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Titolo: The list is dying on it's arse

    (or if your name is Simon, howto marry one :-) )
Why limit ourselves to just these?  What does it matter what we discuss as
long as it is Who-related?
Trev.
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 long as it is Who-related?
 Exactly.
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 so that I've been  on here.
You've certainly got me beat, then...
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Distant Dave
The Luton Host was mentioned in The Aldebaran Experiment if I recall...
They might have been mentioned in The Two Bennys, which featured the Mr.
Potato Heads as the villains, but I might be getting confused with something
else...
Brax
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> long as it is Who-related?
or even Who spin-off related...?
Brax
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 "Female Doctors. what a shit idea, eh ?"
Absolutely. 
Also black Doctors, US Doctors, disabled Doctors, and all other "let's
cast a minority actor" ideas. (Not that women are a minority, but then
who's counting, this is PR.) Although to be fair here I'm deliberately
putting a controversial spin on a fairly ordinary opinion.
Joanna Lumley was a great Doctor in CURSE OF FATAL DEATH. Morgan Freeman
would, in my estimation, be excellent for the part. Neither being female
nor being black nor (although usually I admit I shrink from this) having
a US accent is a reason not to play the Doctor. BUT, when someone calls
out "Hey, let's have a woman playing the Doctor!" without even bothering
to suggest /which/ woman, they're casting for the minority aspect rather
than for the acting talent - which will inevitably lead to miscasting.
As to whether the Doctor could/should regenerate into a woman, or if it
would raise/lower audience figures, or strengthen/weaken the role... It
all rather depends on how it's handled. Certainly it's never been stated
that cross-gender regeneration is an impossibility, which means that no
matter how much some people cry out against it, it /could/ be done. Some
people who don't know the series will be turned off (but if they know it
then whether they go will, except for a tiny minority of obsessives - ie
us - depend entirely on whether it gets favourable reviews). For people
who don't know the series it won't matter a damn, as long as the change
is made crucial to the plot (so that knowledge of previous regenerations
starts to be necessary to enjoy the story). And the role will be just as
strong as it's written and directed, no more or less.
I seem to be talking about casting for a feature film here, I don't know
why; perhaps because that's the format in which a female Doctor is most
often talked of. (Possibly more because of the way film producers think
than anything else.) But the logic seems to stand, assuming this is the
only plausible way Doctor Who would return to a mainstream audience. The
gender, the race and the nationality don't actually matter a damn.
So by all means cast Joanna Lumley, or anyone else you fancy. Just don't
cast a Woman.
Love and hugs,
Matt
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 If it had to be an afro-american: Samuel L Jackson and only Samuel L
Jackson.
Yes! Sam is good... however, I think the Doctor should stay as he has always
been - white and British! :)
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