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JoeCovenant:
The only Doctor from the new series who has had to 'audition' for the role was Matt Smith.

Eccleston was handed it.
Tennant's "audition" was down to working with Russel T Davies on Casanova
Capaldi was 'discussed' among the production staff (mainly Andy Pryor, Moffat and Minchin) and given the role after being walked through a reading. (Moffat was "obsessed" with seeing Capaldi as the Doctor)

But the casting of a female Timelord was on the cards almost as soon as Matt Smith took the role on.
Whittaker was called personally and asked to read by showruner Chris Chibnall (who she had worked with before) and whereas She has said she was up against other female's (but she didn't know who) HE has said only that he always wanted her for the role.

Personally I don;t care who plays the Doctor as long as they are good actors.
But if the rumour is true that they are brining in Bradley bloody Walsh as her 'companion'....
As well as a slew of other bog-standard soap actors etc... I'm dreading that it becomes another farce of bringing in the crew's mates and trendies which almost killed it for me in (new) series 3.

Tova:
I suppose time will tell on both counts.

Theta9:

--- Quote from: Tova on 02 Aug 2018, 19:40 ---Look, I can totally understand your cynicism. It's justified, no question. Casting a white male, not only in this iconic role but also in many others, has long been the norm. Still, to respond to the first ever casting of a female in the role with, "Yeah sure, but it won't happen again" seems churlish. Yes, okay, there's a selection process before they audition, that is so. But I imagine open auditions would be a nightmare.

--- End quote ---
I live in the USA. After 43 white guys, they finally elected a man of color as President. Need I remind you what happened next? (PS: I just live here.)

I'm not dismissing the possibility. I just think another white guy is the most likely to follow Whittaker.

Neko_Ali:
I don't know if BBC producers are as risk-adverse as Hollywood producers, but I'd say it largely say it depends on how popular Jody Whittaker's Doctor is. If it's all gangbusters and people cheering in the streets, then sure we'll see more non-white dude Doctors. If her reception is less than stellar, then they'll probably rush back to what they know fast enough to give whiplash, the way it usually works. I truly think that Missy was testing the waters for a female Doctor. I think that the show writers have wanted to do it for a while, but to convince the producers they had to show that fans would accept that a Time Lord could change gender and still be popular. If Missy flopped or the push back had been strong then they could have just dropped it all and nothing more said. The next regeneration the Master would have been back to his villainous self and it would have been no more than a blip on the radar. But she proved to be hugely popular and thus, they are willing to try a female Doctor.

jwhouk:
Heck, the BBC has wanted to do away with the franchise regularly since they first "canned" it back in 1989. The suits still can't understand why everyone loves the crazy little TV show about an idiot in a blue box with a screwdriver.

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