The actor claims that he was \u201cmisquoted\u201d in the reports that emerged, which suggested he had expressed doubts about the milestone casting of Jodie Whittaker, citing a possible \u201closs of a role model for boys\u201d.<\/p>\n
In a new interview with The Telegraph,<\/a> promoting his current role in a stage production of Kiss Me, Kate<\/a>, he expanded on what he meant by the remark.<\/p>\n \u201cMy point was that the Doctor is a Don Quixote-type figure who rides into situations and the character who always puts him right is his female companion,\u201d he told the publication.<\/p> \u201cAnd if you reverse that, you\u2019ve got the difficult dynamic of a man telling a woman what she can and cannot do. But I do also think the Doctor is a good role model because he is a hero who isn\u2019t beating the s**t out of everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n Doctor Who is currently in the midst of a major reinvention under returning showrunner Russell T Davies, whose second stint on the show is a co-production between the BBC and Disney Plus<\/a> \u2013 with a larger budget to show for it.<\/p>\n However, the show has faced backlash from some corners of the internet over its inclusion of LGBTQ+ themes, while Ncuti Gatwa<\/a> has been the target of abuse for being the first Black actor to regularly play the lead role.<\/p>\n On this topic, Davison said that Doctor Who has always been \u201cliberal and progressive\u201d, and added that the execution of its messages is important.<\/p>\n \u201c[Doctor Who] would have a go at corporations, at the arms race, whatever,\u201d he said. \u201cBut the point was: it never announced that that was what it was doing, As soon as you do that, it changes the optics.\u201d<\/p>\n Doctor Who season 14 is rapidly approaching its end, with next week\u2019s Rogue<\/a> (co-written by Loki<\/a>\u2018s Kate Herron) being the last episode before the two-part finale kicks off with The Legend of Ruby Sunday.<\/p>\n Doctor Who continues Saturdays on BBC One and iPlayer. <\/strong><\/p>\n Check out more of our Sci-Fi<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> and Streaming Guide<\/a> to find out what\u2019s on. <\/strong>For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/b><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n The actor says he was “misquoted” in a 2017 controversy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":52639,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-whos-peter-davison-sets-record-straight-on-comments-about-female-doctor-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-whos-peter-davison-sets-record-straight-on-comments-about-female-doctor-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-whos-peter-davison-sets-record-straight-on-comments-about-female-doctor-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-whos-peter-davison-sets-record-straight-on-comments-about-female-doctor-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-whos-peter-davison-sets-record-straight-on-comments-about-female-doctor-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-whos-peter-davison-sets-record-straight-on-comments-about-female-doctor-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-whos-peter-davison-sets-record-straight-on-comments-about-female-doctor-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The actor says he was \"misquoted\" in a 2017 controversy.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/52638"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Ncuti](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/476122-1133e7b.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"Ncuti")
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