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It's been a couple days since the new season premiere , featuring Jodie Whittaker as the first female Doctor. And, as I said before, I liked the episode. But, two days later, there is something from that episode that really is bugging me. Early on in the episode, when we are introduced to Graham ( Bradley Walsh ) and Whittaker's Doctor on the train, there was a discussion about aliens and how Graham and others didn't believe in them. How the heck is that even possible at this point in the series? Is there no news or internet in England? The giant spaceship over London. The Cybermen invasion. The WHOLE FREAKING PLANET being moved to a whole different part of the universe. Yet there are still people who have doubts? Have the Men in Black been working overtime and erasing people's memories or something? At this point in the series, it should be "oh look, another alien invasion," not "what is that thing" or "aliens don't exist."

After what seemed like an eternity, it is about time. I'm interested to see Jodie Whittaker in the role of Doctor #13. Regardless of people's feelings about a female Doctor, the series was in need of a fresh actor in the role.  I just hope the writers don't make the same mistake they made with Peter Capaldi and settle on the new Doctor's personality right away. I thought Peter Capaldi was a bit wasted in his Doctor role because the writers couldn't figure out if they wanted him to be grumpy, funny or crazy. Either is fine. A combination of all three just didn't work for me.

I heard about this a couple days ago and wanted to take some time to let it sink in. While this isn't much of a surprise, as I mentioned before , the Doctor Who season finale seemed to be setting this up, I still am admittedly undecided about this change. On one hand, the series has been getting a little stale lately and maybe a drastic change like this will breathe some new life into it. But, I guess it will ultimately come down to whether or not her version of the Doctor is entertaining. As for Whittaker herself, I realized I really don't know a whole lot about her. I'm only familiar with her from the series Broadchurch (which stars a former Doctor, David Tennant ) and haven't personally seen any of her other roles. So, for now, I'm going to take a wait-and-see approach before deciding. One thing I am a little curious about is whether or not the decision to make the Doctor female is the reason Peter Capaldi's regeneration doesn't happen until t...