It is The Doctor Who Guy Story and I recount it annually. We are near to its anniversary so... I was at a conference with some friends. A fellow author approached us to talk about Doctor Who. To talk at us about Doctor Who. Namely, the fact that Jodie Whitaker had just been cast as 13. 1/

He did not like this casting. Not because he has anything against women, but because [insert theory about canon here], and diversity for diversity's sake. Now, this was a thorny subject for me, because a video of my daughter's reaction to the casting reveal went viral and I got a lot of this.