Finish audios have seen 4 companions

annemarie30

nope done with the Doctor. The whole genderbending thing was too over the top

redeyedraven

annemarie30 wrote: »

nope done with the Doctor. The whole genderbending thing was too over the top

Wasn't Doctor Who always over the top?

artan42

annemarie30 wrote: »

nope done with the Doctor. The whole genderbending thing was too over the top

And nothing of any value was lost.

jonsills

annemarie30 wrote: »

nope done with the Doctor. The whole genderbending thing was too over the top

Seriously? It's a show about a twin-hearted alien in a broken time machine with a mind of its own, who, whenever it dies, regenerates into a new body with a new personality - and the gender of the latest body is what broke you? Not the little robot dog? Or Adric, the Companion who died saving Earth and simultaneously being responsible for the K-T Event? Or the War Doctor, who somehow doesn't get counted in the total number of regenerations? Or Ten having his hand severed, but growing it back because he still had "regeneration energy" in his body? Or all of the Daleks being captured in a tiny extradimensional prison - except for one in Utah in the 2080s? Or... but I think the point is made. The Doctor has even alluded before to the idea of regenerating into a "female" body (remember, Gallifreyans are alien, and our human genders are likely to be mere approximations at best), and the Master has actually done so.

redeyedraven

I didn't watch many episodes of Doctor Who, but I always felt that it never meant to be taken serious.
For the most part it's a lighthearted and rather comedic sci-fi based on early sci-fi-ideas, exploiting the hell out of them while freshing a few things up here and there. "Too over the top" is something that doesn't exist in that particular franchise. It's also why I usually can only take the episodes until it gets to the cheesy, too self-aware conclusions.

starkaos

jonsills wrote: »

annemarie30 wrote: »

nope done with the Doctor. The whole genderbending thing was too over the top

Seriously? It's a show about a twin-hearted alien in a broken time machine with a mind of its own, who, whenever it dies, regenerates into a new body with a new personality - and the gender of the latest body is what broke you? Not the little robot dog? Or Adric, the Companion who died saving Earth and simultaneously being responsible for the K-T Event? Or the War Doctor, who somehow doesn't get counted in the total number of regenerations? Or Ten having his hand severed, but growing it back because he still had "regeneration energy" in his body? Or all of the Daleks being captured in a tiny extradimensional prison - except for one in Utah in the 2080s? Or... but I think the point is made. The Doctor has even alluded before to the idea of regenerating into a "female" body (remember, Gallifreyans are alien, and our human genders are likely to be mere approximations at best), and the Master has actually done so.

Or how about the fact that there has never been a black, yellow, blue, or purple doctor. Blue or purple might cause some problems with doing the pre-22nd Century Earth episodes, but every single Doctor has been white. Maybe the Fourteenth Doctor will be African or Asian.

Speaking of female Doctors, whatever happened to Jenny? We saw her blast off into space, but nothing since the Doctor's Daughter episode.

mustrumridcully0

starkaos wrote: »

Speaking of female Doctors, whatever happened to Jenny? We saw her blast off into space, but nothing since the Doctor's Daughter episode.

Abandonded storyline that some future Doctor Who nerd given the reigns of Doctor Who can pick up to prove his true love for the franchise?


Also, Idris Elba for Doctor Who. (After we had a few years of Jodie, of course.)

wildthyme467989

starkaos wrote: »

jonsills wrote: »

annemarie30 wrote: »

nope done with the Doctor. The whole genderbending thing was too over the top

Seriously? It's a show about a twin-hearted alien in a broken time machine with a mind of its own, who, whenever it dies, regenerates into a new body with a new personality - and the gender of the latest body is what broke you? Not the little robot dog? Or Adric, the Companion who died saving Earth and simultaneously being responsible for the K-T Event? Or the War Doctor, who somehow doesn't get counted in the total number of regenerations? Or Ten having his hand severed, but growing it back because he still had "regeneration energy" in his body? Or all of the Daleks being captured in a tiny extradimensional prison - except for one in Utah in the 2080s? Or... but I think the point is made. The Doctor has even alluded before to the idea of regenerating into a "female" body (remember, Gallifreyans are alien, and our human genders are likely to be mere approximations at best), and the Master has actually done so.

Or how about the fact that there has never been a black, yellow, blue, or purple doctor. Blue or purple might cause some problems with doing the pre-22nd Century Earth episodes, but every single Doctor has been white. Maybe the Fourteenth Doctor will be African or Asian.

Speaking of female Doctors, whatever happened to Jenny? We saw her blast off into space, but nothing since the Doctor's Daughter episode.

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-07-18/georgia-moffett-to-lead-a-series-of-doctor-who-audio-adventures-as-the-doctors-daughter/