Originally Posted by StevenR:
“I voted that I'd stop watching, not because the Doctor being female is necessarily a bad idea but because I fear that any such decision would be made to introduce a gimmick or for shock purposes rather than because it was decided that the best person for the role was female (so could be considered a potential "jump the shark" moment). Of course, I would be happy to be proven wrong.”

How would you know you had been proven wrong if you stopped watching?