Talk:Jodie Whittaker

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Filmography? How is a play a film?

Strange. I can accept an appearance in a TV episode being listed in a filmography, but not a performance in a play. Chaosdruid (talk) 11:03, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism

Put a lock on this of some kind now? It's getting vandalized. Martyn Smith (talk) 15:32, 16 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

First woman to play the Doctor

In the lede we're saying she's the first woman to play the role of the Doctor, but didn't Joanna Lumley do it for a television special? Maybe we need to clarify it in some way, like she is the first woman to play the role in the regular series or something along those lines. Any thoughts? This is Paul (talk) 15:39, 16 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Technically no, because that special isn't considered canon. So she would be the first person to play the Doctor. Yuki Onna (talk) 15:46, 16 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Then maybe that should be mentioned in the article - that she's the first to play The Doctor in the main series, but Joanna Lumley played the role in a non-canonical charity special. I can't make the edit myself because the article is protected. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.100.31.81 (talk) 16:32, 16 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, it should say "first canonically" or something, because Lumley and Arabella Weir both had a go in officially-licensed but not in-continuity stories. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.25.58.102 (talk) 16:56, 16 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Could you just say she's the first woman to play the role of The Doctor in Doctor Who? By specifying the series, you end up with a clear statement without having to get into the boggy realms of what's canonical. (Officially, nothing, or such in my understanding). 80.0.226.7 (talk) 20:59, 16 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

this appears to have been dealt with in the "lede" lead, however it might be of interest to point out this information somewhere else?

Showrunner

I had to look this term up, since it's not often used in the UK. The equivalent term would be Executive producer, which is used in the Doctor Who article (and more importantly by the BBC, so I propose changing it. Any thoughts? This is Paul (talk) 20:55, 16 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Showrunner has been used in many reliable sources, and is therefore a perfectly acceptable term. -- Alex^TW 02:43, 17 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Showrunner is not a legitimate term for British English usage. regardless of incorrect usage to the contrary in reliable sources. A Guy into Books (talk) 15:20, 17 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It's not our job to correct reliable sources--it's to summarise reliable sources. DonQuixote (talk) 15:26, 17 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It is our job to use correct terminology when summarising reliable sources. This is not in itself a correction, it is simply the proper use of policies such as MOS:SPELL. A Guy into Books (talk) 21:09, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, no. MOS:SPELL is about correcting spelling, as in a typo. DonQuixote (talk) 21:59, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

SPELL is also a guideline, not a policy. -- Alex^TW 02:36, 21 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ok you might be right. this sort of thing still bugs me though. A Guy into Books (talk) 08:04, 22 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Birthday

Can anyone confirm her birthday ? Other wikis say early January 1982, but no ref to support it. The telegraph says "at just 28", suggesting her birthday is quite recent, but since the article was published on Friday 17 June 2011, this would make her birth year 1983 ; and if she was born in January, then she's 29 as 2012 begins, which still makes her birth year 1983. Ab930 (talk) 03:18, 17 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"At just" is used in the sense of "at only", i.e. she is young. It does not relate to how recent her last birthday was. Lard Almighty (talk) 04:54, 17 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, it makes more sense to me ! Still unsure about the exact date but I guess some press coverage will handle that sooner or later Ab930 (talk) 15:50, 19 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I found this source which seems more than reliable for verifying Whittaker's date of birth. It also contains a wealth of other useful biographical information if any editors are interested in either 5x expanding the article, promoting it to good article or both. Eshlare (talk) 13:19, 22 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Filmography ref

What do we think of [1] as a source? Looks like a good potential non-IMDb reference for much of the filography, but I don't know if "buddytv" is a reliable source. --LukeSurl^{t c} 09:22, 17 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]