NotMyDoctor
Fan Campaign | |
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Name: | #NotMyDoctor NMD |
Type of Campaign: | Twitter hashtag |
Aims: | Voicing their dissatisfaction at Jodie Whittaker's casting as The Doctor |
Participants: | Twitter users Doctor Who fans alt-right reactionaries |
Date Started: | 2016 |
Fandom: | Doctor Who |
Campaign Website: | |
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#NotMyDoctor, often shortened to #NMD, is a Twitter hashtag used by certain Doctor Who fans to voice their dissatisfaction at Jodie Whittaker's casting as The Doctor. The prominant argument is that The Doctor shouldn't be cast as a woman, though some will state it refers solely to Jodie specifically. The movement has a reputation for voicing reactionary rhetoric, and has been accused of promoting bigotry.
NMD has started to be used as a noun to refer to Whovians who use the hashtag, or who espouse similiar reactionary statements surrounding the Thirteenth Doctor. However in recent times, some Chibnall era fans have been accused of using it to refer to anyone who dislikes or frequently critiques the era, regardless as to the tone or context.
Responses
a hashtag created by middle aged men with a fragile masculinity who cant [sic] handle a woman playing a character which has been male.[1]
References
- ^ NotMyDoctor - One of two definitions on Urban Dictionary