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    From The Horny Goat@3:633/10 to All on Sun May 31 17:27:50 2026
    Subject: Re: [NEWS] Doctor Who's Ncuti Gatwa to host "Saturday Night Live UK" later htis month

    On Fri, 8 May 2026 06:01:42 -0400, The True Melissa
    <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

    Verily, in article <10tkapg$2p6hl$1@dont-email.me>, did daniel47 >@nomail.afraid.org deliver unto us this message:
    So Gatwa has been/will be responsible for killing another series!! ;-P


    I don't think Gatwa killed Doctor Who. He had Doctor potential, IMO.
    It's the scripts, and the general show direction, which are killing it.

    Of course, that won't necessarily prevent him from being remembered as
    the jerk who ruined everything.

    Too true - though to be fair I haven't watched much Doctor Who since
    Billie Piper left the show some 20 years ago. (Just for fun I looked
    her up just now on Google Images and if anything I think she looks
    younger in the 2025 photos than the 2005 photos which I put down to
    less makeup)

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  • From The Horny Goat@3:633/10 to All on Sun May 31 17:34:32 2026
    Subject: Re: [NEWS] Doctor Who's Ncuti Gatwa to host "Saturday Night Live UK" later htis month

    On Fri, 8 May 2026 17:35:52 +0100, The True Doctor
    <agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM> wrote:

    "To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it >stands for." --William Shatner

    Glad to hear his brain cells are still working fine at 95 or so even
    if he's a lot weaker than he was in his younger days.

    Of course his home town of Montreal is much different than when the
    Shat was born...


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  • From Ubiquitous@3:633/10 to All on Sun May 31 21:46:11 2026
    Subject: Re: [NEWS] Doctor Who's Ncuti Gatwa to host "Saturday Night Live UK" later htis month

    thetruemelissa@gmail.com wrote:
    did daniel47 @nomail.afraid.org deliver unto us this message:

    So Gatwa has been/will be responsible for killing another series!! ;-P

    I don't think Gatwa killed Doctor Who. He had Doctor potential, IMO.
    It's the scripts, and the general show direction, which are killing it.

    Sure he did!

    He told concerned fans to pound sand and that the show wasn't made for
    them.

    --
    Democrats and the liberal media hate President Trump more than they
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  • From Blueshirt@3:633/10 to All on Mon Jun 1 07:08:45 2026
    Subject: Re: [NEWS] Doctor Who's Ncuti Gatwa to host "Saturday Night Live UK" later htis month

    Ubiquitous wrote:

    thetruemelissa@gmail.com wrote:

    I don't think Gatwa killed Doctor Who. He had Doctor
    potential, IMO. It's the scripts, and the general
    show direction, which are killing it.

    Sure he did!

    He told concerned fans to pound sand and that the show
    wasn't made for them.

    [pedant mode on]

    He told the fans that objected to his casting to "turn off
    their tv and go and touch grass".

    [pedant mode off]

    Carry on...

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  • From The True Melissa@3:633/10 to All on Mon Jun 1 06:20:29 2026
    Subject: Re: [NEWS] Doctor Who's Ncuti Gatwa to host "Saturday Night Live UK" later htis month

    Verily, in article <10vio94$1u1lm$1@dont-email.me>, did
    weberm@polaris.net deliver unto us this message:

    thetruemelissa@gmail.com wrote:
    did daniel47 @nomail.afraid.org deliver unto us this message:

    So Gatwa has been/will be responsible for killing another series!! ;-P

    I don't think Gatwa killed Doctor Who. He had Doctor potential, IMO.
    It's the scripts, and the general show direction, which are killing it.

    Sure he did!

    He told concerned fans to pound sand and that the show wasn't made for
    them.

    That was after we already hated the scripts, though. The dude's an okay
    actor, from what I've seen. It's the scripts and direction which have
    killed its audience, not Gatwa per se. IMO, of course.

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  • From Blueshirt@3:633/10 to All on Mon Jun 1 11:42:21 2026
    Subject: Re: [NEWS] Doctor Who's Ncuti Gatwa to host "Saturday Night Live UK" later htis month

    The True Melissa wrote:

    Verily, in article <10vio94$1u1lm$1@dont-email.me>, did
    weberm@polaris.net deliver unto us this message:

    thetruemelissa@gmail.com wrote:

    I don't think Gatwa killed Doctor Who. He had Doctor
    potential, IMO. It's the scripts, and the general
    show direction, which are killing it.

    Sure he did!

    He told concerned fans to pound sand and that the show
    wasn't made for them.

    That was after we already hated the scripts, though.

    Some fan complaints started after Ncuti Gatwa was first cast
    as the 15th Doctor.

    The dude's an okay actor, from what I've seen. It's the
    scripts and direction which have killed its audience, not
    Gatwa per se. IMO, of course.

    I like Ncuti as an actor. The direction he got for playing The
    Doctor was way off what it needed to be to win over fans that
    had left during Jodie Whittaker's tenure... plus RTD, wrote some
    cringeworthy moments for him.

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  • From The True Melissa@3:633/10 to All on Mon Jun 1 07:21:04 2026
    Subject: Re: [NEWS] Doctor Who's Ncuti Gatwa to host "Saturday Night Live UK" later htis month

    Verily, in article <xn0pqi97e15cnk002@post.eweka.nl>, did blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:

    The True Melissa wrote:

    Some fan complaints started after Ncuti Gatwa was first cast
    as the 15th Doctor.

    Someone always complains, though. When they first cast Matt Smith and
    released one single picture of him, I observed a large forum break out
    into discussion of how he was clearly only cast for his looks and
    couldn't act. They were so skilled that they could measure his acting
    ability from one still photo. :-\

    The showrunners seemed to expect resistance to his being black. The bad
    part was that all objections to the show were filed under "must be a
    closet racist."


    I like Ncuti as an actor. The direction he got for playing The
    Doctor was way off what it needed to be to win over fans that
    had left during Jodie Whittaker's tenure... plus RTD, wrote some
    cringeworthy moments for him.

    I had the feeling that RTD didn't really take the show seriously any
    more and just saw it as his own personal showcase and playground.

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  • From Blueshirt@3:633/10 to All on Mon Jun 1 12:30:32 2026
    Subject: Re: [NEWS] Doctor Who's Ncuti Gatwa to host "Saturday Night Live UK" later htis month

    The True Melissa wrote:

    Verily, in article <xn0pqi97e15cnk002@post.eweka.nl>, did blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:

    Some fan complaints started after Ncuti Gatwa was first
    cast as the 15th Doctor.

    Someone always complains, though. When they first cast Matt
    Smith and released one single picture of him, I observed a
    large forum break out into discussion of how he was clearly
    only cast for his looks and couldn't act. They were so skilled
    that they could measure his acting ability from one still
    photo. :-\

    Well yeah, us Doctor Who fans are good at complaining... you
    could never keep all of us happy. As any daily peruse of RADW
    would show you!

    Matt Smith was a good Doctor. Following David Tennant in the
    role would have been hard for any actor to do, but he actually
    did okay.

    The showrunners seemed to expect resistance to his being
    black. The bad part was that all objections to the show were
    filed under "must be a closet racist."

    That's an easy way to wave away genuine fan complaints. That's
    why RTD gets stick for being arrogant and out of touch.

    I like Ncuti as an actor. The direction he got for playing
    The Doctor was way off what it needed to be to win over fans
    that had left during Jodie Whittaker's tenure... plus, RTD
    wrote some cringeworthy moments for him.

    I had the feeling that RTD didn't really take the show
    seriously any more and just saw it as his own personal
    showcase and playground.

    RTD certainly let his ego run away with him... Doctor Who became
    all about his views and opinions on social issues... and
    everyone else should think the same as him or they can go to
    Hell.

    He forgot that Doctor Who isn't supposed to be a reality TV show!

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  • From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Tue Jun 2 09:18:02 2026
    Subject: Re: [NEWS] Doctor Who's Ncuti Gatwa to host "Saturday Night Live UK" later htis month

    On 2026-06-01 11:30:32 +0000, Blueshirt said:
    The True Melissa wrote:

    Verily, in article <xn0pqi97e15cnk002@post.eweka.nl>, did
    blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:

    Some fan complaints started after Ncuti Gatwa was first cast as the
    15th Doctor.

    Someone always complains, though. When they first cast Matt Smith and
    released one single picture of him, I observed a large forum break out
    into discussion of how he was clearly only cast for his looks and
    couldn't act. They were so skilled that they could measure his acting
    ability from one still photo. :-\

    Well yeah, us Doctor Who fans are good at complaining... you could
    never keep all of us happy. As any daily peruse of RADW would show you!

    Matt Smith was a good Doctor. Following David Tennant in the role would
    have been hard for any actor to do, but he actually did okay.

    The showrunners seemed to expect resistance to his being black. The bad
    part was that all objections to the show were filed under "must be a
    closet racist."

    That's an easy way to wave away genuine fan complaints. That's why RTD
    gets stick for being arrogant and out of touch.

    I like Ncuti as an actor. The direction he got for playing The Doctor
    was way off what it needed to be to win over fans that had left during
    Jodie Whittaker's tenure... plus, RTD wrote some cringeworthy moments
    for him.

    I had the feeling that RTD didn't really take the show seriously any
    more and just saw it as his own personal showcase and playground.

    RTD certainly let his ego run away with him... Doctor Who became all
    about his views and opinions on social issues... and everyone else
    should think the same as him or they can go to Hell.

    He forgot that Doctor Who isn't supposed to be a reality TV show!

    Doctor Who isn't even his show ... he is just the current custodian. If
    he wants to put loads of Political Correctness crap in his own shows,
    then go ahead (few people will bother to watch them), but don't ruin
    someone else's creation with such idiotic quota-box-ticking nonsense.




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  • From Ubiquitous@3:633/10 to All on Sat Jun 6 04:30:47 2026
    Subject: Re: [NEWS] Doctor Who's Ncuti Gatwa to host "Saturday Night Live UK" later htis month

    References: <10tjosn$2kcli$1@dont-email.me> <10tkapg$2p6hl$1@dont-email.me> <MPG.44677e93b7f3f207989e2a@news.eternal-september.org> <10vio94$1u1lm$1@dont-email.me> <MPG.448726f972c0adc2989fa2@news.eternal-september.org>

    thetruemelissa@gmail.com wrote:
    weberm@polaris.net did deliver unto us this message:

    He told concerned fans to pound sand and that the show wasn't made for
    them.

    That was after we already hated the scripts, though. The dude's an okay >actor, from what I've seen. It's the scripts and direction which have
    killed its audience, not Gatwa per se. IMO, of course.

    I don't know about his acting skills, but seeing him on Doctor Who
    has turned me off on seeing anything his is in.

    --
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    love this country.


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