XPost: rec.arts.drwho, rec.arts.sf.fandom   
   From: blueshirt@indigo.news   
      
   The True Doctor wrote:   
      
   > On 25/02/2025 09:30, Ubiquitous wrote:   
   > > It's a big victim fest over at Doctor Who and Jody Whittaker   
   > > is playing the victim like Ncuti Gatwa, blaming fans for not   
   > > accepting her as The Doctor.   
   >   
   > Why should they? The Doctor is a male character and Jodie   
   > Whittaker is a shit actress and Chis Chibnall is a shit writer   
   > who destroyed the entier franchise with the Timeless Child   
   > monster.   
      
   I didn't have a problem with Jodie Whittaker's casting. I did   
   have an issue with the [generally] poor scripts and three   
   companions cluttering up the TARDIS during her era though.   
   (Which in turn affected the stories, as trying to focus on three   
   companions often diverted attention away from the Doctor.)   
      
   It's true that some in Doctor Who fandom didn't like a female   
   13th Doctor and were against Jodie Whittaker from the very   
   beginning, but to blame the fans for the failures of that era is   
   taking the easy way out.   
      
   There's a trend nowadays for producers, writers and actors to   
   point the figure at fans when a show/franchise doesn't do as   
   well as they had hoped. But liking a TV show is not compulsory,   
   a show has to earn its audience. If a fan isn't getting   
   enjoyment from a TV show then that's their prerogative, they   
   don't HAVE to like it. The producers should look a bit closer to   
   home as to why some people were finding that Doctor Who was not   
   as entertaining as it once was. I know for a fact other people,   
   like myself, didn't object to Jodie's 13th Doctor per se but   
   just thought a lot of the episodes were poor and not very   
   enjoyable. That's not on the fans, or Jodie Whittaker... that's   
   on Chris Chibnall.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)