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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
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   Blueshirt  wrote:   
   >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.   
      
   Hence the unpopularity of Chibnall and Whittaker.   
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