The talent pool from which the show chooses actors is composed of humans.

Only on the BBC. The announcement was via social media in the US and elsewhere.

Peter Capaldi has often referred to the character as "Doctor Who".

That surprised me too.

Ratings have fallen for pretty much every show on traditional television the past few years, so it is difficult to pin the drop in Doctor Who's ratings in the U.K. to the casting of Capaldi. Worldwide, however, the show appears to be more popular than ever.

Doctor Who is a British TV show. According to Wikipedia the U.K. population is 92% white.

I was really hoping for Kilsun's no doubt fascinating definition.

And a villain.

What, exactly, is feminist propaganda?

Mostly yes.

Lede.

It's just a slightly awkward quickly written headline.

Hot take!

You may need to be an American of a certain age to get the joke.

Yeah, I was on the fence but now that Jack Brooks has spoken…

Bill's departure was intentionally ambiguous and it is possible that she could continue as the companion.

They'll deal with it by either having the Doctor take control of the situation from the start so gender is a non-issue or the historical people will underestimate the Doctor until she outsmarts them.

I applaud you for pretending to be open minded.

Lemme guess, absolutely no clip of Whittaker will assuage your worries, am I right?

Smith even had two nude scenes.