Wait, what?

[elisi]

Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker and Chris Chibnall to leave in 2022

BOTH OF THEM?

omg who will take over from Chibnall???

(Sorry to see Jodie go, but it is what it is)

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[elisi]

Given the Covid interruption I guess it has been some years but this seems like a really brief tenure.
Three seasons is fairly standard, but the seasons themselves have been shorter and covid really hasn't helped.

I certainly hope a person of color will replace her.
I... almost can't imagine that they'll cast someone white. At least it'd be strange if they didn't cast a POC.

[ruuger]

The only way I can see them casting someone white, is if the actor is non-binary. I've said before that Chibnall casting a female Doctor wasn't brave, it was the least he could do, and if the next showrunner defaults to a white actor (even if it's a woman), that will probably be a death-blow for the current era of Doctor Who because the world has changed a lot since 2017.

(and as I have also said before, they already used the "Best actor for the job" card with Capaldi, so even that defence would not work)

[elisi]

The only way I can see them casting someone white, is if the actor is non-binary.
Yeah, that's not going to happen.

I've said before that Chibnall casting a female Doctor wasn't brave, it was the least he could do, and if the next showrunner defaults to a white actor (even if it's a woman), that will probably be a death-blow for the current era of Doctor Who because the world has changed a lot since 2017.
*nods a lot* Although I am more curious about the showrunner. Surely there must be someone who is not a white male who can be put in charge?

(and as I have also said before, they already used the "Best actor for the job" card with Capaldi, so even that defence would not work)
Indeed. Although during his tenure Moffat laid basically all the groundwork, right from Eleven thinking he was a girl after regenerating. Through The Corsair, to Melody/River changing 'race', to Missy (♥) to the General who went from old & white & male to young(er) & Black & female. Sorry for rambling, you got me thinking back over all this. As far as I know there's nothing on screen - before Moffat - to support any of this. Of course it has been discussed endlessly, but Moffat made it canon. Which is nice. Sure he also cast two white blokes*, but they're my favourites so. ;) Here's to no more white blokes until we have had at LEAST twelve Black women.

*OK, three