The new Doctor has been announced!

[MarkB]

This the doctor doesn't matter to much.

The writing though.....

It's certainly not that the casting doesn't matter. It's just that it's consistently been good.

 

[Mallus]

It must be incredibly hard to write a show where everything is solved by a screwdriver.

I think it’s to write for a show that’s run so long and already told so many stories.

But yeah, maybe less sonic this go round!

 

[GreyLord]

And it’s Ncuti Gatwa. I’m not familiar, but he’s apparently in Sex Education. He’s Scottish.

Doctor Who: Ncuti Gatwa to replace Jodie Whittaker, BBC announces | Doctor Who | The Guardian

Sex Education star will be first black actor to play role full-time when Russell T Davies returns to run show in 2023

amp.theguardian.com

I thought he was Rwandan, but later moved to Scotland and raised there.

I must be getting old. My first thought was...he's awfully young. Then I suppose, 17 years ago Eccleston and Tennant probably seemed young to some.

 

[Mallus]

Then I suppose, 17 years ago Eccleston and Tennant probably seemed young to some.

Smith certainly did.

 

[Morrus]

I thought he was Rwandan, but later moved to Scotland and raised there.

He's Rwandan-Scottish, according to Wikipedia.

I must be getting old. My first thought was...he's awfully young. Then I suppose, 17 years ago Eccleston and Tennant probably seemed young to some.

He's older than Matt Smith or Peter Davison were.

 

[GreyLord]

He's Rwandan-Scottish, according to Wikipedia.

He's older than Matt Smith or Peter Davison were.

I remember Davison. People were aghast at how young he was when he became the doctor as well.

I think Matt Smith had been tempered by the other two before him to get us used to such youth.

The last two (Capaldi and Whittaker) were a little older so probably got me accustomed to older Doctors...plus...I myself have aged so 29 seems even younger than it used to 12 years ago.

PS: I think part of it is also Ncuti Gatwa played (or it seemed the character he played) a much younger individual in his last series, which sort of flavors how one thinks of him...I suppose.

 

[Morrus]

The last two (Capaldi and Whittaker) were a little older so probably got me accustomed to older Doctors...plus...I myself have aged so 29 seems even younger than it used to 12 years ago.

Whitaker was only about 32 or 33 or so wasn't she? And Gatwa will be 30 or 31 by the time we see him on the show. So not far off.

 

[Umbran]

The last two (Capaldi and Whittaker) were a little older so probably got me accustomed to older Doctors...

Um, Whittaker was all of 35 when she was announced as the Doctor. David Tennant was 34 when he started in the role.

 

[Morrus]

Doctor starting ages (debut not announcement)

Hartnell 55
Troughton 46
Pertwee 50
Tom Baker 40
Peter Davison 29
Colin Baker 40
McCoy 44
McGann 36
Eccleston 41
Tennant 34
Smith 27
Whitaker 35
Gatwa 30/31 (depending when in 2023)

Those old ones weren't as old as you might think! I guess people age better these days!

 

[Mallus]

Good Lord I'm two years younger than Hartnell when he began as The Doctor.

I feel unstuck in time!