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Let There Be Wank!
Nov. 26th, 2008 09:34 amAll over the interwebs, for this transcends fandom, people are talking about the (yet to be confirmed, by the way) New Doctor.
Doctor Who that is.
Family friendly sci-fi adventure show featuring the alien Time Lord and his trusty TARDIS.
As we all know, David Tennant is doing in the way of previous Doctors and leaving for greener pastures (as if!), but I digress.
This (yet to be confirmed) New Doctor is causing a controversy, ya see, for the actor Joseph Patterson, is black (and in my opinion quite dashing). A BBC veteran and having acted in previous productions with sci-fi and fantasy flair like the Marquis De Carabas in the BBC's "Neverwhere" (the mini series written by Neil Gaiman that came before the book by Neil Gaiman).
As an aside, I've never seen "Neverwhere", though I'm dying to now!
I've already read small reports of complaints.
I mean, duh, right. It's a big deal that a role that has embodied British pop-culture, which always revolves around the white, middle-class, man - Christopher Eccleston broke the mold by not disguising his Northern roots, thus making The Doctor, in Lennon's words, a Working Class Hero (which we all wanted to be).
Anyway, the breaking of the mold or at the very least shake it up a bit, is a requirement of the sci-fi and fantasy genre in my opinion. At least when in regard to television.
While this a yet to be confirmed casting, seeing as we have all of 2009 to look forward to with regards to the Whoinverse, I'd keep my eyes open for the White Guys as well, who knows, really.
Television is an unstable medium when it comes to rumors and casting assumptions.
I think the only thing that we'll know for sure is that Doctor Who will never be a woman, though it would be awesome to have a gender switch episode (something I hope happens in Torchwood, seeing as the show is very set up for exploring that kin of avenue), I very much doubt that the Doctor, as a character, is of the Genderqueer mind frame... or at the very least, just very attached to his male body image.
Regardless.
A black Doctor.
How effing cool is that!
P.S.
David Tennant Forever!
I now leave you with the Doctor Who Theme tune:
Doctor Who that is.
Family friendly sci-fi adventure show featuring the alien Time Lord and his trusty TARDIS.
As we all know, David Tennant is doing in the way of previous Doctors and leaving for greener pastures (as if!), but I digress.
This (yet to be confirmed) New Doctor is causing a controversy, ya see, for the actor Joseph Patterson, is black (and in my opinion quite dashing). A BBC veteran and having acted in previous productions with sci-fi and fantasy flair like the Marquis De Carabas in the BBC's "Neverwhere" (the mini series written by Neil Gaiman that came before the book by Neil Gaiman).
As an aside, I've never seen "Neverwhere", though I'm dying to now!
I've already read small reports of complaints.
I mean, duh, right. It's a big deal that a role that has embodied British pop-culture, which always revolves around the white, middle-class, man - Christopher Eccleston broke the mold by not disguising his Northern roots, thus making The Doctor, in Lennon's words, a Working Class Hero (which we all wanted to be).
Anyway, the breaking of the mold or at the very least shake it up a bit, is a requirement of the sci-fi and fantasy genre in my opinion. At least when in regard to television.
While this a yet to be confirmed casting, seeing as we have all of 2009 to look forward to with regards to the Whoinverse, I'd keep my eyes open for the White Guys as well, who knows, really.
Television is an unstable medium when it comes to rumors and casting assumptions.
I think the only thing that we'll know for sure is that Doctor Who will never be a woman, though it would be awesome to have a gender switch episode (something I hope happens in Torchwood, seeing as the show is very set up for exploring that kin of avenue), I very much doubt that the Doctor, as a character, is of the Genderqueer mind frame... or at the very least, just very attached to his male body image.
Regardless.
A black Doctor.
How effing cool is that!
P.S.
David Tennant Forever!
I now leave you with the Doctor Who Theme tune:
