Dr Who

[Mr Mystery]

Basically just do this.

[Psychosplodge]

Is he a vampire? He really looks like he should be.

[CoffeeGrunt]

To be fair, Dr Who has made a decent crack at diversity in most instances. It just hasn't had a female or non-white Doctor. The story does, at times, center on non-white supporting characters and give them a good moment or two, (like Mickey The Idiot or Martha.)

Then again, I haven't watched it since midway through the Matt Smith era, so I dunno if it's changed. Ironically, I think the non-white supporting characters got the most memorable roles, like the guy who blew himself up in a last stand with some vampires.

[Mr Mystery]

The supporting characters are usually fine - as the article says, they're relatively diverse.

Interested to see where the new show runner takes it though.

[Cutter]

Is he a vampire? He really looks like he should be.

The Marquis de Carabas? Don't think he's a vampire, he's modeled on Puss-in-Boots...

[Psychosplodge]

The outfit just cries ageless undead aristocracy of the night

[Cutter]

The outfit just cries ageless undead aristocracy of the night

All the best ones do.

[Erik Setzer]

I don't think there's a burning need to make the Doctor change skin tone or gender as long as they keep up the good cast around the Doctor. I wouldn't be offended or quit watching or anything if it happens, but it feels like most of the calls for it are just people wanting to check off some boxes on some kind of diversity Bingo or something.

At least if the Doctor became a woman for a while, it'd make more sense than James Bond becoming a woman. (Though, again, I'd totally watch a 00# movie with a female secret agent getting into her own brand of escapades.)

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

A move like that might actually get me back, allthough if it has the same writing team as the past decade it will still be the worst sh1t ever.

Always thought Rudolph Walker had a great troughton-esque feel to him though ;

[Mr Mystery]

Minor Threadomancy, but preferable to starting a new one.

The Power of the Daleks is about to be re-released, 50 years after it first aired. Whilst the serial didn't survived the BBC Archive Purges, the audio did. So they've re-created it as an animated adventure using the original audio.

Other sad Gits like me will have seen this approach used where there were episodes missing. I am excite!

And a further word on diversity in Dr Who....for all his faults, Mr Moffatt did play a bit of a sneaky blinder in Hell Bent. He'd already established that a Timelord's gender can be changed by Regeneration (Missy), but in this he went one further, by showing an old white dude regenerate into a young woman of colour.

So if/when Mr Capaldi hangs up his Eyebrows, the casting is about as wide as you can get. Gender. Ethnicity....they aren't canon restrictions anymore. Literally any actor is now in with a shout. Well played Mr Moffatt. Well played. Even if not all is forgiven from this single act, the sentiment is appreciated I'm sure.