The actress was once told that the Doctor couldn't be Black.
  • Handles@leminal.spaceEnglish
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    10 days ago

    I’d use all my mum’s foil to make up my cousins [as Daleks], and I’d be the Doctor, they’d say, ‘But you can’t be the Doctor, the Doctor’s not a girl, the Doctor’s not Black’.

    And the fact that you’ve got a middle aged woman, it just should never happen really, because we’re invisible if you’re a woman past 35, if you’re a woman that’s not a size 8, if you’re a Black woman, you’re kind of in the sideline, you’re invisible.

    I swear, the Fugitive Doctor was such a fresh breath of air from her firat appearance. The number of TV episodes she’s been in is ridiculously low relative to the impression and impact she made. And an impact on several fronts, as Martin points out.

    The upcoming BF audios are a good thing for the character, of course, but it would be a damn shame if she didn’t return to the show itself for a central (recurring) part going forward.

      • Handles@leminal.spaceEnglish
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        9 days ago

        Oh yes. As much as I liked Whittaker’s take on the the Doctor, Jo Martin really topped it in her three(?!) appearances. I guess they complemented each other, a wacky and confused incarnation vs an imperious and composed one?

        Either way, hope to see them both back some day — and there is definitely more narrative meat on the Fugitive Doctor!