Peter and Pearl hug it out on the last day of filming Doctor Who Series 10.
pearl mackie
Hiya – have you got a source to hand for Pearl filming the Christmas special? That’s wonderful news! -such-heights
Someone on Gallifrey Base posted a couple of (far-away and blurry and actually snapped off a monitor, but still) pictures of her on the set, in her blue jacket from The Doctor Falls with Peter Capaldi around too! Here they are please don’t sue me, BBC
A production source on the show assured RadioTimes.com that Mackie’s answer to the question was not a confirmation that her character would die.
“Pearl was answering about the scene where Bill appeared to die before being taken away for ‘treatment’ at the hospital, where viewers later discovered that she was eventually converted into a Mondasian Cyberman. This is not confirmation either way.”
In an interview with Graham Norton yesterday Mackie did her best not to give any clues, but she hinted that she would be keen to continue playing the character under new showrunner Chris Chibnall.
I mean, I’m instinctively distrustful of unnamed ‘sources’, but on the other hand the BBC and the Radio Times have a pretty close relationship, so who knows
Happy Birthday, Pearl Mackie! | Doctor Who TV
Bill Potts herself is 30 today.
http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/happy-birthday-pearl-mackie-2017-85033.htm
Regarding that Pearl Mackie rumour.
There’s a couple of posts going around, rapidly gaining traction, stating that Pearl Mackie has been ‘fired’ from Doctor Who after just one series. Source: The Sun. Small problem with this:
The Sun are LIARS. Also racists, transphobes, homophobes, every bad thing under the sun. (Pun actually not intended.) I cannot stress this enough. Even in the UK, they have no credibility whatsoever. They are our equivalent of Fox News. Don’t just take my word for it, read their Wikipedia page.
They’ve worked out by now that a fake Doctor Who story = lots of clicks. Observe:
(They also once ran a story about Harriet Jones being the Supreme Dalek (???), though all evidence of it beyond that one forum link is long gone)
Anyway, and this is the really important part, so important I’m gonna put it in bold and italic and header font:
The Sun did this exact. same. thing to the last Black actress to join Doctor Who in a lead role.
A few episodes into Freema Agyeman’s run as Martha Jones, the Sun claimed she was “axed” (Original article long gone: text of it can be found here) Everyone believed it; the result was distressing to Agyeman, as you can imagine –
And of course it wasn’t true. Freema Agyeman and Martha stuck around til series four.
I am SO PISSED OFF that The Sun did the same thing again, to another young black actress just starting out. So pissed off.
In fact, the bold header text is not enough to contain my pissed-off-ness.
The Sun is not a good newspaper. It is barely a newspaper. It is certainly not a credible source. It actively endangered people’s lives in the 80s with its lies about AIDS. It ruined many people’s lives in 1989 with its lies about the Hillsborough disaster. It published an article by human toilet (/frequent Sun contributor) Katie Hopkins calling for “cockroach” refugees to be gunned down. (Yes. That is a thing that really honestly happened.) It is nothing but lies, lies, racism, every other -ism, and lies. What wouldn’t I give to it, The Daily Mail and the Express gone from the shelves.
Do not believe what they’re saying about Pearl Mackie. Do not believe what they’re saying about anything. If you click on a Doctor Who story and see “The Sun” anywhere near it, immediately back away. They are scum. They are utter, utter scum.
Please spread this around with the same speed with which you would like to see Katie Hopkins punched in the face.
Everyone who’s freaking out over that rumour about Pearl Mackie leaving after one season, I’m not saying you’re wrong to, but here’s how The Sun – the lowest of the low; it barely deserves to be called a newspaper – treated the last black female Doctor Who companion.
Exactly the same way. And it was a lie then too.
Pearl Mackie Gets Fired From Doctor Who After Only One Season
Pearl Mackie Gets Fired From Doctor Who After Only One Season
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According to The Sun, “A source told the publication: ‘Bosses have decided to have a completely fresh start.” So, it makes sense they would start from scratch.” It goes on to say, “It’s yet to be formally decided but it makes sense to give Chris his own choice of actor to play the Doctor and his companion.”
i’m so tired of being disappointed by this show
Welp, there goes my interest in getting back into this show.
This is not a good strategy. It discourages fans from getting invested, before her season even airs we know she won’t be around later, so what’s the point of caring? This undercuts her importance. It tells audiences “she’s not important, don’t even bother.”
Fuck you, BBC.
To be fair, The Sun is pretty terrible and has made up stuff before.
This is The Sun. It claimed that Freema Agyeman was too ‘fired’ from the show after just one season.
It’s almost like they’re liars and racists, or something….
