So rumors have been floating around that Death in Paradise’s Kris Marshall may be taking up the mantle of The Doctor following Capaldi’s departure.
And, of course, you realize what this means….
THE DOCTOR WILL FINALLY BE GINGER!!!
I thought this would be the main topic of discussion when it came to his potential role. However, this was what most people had to say about the matter:
My questions is why are people so adverse to him playing The Doctor? I’ve read quite a few tweets and I’ve been able to determine two reasons for the wave of haters:
- They don’t like him because he was in that one thing that they didn’t like so that automatically means he’ll be crap at being The Doctor because reasons, I guess.
- He’s a straight white male.
If your reason for not liking him being The Doctor is reason #1, give him a break. Sometimes actors get cast in crappy roles in crappy movies/tv shows. It happens. There are a lot of factors that go into making a production. Sometimes actors have poor direction or the writing is bad. Even the best actors can’t turn straw into gold.
If your reason for being up in arms is #2, well, I suggest you listen to this on full blast.
Okay, perhaps a bit harsh.
All the same, I think it’s a dumb reason to be upset. Yes, I’ve said in a post before that it would be cool if The Doctor was a woman. Nevertheless, I’m not up in arms that he’s not. I just want the show to improve and I thought him being a woman would give us a new dynamic to work with. However, I think we’re going to see plenty of different now that we’re getting a new head writer AND he’s bringing in a whole new group of writers.
Of course, it’s only a rumor that he’ll be the 13th Doctor. Still, I’m actually really hoping it’s true (and it seems to be since nobody from BBC has denied it).
I know from Death in Paradise that he does socially awkward and smart well so he seems like he’d be a perfect fit.
As most people have pointed out, people usually hate the guy that’s replacing the old Doctor, only to fall in love with the new one. That didn’t necessarily happen to me with Capaldi, but I know where they are coming from and have experienced it myself when Tennant became Smith.
So, if he truly is the Ginger Doctor, we should all give him a chance.
Who knows? Maybe he’ll become your favorite Doctor.
The Crooked Pen 
AND he is ginger! I don’t know anything about Kris Marshall but I’m game since he’s a ginger. I gave Capaldi a chance and at first I didn’t like him.
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I pretty much stopped watching Doctor Who after Moffat took over so I had no clue any of this was happening. I’m far more concerned about Moffat stepping down than I am concerned about who plays the Doctor. Didn’t Capaldi receive similar criticism because people didn’t like the role he had played before? But now people seem to like him.
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They do it with every Doctor lol. And I’m cautiously optimistic that Moffat is stepping down. He’s been due to leave for the past few years now.
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If he IS the new doctor, but HE’S GINGER. Moreover, with every new doctor there have been plenty of people who were apprehensive and yet, we all end up loving them. Because at the end of the day, he’s the doctor. “Same man, different face”.
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