In which case, she might look something like the attached (taken from the Curse of Fatal Death).
Cheers,
Nigel.
Dr. Who a woman
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In which case, she might look something like the attached (taken from the Curse of Fatal Death).
Cheers,
Nigel.
tallthinkev
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As River Song has been mentioned, I thought she was a kind of a new Benny. Both Prof's of archaeology. Intresting?
Found the four episodes of the fan films with a female doctor
http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x1uu7r_Exocomp21_seattle-international-films/1#video=xnc46g
http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x1uu7r_Exocomp21_seattle-international-films/1#video=xnc46g
A friend sent me this page of a Alternate History where Doctor Who was made with a female cast
interesting choices
http://www.scifind.com/features/the-other-11-doctors/
interesting choices
http://www.scifind.com/features/the-other-11-doctors/
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I think Perkins would've made an awesome Doctor.
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I wonder what effect these Actresses being in Dr.Who would have had on TV in general.
Thing is though, they AREN'T Doctors. They may be Timelords of some sort, but they aren't Main-Character-Person Doctor.
Talk to the Corsair. Time lords can be both genders within their lifetimes.
I agree on Sue Perkings being a good choice.
Diana Rigg would also been a good choice (in the 70s).
And why let the sidekicks stay sidekicks, Alex Kingston would have made a excellent doctor.
Although if the doctor is a woman i could see some flamboyant opera/musical singer doing the role, it would make for a wildly different doctor (the doctor in a walkure costume anyone
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edit: the first doctors were older gents, maybe some grandmother type would end up playing the doctor (brr hyacinth bucket version of the doctor, or we'd get super gran as the doctor lol), other extreme choice (more or less male though LOL) Dame Edna (barry humphries) as the Doctor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dame_Edna_Everage)
Diana Rigg would also been a good choice (in the 70s).
And why let the sidekicks stay sidekicks, Alex Kingston would have made a excellent doctor.
Although if the doctor is a woman i could see some flamboyant opera/musical singer doing the role, it would make for a wildly different doctor (the doctor in a walkure costume anyone
)edit: the first doctors were older gents, maybe some grandmother type would end up playing the doctor (brr hyacinth bucket version of the doctor, or we'd get super gran as the doctor lol), other extreme choice (more or less male though LOL) Dame Edna (barry humphries) as the Doctor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dame_Edna_Everage)
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tallthinkev
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And you got this info from where? NOT true in any way shape or form! Read Lungbarrow, 7th Doctor, and it was going to be made with the 7th Doctor and Ace.
From the episode "The Doctor's Wife". New Who series 6, episode 4. Teleplay by Neil Gaiman, originally broadcast 14th May 2011.
It's canon, man.
Well, he linked it for me, so I'll say this on Lungbarrow:
Read it. It gets contradicted in a half dozen other books, as well as on screen and in audios. Further, I can't remember a "Can't change genders" line in the book, and there's no proof it was in the original screen-treatment even if it was there. And, again, it has been contradicted ten ways from Sunday.
Also:
90%? Really? Once they've gotten the audience to accept repeated actor replacements on the title part as a story element, I don't think you're going to lose all but 1 in 10 viewers over gender change unless you shift demographics so that the primary audience for the show is reactionary religious extremists, and it was way too late for the show on that front by 23 November 1963.
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tallthinkev
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That was taken from a pole at one of the Who conventions last year, can't remember which one. And as far as I know there were more females againest it than blokes.
1. Not exactly scientific.
2. Those who answered said they would stop watching, or that they preferred another male? There's a fairly big difference. especially given the "eye candy" use of doctors these days, saying they'd prefer a male is even less a clear "will not watch if switched" than before.
3. Looking online, I'm not finding evidence of that poll's existence in even a semi-formal way. Every "con discussion" on the subject I can find links to shows a surprisingly supportive audience, such as at Gallifrey One in 2012, the most reported version of such discussion I'm aware of.
Yea, I'm going to need a link before I come remotely close to believing that, much less that it was an accurate poll of those present (and even then, I don't know the terms of the poll. For all i know it could be "if the next doctor is a woman will you A: Stop watching or B: Rape a kitten).
Mind you, I am open to the possibility of hacking. After all, Will Wheaten could win a "sexiest women" contest with hacking.
Then again, I've been searching online since I saw the first post, and I'm seeing nothing in the way of that poll.
And that's not even touching upon the demographics of the con in comparison to other cons, where people are fairly supportive of the idea, much less the standard audience, or a number of other matters pertaining to the claim you've made.
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I would love to see a woman get the part.
tallthinkev, you're very insistent about this poll at a convention. Riddle me this: how many people attend Dr Who conventions? How does that compare with the number of people watching the series in total?
Most people aren't that into Whovian lore, so even if canon were all against it (which is not the case, as the Neil Gaiman quotes up-thread show) you could get away with it. So you might piss off some die-hard fans, so what? I point you towards Tardis Eruditorum a blog exploring the show in depth, which shows quite clearly that a minority of the fans hate every change to the show.
Given the variation in the character of the Doctor portrayed by each of the 11 to date, being a white male is the only consistency we've had in "who is the Doctor." It's about time that changed, really - isn't that the point of a character whose face, voice and personality can change utterly?
tallthinkev, you're very insistent about this poll at a convention. Riddle me this: how many people attend Dr Who conventions? How does that compare with the number of people watching the series in total?
Most people aren't that into Whovian lore, so even if canon were all against it (which is not the case, as the Neil Gaiman quotes up-thread show) you could get away with it. So you might piss off some die-hard fans, so what? I point you towards Tardis Eruditorum a blog exploring the show in depth, which shows quite clearly that a minority of the fans hate every change to the show.
Given the variation in the character of the Doctor portrayed by each of the 11 to date, being a white male is the only consistency we've had in "who is the Doctor." It's about time that changed, really - isn't that the point of a character whose face, voice and personality can change utterly?