Current Events > Female Dr Who looking to quit show in 2019?

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https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/2018/11/21/doctor-who-jodie-whittaker-chris-chibnall-leaving-season-12-2019/

lol, will this be blamed on incels somehow?

wtf that's short as shit

I read the name chibnall as chinball and thought about a person having a scrotum and testicles on their chin
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Why even play the Doctor if you leave after a season?
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ImTheMacheteGuy posted...

I read the name chibnall as chinball and thought about a person having a scrotum and testicles on their chin

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each Doctor should have to say for like 10 years. it's kinda weird how they just rush through all these actors. I know they came up with a plot device to explain the changes, but it shouldn't happen so often in the story. that's dumb. imagine if we only got a new Doctor once a decade

They still need to explain if Bill Potts was a lesbian or not, it wasn't made very clear.
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Whittaker had her first child in 2015 and the report suggests that her desire to spend more time with her young child will likely lead Whittaker towards ending her run as the Doctor

Pathetic on so many levels.
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Foppe posted...

Why even play the Doctor if you leave after a season?

The same reason Christopher Eccleston did, because she wants to.

She hasn't even been "Doctor Who" for very long, I don't even watch the series and it can't have been too long ago since she started playing the role, what's it been 6 or 8 months ?
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JE19426 posted...

Foppe posted...

Why even play the Doctor if you leave after a season?

The same reason Christopher Eccleston did, because she wants to.

Eccleston left because he hated RTD though didn't he

honestly they kept the wrong dude
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I want them to get a midget/dwarf one in next.

SpiralDrift posted...

Whittaker had her first child in 2015 and the report suggests that her desire to spend more time with her young child will likely lead Whittaker towards ending her run as the Doctor

Pathetic on so many levels.

Uhh, wha?
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GaryGaryGary posted...

I want them to get a midget/dwarf one in next.

Peter Dinklage

> Feminist actress wins a long sought after feminist role, has potential to inspire many young girls.
> Leaves because she had a baby.
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GaryGaryGary posted...

I want them to get a midget/dwarf one in next.

Warwick Davis.
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She probably left because the fanbase is insufferable for the most part.
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SpiralDrift posted...

> Feminist actress wins a long sought after feminist role, has potential to inspire many young girls.
> Leaves because she had a baby.

Lol

Yeah...
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SpiralDrift posted...

> Feminist actress wins a long sought after feminist role, has potential to inspire many young girls.
> Leaves because she had a baby.

She had a baby two years before she accepted the role that would inspire young girls.
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SpiralDrift posted...

> Feminist actress wins a long sought after feminist role, has potential to inspire many young girls.
> Leaves because she had a baby.

Like poetry
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I dropped the show after the last season because I found that season to be super bland, but I've heard terrible things about Jodie's run thus far. Most of that relates to Chibnall's writing, though, which is supposedly atrocious.
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Foppe posted...

SpiralDrift posted...

> Feminist actress wins a long sought after feminist role, has potential to inspire many young girls.
> Leaves because she had a baby.

She had a baby two years before she accepted the role that would inspire young girls.

That's why it's pathetic on multiple levels. They should have made sure it wasn't going to be an issue before hiring her.
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What a flop
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all aboard the idris elba hype again
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KnightofShikari posted...

all aboard the idris elba hype again

Idris Elba is miles too famous to be a bloody Doctor Who.

yukihohagiwara for 14th dr
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I think it would be neat if they cast one of the old Doctors again. A few of them are still around. It doesn't even have to make sense since it's sci-fi.
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They should have picked a black doctor. Hopefully they do that now.
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Smashingpmkns posted...

She probably left because the fanbase is insufferable for the most part.

Could very well be at least partly the reason. I mean, this topic says "Female Dr Who" instead of her actual name.
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dotsdfe posted...

I dropped the show after the last season because I found that season to be super bland, but I've heard terrible things about Jodie's run thus far. Most of that relates to Chibnall's writing, though, which is supposedly atrocious.

Jodie's been great. The companions not so much, but not bad to the point of ruining anything. But the stories are really bad. They're getting better as the season goes on, though. So... hope?
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probably tired of people asking if the sonic screwdriver doubles as a vibrator...
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Anything doubles as one if you are brave enough.
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Zikten posted...

each Doctor should have to say for like 10 years. it's kinda weird how they just rush through all these actors. I know they came up with a plot device to explain the changes, but it shouldn't happen so often in the story. that's dumb. imagine if we only got a new Doctor once a decade

10 years is way too long. the show is about change
3-5 years is a perfect amount of time for the average doctor

Medussa posted...

dotsdfe posted...

I dropped the show after the last season because I found that season to be super bland, but I've heard terrible things about Jodie's run thus far. Most of that relates to Chibnall's writing, though, which is supposedly atrocious.

Jodie's been great. The companions not so much, but not bad to the point of ruining anything. But the stories are really bad. They're getting better as the season goes on, though. So... hope?

imo it is the writing. Chibnall should never have been showrunner
Jodie does pretty decent, although she does feel like just a mix between Tennant and Smith
Graham is a great companion, the other two suck

that being said, aside from Matt Smith, every New Who Doctor has had a pretty shit first series so it's par for the course
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Smashingpmkns posted...

She probably left because the fanbase is insufferable for the most part.

The real reason.
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It's not that Jodie is quitting outright, supposedly Chibnall isn't happy with his workload (poor baby), and she's more loyal to him than the show. Still not a good look, IMO.
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Oh yeah, I need to watch more of the current season. I wasn't very impressed by the first episode
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SJWs BTFO!!!!
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now emma watson can get the role!
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Whittaker had her first child in 2015 and the report suggests that her desire to spend more time with her young child will likely lead Whittaker towards ending her run as the Doctor during the 2019 Christmas special.

After all the feminist posturing regarding the first female Doctor, the actress leaving after only a year to spend more time with her child does seem to give some ammunition to traditional gender role advocates.
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Lvaneede posted...

Oh yeah, I need to watch more of the current season. I wasn't very impressed by the first episode

I heard the ratings for the first episode or two were fantastic, but then it dropped off pretty sharply. I would assume that was because people wanted to see what the first female Doctor was all about, but then a third realized it didn't make them like Doctor Who any more than a male Doctor did.

But then, I don't know if most seasons start high and drop off sharply in general regardless of cast.
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Esrac posted...

Whittaker had her first child in 2015 and the report suggests that her desire to spend more time with her young child will likely lead Whittaker towards ending her run as the Doctor during the 2019 Christmas special.

After all the feminist posturing regarding the first female Doctor, the actress leaving after only a year to spend more time with her child does seem to give some ammunition to traditional gender role advocates.

well to be fair feminism was about choice
a womans right to choose to work or be a stay at home mom rather than being forced to be a stay at home man

if a man or woman wants to stay at home to raise the kids thats fine
if a man or woman wants to focus on their career thats fine too
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I knew before coming in this would have a bunch of incel posts insulting her and crying about SJWs

Esrac posted...

But then, I don't know if most seasons start high and drop off sharply in general regardless of cast.

they generally do
specifically for doctor who, whenever there's a new doctor or companion there will be high premier ratings and then slide down gradually throughout the series, only to bounce back up again

I believe the ratings are not the biggest thing though, given BBC has iplayer and internationally people can watch on BBCA, Amazon, iTunes, etc. that may not be considered as well
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Esrac posted...

Lvaneede posted...

Oh yeah, I need to watch more of the current season. I wasn't very impressed by the first episode

I heard the ratings for the first episode or two were fantastic, but then it dropped off pretty sharply. I would assume that was because people wanted to see what the first female Doctor was all about, but then a third realized it didn't make them like Doctor Who any more than a male Doctor did.

But then, I don't know if most seasons start high and drop off sharply in general regardless of cast.

That's how it works with just about anything really. People show up to see the new thing, it drops quickly when it isn't what most of them are really into. Then it trickles down as interest wanes unless something big happens to restart the process.

The current ratings seem on par with what Doctor Who's brought in regularly, so yeah, the most likely possibility is that people showed up to shout "girl power" for a couple of weeks and then moved on to the next shiny misogynist object to fight oppression over.
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Didn't read the article, but iirc, there are two reasons she's considering leaving. The first is because BBC wants to have yearly seasons of Doctor Who, which will take away from spending the time she wants with her child. The second is because Chibnall doesn't like how things are being handled behind the scenes of the show, which is making him consider leaving. If he goes, she talked about leaving with him since she apparently wanted the part with him as showrunner
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Lebronwon posted...

They should have picked a black doctor. Hopefully they do that now.

Yeah, ever new Doctor should just be token picks tbqh.
Also, enough of these British ones ffs. We need new accents.
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40+ posts and no one has noticed that this is a rumor?
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1) this should be taken with a grain of salt
2) it says she'd lead if Chibnall leaves
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Medussa posted...

Jodie's been great. The companions not so much, but not bad to the point of ruining anything. But the stories are really bad. They're getting better as the season goes on, though. So... hope?

Chibnall wrote the first half of the episodes. I've only seen episode 1 so far but I liked it.

Esrac posted...

I heard the ratings for the first episode or two were fantastic, but then it dropped off pretty sharply. I would assume that was because people wanted to see what the first female Doctor was all about, but then a third realized it didn't make them like Doctor Who any more than a male Doctor did.

They're still higher than they were in the Capaldi years. But yes, they have gone down from the huge opening. But that's to be expected too. We'll see where it levels off.
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Ps2Twilight posted...

40+ posts and no one has noticed that this is a rumor?

that was the implication, yes
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Ps2Twilight posted...

40+ posts and no one has noticed that this is a rumor?

Studios float these kind of rumors around to gauge online response so that can make better choices going forward, so people are really just giving them what they want.

Though there's probably a lot less "OMG, how can she be leaving, I love her on the show" than hoped.
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