(NOTE: I wrote this blurb last Wednesday night, and tried to program the blogging software I use to post it the following morning. Turns out, technology sucks. I’m back from the said vacation now so, with apologies, here’s the unedited, original write-up. And I might as well include a link to the trailer for the Christmas special as well, huh?)
I’m out of town this weekend, so I thought I’d quickly talk about that little Doctor Who announcement from Sunday.
So yeah, Doctor Who has its first female Doctor in Jodie Whittaker, and I’m all for it. It’s the energetic, new direction I think the show was in need of. It makes sense considering it’s been firmly, firmly, established now that Time Lords can change gender during regeneration (I.e.. the Master/Missy, the General). It opens the door to a lot of fun and interesting stories and themes and dynamics and AAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH.
Am I, admittedly, still a bit wary of it all? Sure. But it has nothing to do with gender or anything. It’s uncharted territory for the entire series, and with this whole new Doctor we get a whole new showrunner in Chris Chibnall. But one of Doctor Who’s fundamental themes is change, so let’s all go in with an open, optimistic mind. There’s also the fact that I haven’t seen anything Jodie Whittaker has been in, but Broadchurch is on Netflix and it’s been in my queue for like 2 years, so now’s probably high time for me to sit down and watch it.
Anyways, I’m writing this at 10pm at tonight so that’s all for now. I’m sure there’ll be a lot more to talk about concerning the new Doctor once we learn more about Series 11.
Noah
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