ONTD Original: Gender Swapping in Television

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BBC News - Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker casting splits fans https://t.co/m6ZmoB65wJ
well done, another diversity box ticked!!
- Jasmin (@ladyjasmin007) July 16, 2017
With Doctor Who regenerating into a female for the first time in the shows history and causing massive outrage across the galaxy, here are other examples of popular male characters turning

Comments

[nutmegdealer]

i would be here for a female james bond loving and leaving hot guys all over the world.

[loglady]

THIS :D

[blowkissnotcoke]

just asking, are you going to see Atomic Blonde?
It looks kind of badass!

[fauxkaren]

Joan Watson is the best Watson of all Watsons.

I am ok with being the cheese the stands alone with not liking a female Doctor because it means that either the Doctor is not the same person across regenerations or it's leaning into the idea that gender is 100% a social construct and not something intrinsic to a person which I think is a complicated conversation that the show will never get into, so it's just like... well, I guess??

Whatever. I haven't watched Doctor Who since the first few episode of Tweleve so it doesn't matter what I think.

[t_snake]

yeah i got a few reserves on it but i really want to see how they'll play it. like to me the doctor is a man, so it would have made more sense to cast *let my imagination go wild* Idris Elba (you got the money bbc, you took bake off away from us, you can give me Idris on the telly!) we'll see.

and ofc it matters what you think <3

[t_snake]

eh i'm not perfect. can i ask you what's so awful about this comment? just curious

[t_snake]

i love lucy on elementary tbh. and i am looking forward to a female doctor

[ellaellaeheheh]

imagine having to ask fans not to be scared by your gender. wow.

[tanknz]

yeah, people hate change though

[burntxtoashes]

male fans, lbr.

[sluttyroyals]

Joan Watson >>>>>> the muffin looking hobbit from sherlock

[dogparkfun]

preach

[zoaster_toaster]

Always

[loveuploud]

truth