Quote Originally Posted by BaggieSingh View Post
Not quite sure why you are stressing Mick
Is it because he’s black or gay (not sure he is but I know he played a gay guy in s e x education)

He seems to have a decent grounding as an actor has quite a few accolades so why shouldn’t he play Dr Who?

Don’t understand the level of vitriol coming at him from you or the media,
Calling him a cnut because of his African spelling bit much (and childish) mate

I’d rather someone got a job they were trained in rather than paid millions for getting their tits out like Jordan or all these other women who are always in the media
Imagine what the press would say of them if they were black
Not stressing at all BS and I’m a bit surprised you’re throwing the race card at me.

1/ The reference to his name wasn’t actually aimed at him but more at my penchant for using that particular expletive.

2/ My post was ( I thought ) clearly aimed at the BBC and their descent into box ticking wokeism.

Just as it was obvious that a woman would get the job last time around it was (in my opinion) blindingly obvious that the next announcement would be a black, gay actor.

He may well be a terrific actor BS but it’s the obviousness of this that gets me.

I can think of loads of great actors who could do the job.

Mark Gaitess for example or Reece Shearsmith who add that quirkiness that the best Doctors had.

By the way, I know Gaitess is gay before you point that out.

It’s really just the obviousness of this latest appointment.

It should be remembered as well that the character was supposed to be a white, middle aged man.

Maybe I’m just getting old but when a fictional or real life character is being portrayed in a film or TV show I believe that the origin of that character should be upheld.