Fourteenth Doctor announcement

Well, I wasn't expecting that to come right out of nowhere with no buildup or fanfare! But, when I think about it, all the buildup and fanfare for the last two Doctors has been a bit of a miss with me anyway, considering that (as I realised over in the comments of astrogirl's post) I didn't know who Whittaker was either, and only knew Capaldi through his previous Who/Torchwood appearances! ...In fact, I'd never seen David Tennant in anything either, nor Matt Smith. I had a vauge idea who Eccleston was, but he was the only one!

Interesting thought that came out of the above: I watched Jodie Whittaker in Broadchurch when it was shown again during 2020 lockdown, and while she was amazing in that I would not have ever thought from that performance of casting her as the Doctor. I just flashed back to a comment someone (possibly elisi???) made a while back about Jemma Redgrave as Kate Stewart, that she is a very serious, non-comedic actress which doesn't always strike the right note with Who which tends to have its tongue in its cheek a lot of the time, and thinking about it, I think that's possibly my main problem with Jodie. As well as the script-writing, of course, but that's a given at this point.

Anyway. ( Spoilers )

I don't think I have a lot else to say, but I'm including here for reference the posts of other people in my flist which I've commented on or at least read:
elisi's post
ruuger's post (where I think I got the humour thought from elisi)
trobadora's post
astrogirl's post