Why Jo Martin NEEDS to Return to Doctor Who 

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Jo Martin restored my faith that a female doctor could work. Have very much the same feelings about 13

It's astonishing, that Jo Martin made more impact as The Doctor in one episode, than JW has in two series and two specials. I don't care what colour or gender The Doctor is, as long as they inhabit the part and make it work.

Jo Martin's "I know, shut up" makes her feel more like The Doctor Jodie Whittaker is honestly just a blank canvas, she's just exposition, whimsical comments and pop culture references.

Sad realization: if Jo Martin doesn't get her own series, she's gonna join Paul McGann in the "Doctors that really should have gotten a TV run" category and people will never shut up about it.

Her costume is also STUNNING. I would easily watch doctor who again.

I honestly do really hope Jo returns as a full Doctor, she really does a great job of catching the Doctor's presence and feels like her own character where I just feel Jodie feels like a bit of a caricature, in part possibly due to her own admission that she wasn't a big fan of the show before whereas Jo knows exactly who the Doctor is because she's watched since she was a kid. I feel like this is a lesson showrunner's should learn that unless someone has a good passion for the role and properly knows the character, then maybe they should question it a little

At the first reveal of Jodie's Doctor, I thought, "Yes. She's going to be a bad-ass Doctor, who won't take crap from anyone." Boy, was I wrong, as she turned out all 'Disney'!

How? Easy, just have the 13th Doctor regenerate due to some form of enormous psychic attack which leaves 14 with scrambled memories and an arc of herself remembering her past.

For someone who says they don't listen to fan feedback, Chibnall was awfully quick to debunk the Parallel universe theory.

I've never met someone else who felt EXACTLY the same way I do about Jodie/13. I think Jodie is a brilliant actor. I've seen her in Broadchurch and Black Mirror and clips of her Antigone role with Chris Eccleston, and she's so damn good in them. I was so over the moon when she was announced, but she's mostly fallen flat for me. She doesn't feel like the Doctor and I've been so sad about it. But G-d, when Jo Martin showed up, I just fell head over heels. IMMEDIATELY. She blew it out of the water. She was everything I love about the Doctor, charming and witty and clever and edgy and just absolutely amazing. She HAS to be back, she HAS to have her own series, even if it's just one, because she deserves to shine amongst the likes of Eccleston and McGann and Capaldi (my personal favorites).

The best thing about Jo being the Doctor would be that it would retcon the timeless child. Or at least start the retconning.

I am 95% confident it will be Jo Martin. It seems unlikely that they would set up an entire incarnation of the doctor without using her.

I never really understood why 13 or Jo Martin didn't sit down and discuss their own timeline after the adventure. It's not like they were split up at the end. They decided to go their separate ways without any discussion :/

Jo martin is an absolutely perfect casting and easily the best dressed doctor. 100% should be the 14th or 15th doctor

the doctor (for me) has a sense of authority and old soul energy and Jo just has IT I've had an idea for a while that i wouldn't mind them burning through doctors quicker, a couple single series arcs or even divide a series among two doctors id rather that than miss so many amazing actors that deserve a shot. Tilda Swinton was made for the role along with ever other role seemingly

Imagine being outshone by a character that was in one and a bit episodes.

I wholeheartedly agree that Jo Martin should be the next Doctor. All of the issues you talk about regarding representation is just compounded by the fact that Chibnull decided to make Ruth an incarnation of the Doctor on a whim during a call with Vinay Patel. (I also really hope that Martin never saw or heard about the article where he says that.)

In her few scenes, Jo Martin was miles ahead of Jodie's Doctor, in terms of interest, excitement, charisma, acting as well as sheer presence - not because shes Black but because she has more about her and stands out as being the Doctor.

Jo Martin seriously *rocked* as the Doctor. Definitely want her to be the 14th - preferrably in some way that undoes the stupid Timeless Child arc... surely there's got to be some way whereby the not remembering the 13th Doctor can be explained away.

"I don't want to sound entitled but do what I want or else" genius

She played the doctor so amazing! I even screamed when she exposed herself as The Doctor. Even her uniform was perfect. Everything about her worked so well with the doctors before thirteen. I’m sorry but something went wrong with the creation of 13.

Great video. I strongly agree that Jo Martin needs to be the next Doctor, but only if BENNI is her sidekick. Otherwise it just won't work.

I mean, she has to be a future Doctor, her TARDIS was a police box, and that happened with Hartnell. Chibnal wouldn't have done that for no reason, right? Chibbers? You thought about it, right? Chris?

Excellent video Joe! You really knocked it out of the park with this one, some really well made points with strong reasoning behind them. Well done!

Like you, I’ve been desperate to like Jodie’s take on the Doctor but after 2 series I’m still not entirely sure on her. I’m still optimistic about series 13 like I always am when a new Series of Who comes out but It really feels to me that Jodie’s heart just really isn’t in this role Jo Martin though, as soon as she said ‘let’s take this from the top, hello, I am the Doctor’ I believed her

I don't think I've ever seen a sci-fi fan commentary where I agreed deeply and strongly with every single word. Thank you for making this.

Your Chris Chibnall impression is fairly on point to be fair

I feel that most of the modern Doctors have felt like the Doctor from the first episode. By the end of Rose you could totally buy Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor. There were so many great moments in the episode and it was a great re-introduction to the character. Tennant spent most of his first episode in a coma, however he was still able to feel like the Doctor, and the entire scene where he explained that he didn't know who he was yet was great in and out of character (as it was clearly also being used to explain regeneration to new fans). Smith was also brilliant from the start. The only Doctor's who didn't feel right from the start (IMO) were Capaldi and Whittaker, the only difference is that with Capaldi that was deliberate on behalf of the writers (which is why we had the scene with Smith). However, it wasn't long before you could start to see Capaldi was the Doctor (just that he was very different from the previous ones). We have had two seasons of Whittaker and she still doesn't feel like the Doctor - she comes across as someone playing the Doctor in a fan film where the writers and directors don't really understand the character. This is made even more apparent when we have Jo Martin come along and own the character from the very start.

I completely agree. I never really clicked with the Thirteenth Doctor, but Jo Martin won me over right away. I think what it really boils down to The Doctor, no matter who plays them, can command the room. Jodie always felt like a side-character to her own show to me, but Jo Martin instantly makes her presence known and holds our attention.

man you’re really funny and your reviews are so thoughtful, i’m enjoying them all!

Completely unrelated but no one will ever convince me not to read or hear his name as Chris Chinball

I BLOODY LOVE Jo Martin as the Doctor

Jo's Doctor could easily be the next Doctor and simply explain it by saying something like "I can't just keep saying "spoilers", I need to shake it up a bit."

Pre video comments: 100% agree, here's my own reasoning. from a storytelling standpoint: i just felt in 1 episode she had more of that doctor charisma than 13 did the majority of her series, and it feels like theres a story to tell with her opposed to 13 at this point who feels like theres only a story to tell about her. Also her tardis is a police box, i just don't see a non-contrived reason for it to be so pre-hartnell. from a personal/representation standpoint: When I saw Jo Martin announce herself as the doctor I was pretty exited from a representation standpoint. Capaldi will always be my favorite Doctor, but its nice especially in sci-fi to see a lead that looks like me ya know? However, I felt her utilization was really poor. Having her be more of a mayfly doctor, compared to all others having their own eras doesn't score points for me. At least with the War Doctor, he had a whole movie about him, not to mention the Big Finish line. like imagine if 13 was male and Ruth was played by Jodie, sure we have a female doctor, but it's only a cameo type appearance with little weight. Not exactly giving out awards for that. Then theres her next appearance in the timeless children where she checks all the boxes for the "Magic Negro" stereotype, not to mention she's a fugitive and that connotation of course the one black doctor is falsely or not on the wrong side of the law, just feels to me like they didn't think it through as much as they should have. That being said if if Jo Martin plays 14 a lot of those issues for me either are removed or at least reduced. Post video: completely agree about the toxic positivity and the barrage of child bipoc doctors being tortured and murdered. It's especially not great when we're basically told through Ruth and later Ryan (lets not forget what they have in common) that none of that matters cause she still the doctor accept it. Also, Not sure how to feel about that idea that assuming they changed her DNA to make her a time lady/lord after teteun & later the time lords finished with her, she then became a while male for 13 straight incarnations, something just doesn't sit right there

I think Jo Martins could come just after the war doctor. It would explain how she was capable of fighting the judoon and why neither remembers the other

She literally nailed it in one episode, thats my Doctor, I don't know what it is she had that Jodie doesn't as the Doctor but she does! I wish they could make her work as the next one some how hopefully RTD can work it out 🤞

"I saw the spark and was reassured that I do not, in fact, hate women." I don't know if that was intended to be hilarious but it damn well was.

I just realized that the Chameleon Arch would be the perfect way to explain why the Fugitive Doctor didn't recognize Thirteen. The Eighth Doctor had amnesia after his regeneration (just like Jodie), and thought he was half human. One of the explanations for this was a broken Chameleon Arch. So maybe Ruth forgot the essence of the Thirteenth Doctor, or messed it up so she thinks that _she_ is the 13th. Like when Jackson Lake thought that he was the Tenth Doctor.

got to say, her Tardis is totally my favourite

R.I.P DOCTOR WHO 1963 - 2017

Jo Martin is a strong presence that doesn't take crap from anyone which is what the doctor should be

Jo Martin as the next incarnation would be brilliant and could even explain why a pre Hartnell Doctor's Tardis is stuck as a police box. Not only that but introducing the next Doctor halfway through another Doctor's run is a pretty smart way of skipping the fandoms inevitable and initial distain of incarnations. I loved Jo Martin's portrayal and even though I've really come round to like Jodie I think Jo Martin as the next Doctor would be an excellent return to a more aggressive and commanding incarnation.

Yes, I LOVED the fact that some people were saying "People are, like, hating on series 11? Because? Like? They're racist and misogynist?" And Jo Martin appears and we all say "Now THAT'S the Doctor. She's black and female? So? Who cares about crap like that? Who even notices that stuff? She's The Doctor, writ large. Book her. Now."

To sort of paraphrase the Godfather, " It's not that Jodie Whitaker was a bad doctor, it's that Chibnall was a bad showrunner and writer . . . "

I didn't care if she was black, white, asian a man or a woman. As Doctor Who fans we know "the Doctor" when we see them. Jo Martin WAS the doctor. From the first, stand up strait, "Hello, I'm the Doctor" I said "Yes Ma'am you are!" Jodie never was. I think in BBC's efforts to ground break and make a female doctor they just gave it to someone who they thought might be ok. Not someone who deserves the role. Jo Martin absolutely deserves to be the Doctor. My God she was good.

I want Jo Martin as the 16th Doctor and there can be some sort of mind wipe plot witch would allow for these episode to have happened, then by the end of her run she will some how be able to remember again if RTD still want to be able to use past doctors in stories.

I certainly agree. Jo Martin was more the Doctor in her one episode than Whittaker has been in 3 season serieses. Then again, with the corrupted values of the character Whittaker has been playing, I’m convinced she could actually have been playing the Valeyard this entire time.

That one clip of Ten opening the door, when watched with hindsight, completely defines his character. He opens it slowly and calmly, then smirks. He's calm and patient, but emotional and impulsive. He's also grandiose and sees himself as the centre of everything (that one's more camerawork, though.) Eleven is also defined by his first couple scenes. Him parading about the TARDIS with his new regeneration encapsulates his raw energy, the dangling from his crashing blue box, barely missing Big Ben (I know that's the name of the bell but I can't remember the name of the tower) shows his action and theatrics. Twelve, while not my favourite Doctor, also has this. He's sudden, but he takes his time before every move, as shown by the sudden change and him slowly approaching and inspecting Clara. Meanwhile, all Thirteen did was drop a ring, blink, then look at a panel. This shows... Nothing. She's bland.

Great video Joe 👍and thanks for the cameo 😂

If BBC gave me a job I would do this: Jo Martin is a future incarnation of the Doctor, the Division somehow rope her into working with them and messed with her memory hence why she doesn't remember 13. And we're dealing with the Timeless Child in this story too; the Doctor is not the Timeless Child, that was something the Master made up to mess with the Doctor's head, it's his way to get her attention; however, the Timeless Child is real and the Doctor finds a way to help them (maybe the Timeless Child is the Master, hence why he's so messed up)

I agree 10000% that she should be 14 because she just that doctor sparks that Smith, Tennant, and Capaldi had on their first time on screen.

Jo Martin deserved so so much, nothing against Whittaker but i would be very pleased with Martin being the 13th since the beginning, she reminds me of Capaldi

Peter Capaldi was the 13th Doctor, can't wait to find out who will be the 14th Doctor, if the beeb ever bring it back that is!

The only way that Jo Martin works as "The Doctor" is if we go back to before the Hartnell regeneration. The best way to do this would be a spinoff of life before the Hartnell time. I want it, because she's an amazing Doctor, but still it can't be a future regeneration of Jodi.

maybe when 13 is killed she's so injured she can't regenerate so Ruth Doctor has to give some of her regenerative energy to 13. 13 regenerates into Ruth Doctor and Ruth Doctor goes to Gallifrey presumably to become the first doctor.

Jo Martin would be perfect. I hope that the writers are clever enough to let the regeneration take place in a location somewhere far in the past, and do some amnesia stuff to at least plug those potential plot holes, but, yeah, I'd so see her as the lead for a couple of seasons. I do like the 13th doctor though, personally, Not to keen on some of the writing, or on the companions for that matter, but to me, Whittaker combines the best of Patrick Throughton with the best of Tom Baker, her doctor is clever, vibrant, light, silly, vulnerable, and accessible. And sure, compared to Tennant and Capaldi it's easy to conclude that she is "worse", but, goodness, if those two were the litmus test, there would be scant few "good" doctors.

Tbf it's difficult to determine the race of a people who evolved on a planet which is apparently like the serengeti all year round except it's always snowing.

I really wish Emma Thompson got the role of the 14th doctor

Great video as always. I feel the main thing holding Martin back as Doctor 14 is that we have in essence already seen her debut story, so any "first" story may feel a bit redundant: a 'Clara problem'. Add that to the ratings doing a good impression of that song about jumping a thousand feet without a parachute and you'd have the issue also of introducing her to a casual or new audience: "She's the new Doctor! Well, ish. Let me tell you about this story no-one watched." And yet... you're right, she nailed the role absolutely. No questions asked. And it *would* be a huge milestone whereas right now it's a plot point that raises more questions than anything else. I'm torn. I want it in some ways, but I cannot see it happening because of how it's started.

Jo's charismatic even in her Tesco's advert! She has great screen presence not least in her fleeting appearance in The Timeless Children. I'd love to see her as the Doctor, particularly with a show runner who's more "up to the job". And the tokenism argument made by Dominic G. Martin and yourself is powerful.

Jo Martin really had that spark from the moment she stepped on screen. 😭😭😭 She let us know what could have been. I tried so hard with Jodi and Chbnall. I just glad it's over.🤦

Fantastic video :)

I’m at 3:21 and I completely agree the Ruth Doctor felt more like the Doctor and more importantly the natural next step for the Doctor after 12 than Jodie it even matches with the theory that each Doctor barring 2 regeneration looks is based on their life. 12 life is dominated by the women he lost plus he no longer needed to be young and strong as he had a new set of regenerations (F U CHIBNALL 🤬🤬🤬🤬) so it was natural he would subconsciously take a form that reflects them Bill, River, Missy and Clara and the Ruth Doctor fits that perfectly plus she has 12 steeliness and gravitas and the Doctor’s ability to take control of a room and other traits which Jodie misses and severely lacks even when they try and force it

it would be more fun if Nardole became the 14th doctor, but seriously u should make a video about that

Couldn’t get into Jody and I was so excited…might try this again

I like Jo Martin. And would like to see her as the Doctor, simply because she is "doctory" without having to interject identity politics into it.

One of 13's _biggest_ detractors is that she never seemed to find joy in _anything,_ instead spending her entire run complaining, lecturing, and looking down on everyone.

15:25 Gimme that meme. An idea I've just had to make Martin 14 would be that 13 sacrifices her incarnation's memories to regain her supposed pre-Hartnell memories. Problem with that is they need to make those Division memories personally matter to the Doctor to be somewhat satisfying for the audience. But yea I ain't a writer either aha lolz

At the absolute very least, they should bring her back for some Big Finish. I would much rather see her on the show, but they'd really be stupid not to do some audiodramas with her

I agree. Jo Martin would be really cool.

Got a feeling that 14 might be Olly Alexander. His interviews with BBC keeps brining up the question of ‘would you play the Doctor?’. Something that happened a lot with Capaldi during Matt Smiths last year.

I'll take any woman or man as the doctor so long as Chibnail is not the showrunner.

I agree. I hate that I get lumped in with the baddies because of taste.

I feel like Jodie's Doctor as an eternal activist could have worked if the script they gave her wasn't so clunky and preachy. She's a great actor so I have a hard time saying it's her fault and not the script considering that the dialogue of every character is generally cringe inducing. Part of me thinks it was intentional to make her unlikeable so they'd not have to have another woman but idk it's probably just incompetence.

People STILL ask me: "Oh that's with the new one who's a woman right?" She's already regenerated!

i saw the scongo photo in the background...gave me flash backs to TARDISposting

I like the idea of Jo Martin being the 14th Doctor because it makes the masters claim of the timeless child have less weight behind them.Also her costume is cool

We’ve had the same personality like 3 times out of 4 recently. Jo gives a different aura, ya know.

The thing with Jo, she already doesn't make sense as pre hartnell. Pre hartnell wouldn't have the police box tardis. I'm for it, even if it means weirdness bringing back time lords again and stuff.

“I did not in fact hate women” made me giggle 😭

Joe martin is a doctor.I agree

What we actually need is a DW expanded universe.... Why can't we have a "Further Adventures" series that explored a variety of Doctors, companions or even villains in one off stories - David, Matt and Peter could easily pick up the mantle for an episode in a mixed bag of stories - even McGann could get one too..... anything is possible. But should Jo get a series - should she be the next Doctor? Absolutely - and what they should do which would totally throw a curve ball is kill of Jodie's Doc before the end of the next series and catch the audience totally off guard.... regenerate into Jo's Doctor and hit the ground running - how cool would that be?

There's also the alternative of just not having Jodie regenerate into Jo Martin, but rather go back in the Doctor's timeline and do a few series with Jo Martin, before coming back to do the "fourteenth" regeneration. It'd be a welcome break in structure, we could even have the Doctor encountering old foes again without actually knowing who they are, while they have a lot of beef with her.

If -- what the Great Curator said -- it happens THIS soon, and the 13th goes back to the face of "Doctor Ruth," that would be a nice touch. The Doctor is immortal, and has access to time and space, which makes him/her a god. The powers that be in Gallifrey -- despite being grateful that they got their powers from the Doctor -- were afraid. So they "humbled" the Doctor, making him/her believe that after the 13th life, the Doctor will die, so they alter his/her mind, then kill the Doctor, starting the cycle again, but erasing memories of the last 13 adventures. But, due to the Time War, they couldn't alter the Doctor's mind after the "13th" life, so they had to improvise (the crack). That's my idea, in a nutshell. I doubt that Chibnall had the same idea.

I have to say that's exactly what I thought immediately after it was revealed she was The Doctor. She simply IS The Doctor, I have no doubt about it, as soon as Jodie was chosen I was already thinking how they would pull off 14th without enraging the more conservative fans (bc regressing to men would make it feel like "Ok, you got your woman, lets go back to 'The Doctor'" and changing to a black or keeping a female would feel like they were trying too hard) but then we had this revelation and, although I agree it was kinda bad for her to be just a side character, I think it was the best introduction she could ever get, getting people excited and, well, basically solving the whole dilemma.

Really well said.

At the moment Jo Martin has the same status as Michael Jayston and John Hurt, which is to say that fans are aware that they exist but outside fandom nobody cares. Only the 13 series leads really 'count'. I agree that she would be fantastic and I'd like to see her get the role properly, so she gets a fantastic era of her own and doesn't just end up a footnote. I think that would be a real shame.

Though War Doctor not working as a Doctor kinda makes sense since he wasn't the Doctor until the final scene right before he regenerated. Though the Fugitive Doctor does feel more organic.

Brilliant video! I agree!

The biggest problem I have with Jo Martin being pre-Hartnell is that mucks up the whole 13 regenerations and the Doctor being given a new regeneration cycle in The Time Of The Doctor.

You hit the nail directly on the head which is a hard thing to do especially considering their so small. I personally adore Jodie as the Doctor but I can see why she isn’t for everyone and the writing is certainly letting her down. Jo Martin would be excellent as the Doctor though especially if she kept that beautiful gem of a TARDIS.

The problem is if shes so close to jodie why doesnt she remember her

Is that penguin in the background my boi Frobisher? Also yeah 100% agree, Jo Martin’s performance just felt really fresh but still Doctor-y. Plus in interviews she has expressed her love for the Capaldi era, so clearly her taste is fantastic.

i really hope Jo Martin is the 14th Doctor because she was amazing on the episode she appeared on and not only that she would be the First Female Black Doctor and it would be amazing if she is to be the Next Doctor, i dunno how to word this but I hope Doctor Who does make Jo Martin the Next Doctor she is the perfect fit for the role

You couldn't have sounded less like Chris Chibnall if you actually tried. That's a compliment btw

we know the doctor can regenerate the same form as shown when he regenerates as tennant from his severed hand, so maybe if jodie died next to jo martin the doctor would once again regenerate as the same form from jo martin so Jo would be a past doctor(possibly) and a future doctor

Jo Martin Doctor can work. She was brilliant in her brief appearances. I hope she returns.

She gave me chills. I love her. And passed regenerations can't retain the info when they interact with one another

There's also the third option of: why don't we just set the next series of Doctor who *during* Ruth's era? That is to say - we don't get a 14th Doctor next. The revelation of which actor is going to play the 14th Doctor can come after 3 seasons with Ruth during the Division era - or even after a few Division-era Doctors. Maybe we could get a whole season with two Doctors - where Ruth's immediate successor and the 14th Doctor are both "new" at the same time.