miss_s_b: (feminist heroes: Liz 10)miss_s_b ([personal profile] miss_s_b) wrote,
@ 2012-03-21 11:25 am UTC
Current mood: bored
Entry tags:doctorwho
Well, we can't pronounce on ALL the predictions yet, but young, white, cis-female, and conventionally attractive? I think we're there on those:

The Doctor's new companion is revealed

Who she's playing, how the Doctor meets her, and even where he finds her, are all part of one of the biggest mysteries the Time Lord ever encounters. Even by the Doctor's standards, this isn't your usual boy meets girl. - I suspect the biggest mystery the Doctor ever encounters might be overselling it a bit. And boy meets girl? REALLY? Eurgh.

I'm sure I'll be able to put up with her character, maybe even I'll like her, but it would have been nice if the opportunity had been taken to have someone a bit more different :(

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[personal profile] miss_s_b
2012-03-21 01:31 pm UTC (link)
I don't really think Matt Smith is all that unconventional. Maybe by the standards of modern telly, but if you cast him in a Hammer film he'd be the impossibly good-looking lead. I think the fact that Matt Smith is painted as being odd-looking is much more of a comment on the narrow standards of modern telly than on the man himself. YMMV.

I also think it's interesting that (for totally innocent reasons) a post about how there isn't enough variety in female form on telly has turned into a discussion of a leading male.

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[personal profile] magister
2012-03-21 08:53 pm UTC (link)
He reminds me of a young Boris Karloff. Which is a good thing.

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