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Jodie Whittaker’s ‘Doctor Who’ Sees Ratings Surge Despite The Many Tears Of Giant Manbabies

Diversity and inclusion... works?!?

by Mitch Feltscheer  19 December 2018
Doctor Who

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In great news for anyone who isn’t a huge pissy man-baby, the latest season of iconic nerd-fest Doctor Who has seen a huge bump in ratings — most likely due to the role of the Doctor being portrayed as a woman for the first time in its approximately 200 year run.

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Phenomenally talented actor Jodie Whittaker took over the role of the ageless, transforming Time Lord this year, after twelve white men had all had a solid crack at it.

Unsurprisingly the announcement that the Doctor was to be a women for the first time ever pissed off a very vocal, very sexist subset of the fandom.

Their insane arguments against the move all circled around how the BBC had “given in” to socialist lefties and the PC brigade and that the move was at odds with the supposedly masculine heart of the show.

They also claimed it would without a doubt be the worst rated season ever as no-one wants to watch THE WOMENS on TV. LOL, no.

The stats are in and Jodie’s take on the wibbly-wobbly-timey man person is raking in the eyeballs with Whittaker’s debut season averaging 1.6 million viewers per episode. To put that in perspective the most recent Doctor before her, played by Peter Capaldi averaged 1.3 million viewers per episode which is 20 percent less viewership.

The great news is Whittaker’s stellar run on Doctor Who isn’t ending anytime soon with the actor confirming her return to the role in the upcoming 12th season.

Well would you bloody know it diversity, inclusion and equal representation on screen actually works! That’s not to say there’s still a lot more work to be done to get anywhere close to true equality in our media, even Doctor Who itself still struggles with a lack of women behind the screens.

Still it’s a great win for Jodie, for the BBC, for people who identify as female and really for any of us out here begging to be represented in our beloved franchises.

You can watch Doctor Who on ABC iView.