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TMC · 12-05-2017, 09:08 PM

“This isn’t a show exclusively for progressive liberals”

https://io9.gizmodo.com/steven-moffa...ale-1820973541

Moffat, whose tenure as Doctor Who boss ends this month, was asked in an interview with Radio Times why a female Doctor wasn’t tapped under his tenure, while his successor Chris Chibnall immediately picked Jodie Whittaker. Moffat said he didn’t want to alienate Brexit voters. “This isn’t a show exclusively for progressive liberals; this is also for people who voted Brexit,” he said. “That’s not me politically at all – but we have to keep everyone on board.”

TMC · 02-16-2018, 02:42 AM

BBC told some staff the next Doctor Who would be a man to keep the Jodie Whittaker casting a secret
“We found out it would be Jodie the same time as everybody else, watching the Wimbledon final," says visual effects producer Louise Hastings, adding: “The BBC actually had us quote her first scene before we knew it was gonna be Jodie, via storyboards. And the storyboards had been drawn with a man as the Doctor, so that was a bit of a surprise!"

12-05-2017, 09:08 PM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 126,096	Steven Moffat on why he avoided casting a female Doctor Who “This isn’t a show exclusively for progressive liberals” https://io9.gizmodo.com/steven-moffa...ale-1820973541 Moffat, whose tenure as Doctor Who boss ends this month, was asked in an interview with Radio Times why a female Doctor wasn’t tapped under his tenure, while his successor Chris Chibnall immediately picked Jodie Whittaker. Moffat said he didn’t want to alienate Brexit voters. “This isn’t a show exclusively for progressive liberals; this is also for people who voted Brexit,” he said. “That’s not me politically at all – but we have to keep everyone on board.”

02-16-2018, 02:42 AM	#2
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 126,096	BBC told some staff the next Doctor Who would be a man to keep the Jodie Whittaker casting a secret “We found out it would be Jodie the same time as everybody else, watching the Wimbledon final," says visual effects producer Louise Hastings, adding: “The BBC actually had us quote her first scene before we knew it was gonna be Jodie, via storyboards. And the storyboards had been drawn with a man as the Doctor, so that was a bit of a surprise!"