The fact people were so accepting of John Hurt as the Doctor and happy to add him after Paul McGann straight away, yet show nothing but hostility to Jo Martin’s Doctor.

I’m sorry, but I love them both, but the War Doctor was much more a harder fit into continuity than Ruth Doctor.

Eleventh Doctor threatening to regenerate. Using regeneration energy. The Tenth Doctor talking about “the next but one incarnation” even though he’s the penultimate.

There are many continuity errors in adding the War Doctor that fans are happy to explain away.

Yet the idea of adding a Doctor pre Hartnell is somehow continuity shattering. They’ve explained the Ruth Doctor fitting in much more sufficiently in the way that there was a mindwipe.

You’ve got to understand that it’s because Moffat changed revival continuity and Chibnall changed “classic” continuity. It shouldn’t be about what continuity you’re more protective over, but when changing continuity actually works.

Adding Doctors before Hartnell hasn’t changed anything. Really? Before any mentions the TARDIS being a police box. So what? And Susan made up the name TARDIS. Things change and never get explained.

I think, and it’s sad to admit it, people were much more accepting of the War Doctor because he’s played by a well known white man, whereas the Ruth Doctor is played by a little known black woman.

It comes down to that sadly. Even though both offer a completely unique portrayal.

People use the argument “Hartnell was first. It’s disrespectful” and that’s odd.

If the First Doctor’s only remarkable feature is that he’s the first then he clearly doesn’t mean anything to you. Hartnell offered a fine portrayal of the Doctor and should be remembered for that.

The fact he’s the first version we see means nothing, but the fact he’s a fine actor and started it should mean something.

It’s the last thing people can cling onto before having to admit their true reasons for dislike.

William Hartnell would not be bothered that there were versions of the Doctor before his version. That’s a continuity perspective that an actor doesn’t care for.

In the real world he’s the first actor that played the Doctor and that can’t change.

He should be remembered for staring the role. He did.

I’d argue that having incarnations after or before his wouldn’t matter. As far as an actor is concerned they’re all replaced him, or following in his footsteps depending on his view.

I think being accepting of John Hurt, but not Jo Martin, shows an odd vendetta against Martin and Chibnall rather than anything else.

Ultimately they both changed and added things.

To summarise Jo Martin is the Doctor.

There’s no reason why you can’t accept her as the Doctor that could actually be valid I’m afraid. You don’t have to like her Doctor. Not at all.

Also the “pre Hartnell Doctors weren’t mentioned in the original series so can’t exist” is a poor argument. Why they weren’t mentioned explicitly, that’s kind of the point.

The Doctor couldn’t remember them as they’d been forgotten. Hence no mention.

Whereas the Master really should have mentioned the drumming before Utopia if it’s been there all his life.

However that doesn’t include “adding a female Doctor before the male Doctor” so it’s completely fine.

Another brilliant point by @MistressOfNull is that Roger Delgado is the first Master we see, but that’s changed to a later one and no one complained about pre-Delgado Masters.

The only difference is the pre-Delgado Masters are male. Says a lot really.

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