I know it is not a Web content week, but this article was great and, as I didn't write an article last week, I thought I would share this with you.
As an American Fangirl (or Debbie, as we on TNT call us), I am disappointed to see how many of my fellow Debbies are refusing to watch Who now that the actor is not young.
I am not surprised, but just sad. How are you going to call yourselves Whovians, but only watch young, hot guys? You, madam, are not a whovian. It is the nature of the show to showcase people of different ages and talents. that is why he regenerates.
All of you girls better not come back when they cast another young guy for 13. It makes me mad, because all these "Whovians" who are dropping the show are American. Lets tack yet another stereotype on us shall we?
My only issue with the casting, is that he is already a canonical character. However, as the article points out, it is not unheard of. Colin Baker (the 6th doctor) played a character called Commander Maxil in the story Arc of Infinity (1983) where his character shot the then doctor (Peter Davison) to stun him (one of the few characters to do so) and bring him and Nyssa to the time lord high council.
So, my message to all you American Debbies who are freaking out because he isn't young and hot is: Stop giving the rest of us a bad name. No one who is a true Whovian really cares what he looks like. Hopefully he will be good for the story. We know already that he is a good actor, a fact we didn't know when Matt Smith joined the show.
Yes, we will miss Matt, as we miss David, but this show is a prime example that we can't hold on to the past, even if we might want to. They are gone and, with the exception of the 50th anniversary, they are not coming back. GET OVER IT.
Here is the article I was talking about: http://whatculture.com/tv/doctor-who-why-the-casting-of-the-12th-doctor-shouldnt-be-a-deal-breaker.php
On a side note, Next week will be an audio podcast. Hopefully I can nail down Targ to do a commentary on Sherlock: A Study in Pink. if not, it will be a random topic episode with Tribble, Targ and Diane.
Here are links!
Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/Tribblesntargs
Read the Blog! http://tribblesandtargsgeek.blogspot.com/
Podbean! http://tribblesntargsgeek.podbean.com/
Email! Tribblesntargspodcast@gmail.com
