Doctor Who casting controversy
You know, I promised myself that I was going to stay out of it this time and I have managed not to get dragged into it on the DW communities, largely by ignoring them as hard as I can but I can't seem to help myself in the less fandom areas into which discussion of the controversy has penetrated, especially since the sour grapes of the disappointed began to ferment into nasty little rumours of racism at the BBC.
It's all so bloody tragic.
Why can't people just let it lie until we've actually got some evidence of how the new boy is actually going to do? Yes, most people's favourite picks for the role didn't get it. This is the cause for momentary disappointment, not for torrents of foaming idiocy. Oh well, at least there haven't been any death threats so far, so they're one up on the series logo controversy...
It's all so bloody tragic.
Why can't people just let it lie until we've actually got some evidence of how the new boy is actually going to do? Yes, most people's favourite picks for the role didn't get it. This is the cause for momentary disappointment, not for torrents of foaming idiocy. Oh well, at least there haven't been any death threats so far, so they're one up on the series logo controversy...