The thing about Doctor Who

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When we're criticizing the fact that the Doctor is AGAIN white and male...we are not criticizing Peter Capaldi. Maybe there are some people out there who don't like him as an actor and thus don't like him as the new Doctor. But people criticizing the casting regarding race or gender are not blaming Peter Capaldi. I am sure many of the people who are currently upset at the casting fully support him as an actor in the role and will love him once they see what he does with the role (or at that point, they may decide they don't like him as the Doctor, which is fair game). Those of us criticizing the casting choice hold no aversion toward Pete Capaldi. We take issue with the fact that a character - who by definition can look like anything - is AGAIN, for the 12th time, still only representing white males. We are upset at Moffat for his choice, for his lack of creativity (I will not make the potential bigotry comments here as other people have done better than I could and I don't know Moffat as well as many of those people making those arguments), for his pointed and decidedly sexist comments.

So please, you can love the actor, love him as the next Doctor, but do not tell other people they can't criticize the casting choice based on race or sex, do not patronize people who are disappointed because of a lack of diversity in a character who can be anyone and anything. Your actor and the institution of the Doctor are safe. But people are allowed to be upset by the great potential being lost, and upset by the creators lack of creativity in their decision-making process.