Thursday, January 07, 2010
A Dr. Who ginger group!
The Guardian reports that the running joke in Dr. Who about him wanting to regenerate as ginger has been misunderstood and led to a number of complaints:
The BBC received 143 complaints from viewers after Smith, newly regenerated from David Tennant in the New Year's Day edition of the show, looked at his new head of hair and said: "Still not ginger". But the BBC today said those viewers who thought the remark was anti-ginger and might encourage playground bullying have got the wrong end of the stick. You see, the Doctor wants to be ginger. "We would like to reassure viewers that Doctor Who doesn't have an anti-ginger agenda whatsoever," it said in a solemn-looking statement on the BBC website. "This was a reprise of the line in the Christmas Invasion episode in 2005, when David Tennant discovers that he's not ginger, and here he is, missing out again - disappointed he's still not ginger." Still, you could imagine how some sensitive viewers got the wrong end of the stick.
As someone who is proudly ginger myself I was not in the least bit offended but if Russell T Davies wanted a red-headed Dr. Who why did he not cast one.
The BBC received 143 complaints from viewers after Smith, newly regenerated from David Tennant in the New Year's Day edition of the show, looked at his new head of hair and said: "Still not ginger". But the BBC today said those viewers who thought the remark was anti-ginger and might encourage playground bullying have got the wrong end of the stick. You see, the Doctor wants to be ginger. "We would like to reassure viewers that Doctor Who doesn't have an anti-ginger agenda whatsoever," it said in a solemn-looking statement on the BBC website. "This was a reprise of the line in the Christmas Invasion episode in 2005, when David Tennant discovers that he's not ginger, and here he is, missing out again - disappointed he's still not ginger." Still, you could imagine how some sensitive viewers got the wrong end of the stick.
As someone who is proudly ginger myself I was not in the least bit offended but if Russell T Davies wanted a red-headed Dr. Who why did he not cast one.
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Are you advocating positive discrimination of ginger-haired people even though they may not be the correct person for the job?
Anyway, RTD didn't cast Matt Smith, Steven Moffat and his team did.
Anyway, RTD didn't cast Matt Smith, Steven Moffat and his team did.
I am not advocating anything, just observing that RTD had it in his power to appoint a ginger Dr. Who if he wanted one.
For a moment there I read the last sentence of your post as: "As someone who is proudly ginger myself I was not in the least bit offended but if Russell T Davies wanted a red-headed Dr. Who why did he not cast me." :-)
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For a moment there I read that last sentence as: "As someone who is proudly ginger myself I was not in the least bit offended but if Russell T Davies wanted a red-headed Dr. Who why did he not cast me." :-)
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: 1:54 PM
It is ridiculous because it highlights that some professional complainers (bored Daily Mail readers) spend more time complaining than they do in actually bothering to spend 30 seconds on the internet finding out the truth.
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