Jodie better singer than actress

Her cover of Yellow is amazing. So much better than the orginal.

Her accent is so lovely in this song. Really gives it a more tender, warm tone.

I haven't seen Jodie in anythng other than DW, so I don't know if she is a bad actress overall (hence why I'd never say she was.) But based on the single acting role I've seen her in she is a vastly better singer.



What a shame she didn't go down that path than work with Chibbers.

Gorgeous cover. She does have a lot of talent, but unfortunately it's wasted on Doctor Who.

I'm still waiting for a Capaldi cover of Motorhead.

Pepsi Maxil wrote:Gorgeous cover. She does have a lot of talent, but unfortunately it's wasted on Doctor Who.

Absolutely her voice is just beautiful. If she became a singer, she could be one of the best of her generation. Again I don't know how she is as an actress, outside of Chibbers Who, but if she can pour that much emotion into music, I'd wager she is vastly better than you'd think from 13.

UGH Chibbers is such a fucking hack.

She's got a pleasant voice, but very little vocal technique. She wouldn't cut it professionally. Not without strumming a guitar and gazing into her navel, anyway.

Burrunjor wrote:If she became a singer, she could be one of the best of her generation.

Not a chance.

"Tonight Matthew, I'll be..."

That's kind of where I stand with Jodie's performance. Would win a weekend on Stars In Their Eyes

Well she couldn't be much worse.

burrunjor wrote:

Pepsi Maxil wrote:Gorgeous cover. She does have a lot of talent, but unfortunately it's wasted on Doctor Who.

Absolutely her voice is just beautiful. If she became a singer, she could be one of the best of her generation. Again I don't know how she is as an actress, outside of Chibbers Who, but if she can pour that much emotion into music, I'd wager she is vastly better than you'd think from 13.

UGH Chibbers is such a fucking hack.

I cannot comment on Whittaker's singing ability, because I really can't bring myself to listen to that woman (and I don't like the original version of the song anyway) but I've seen JW in other acting roles and she's simply mediocre (Black Mirror, Attack The Block, Adult Life Skills, etc). I've no idea how such an average talent managed to succeed in that profession, nor how anyone thought she could convincingly play the lead role in Doctor Who. While not exactly a terrible actress, she comes across as bland and insipid and doesn't really stand out in anything she appears in - she's more suited to playing a background character - reliable, but nothing special. JW lacks that mercurial, alien quality required to portray the Doctor - I believe her to be a pleasant, attractive, but quite ordinary jobbing actress, not Doctor Who material.  

Though I completely agree with you about Chibnall being a hack, and that he should take the vast majority of the blame for two diabolically bad series of DW, this isn't the sad tale of some wonderfully talented actress lost in a shitstorm of awful scripts and lousy direction. Unfortunately, Whittaker's only standout feature is that she was 'the First Female Doctor' (or Tennant with tits) and I think that's all that was required of her.

UncleDeadly wrote:

Burrunjor wrote:If she became a singer, she could be one of the best of her generation.

Not a chance.

The music industry is hardly a gold mine of talent these days I'm sure she'd have a chance. She's got a very distinctive voice so she'd definitely stand out from other artists of today.

Pepsi Maxil wrote:

UncleDeadly wrote:

Burrunjor wrote:If she became a singer, she could be one of the best of her generation.

Not a chance.

The music industry is hardly a gold mine of talent these days I'm sure she'd have a chance. She's got a very distinctive voice so she'd definitely stand out from other artists of today.

Yeah that's what I meant. Maybe generation is the wrong word. Technically I suppose she's the same generation as Amy, Paloma and Gaga, and she obviously could never be in their league.

I meant that her voice is more genuinely nice than most of the bland crap you hear these days and more unusual. If she devoted herself to that full time, then she'd probably stand out more than as an actress.