I'm sure this topic has been debated at length, but ...


Personally, I'm quite open-minded about the prospect. Especially if it's the delightful Hayley Atwell! U know what I'm saying?

But on the other hand, I don't know whether it's strictly necessary either.
Afterall, I think of the female lead as the Doctor's female (if human) equal who displays equal measures of heroism in the show as a counterpoint to the male protagonist. So that covers anyone interested in gender equality about girls doing anything a boy can do!

Yes.


No.
No, nay, never.
Never ever at all at all.
Not on your Nellie. No way, José.
Niemals, nienich, nooit, jamais.
Not even when hell freezes over.

In other words: nope.

Now, knowing that someone is bound to use that gruesome phrase "get over it" to me, I shall pre-empt it:

No - get over it.

There - I used it first.

Me? I don't care. I'll see how it goes. If it were stunt casting such that the episodes were worse then I wouldn't be happy but if it were just that a good actress came along then, yeah, go with it.

No. I'd rather they not mess with the format too much. It seems an unnecessary risk.

Yes, it has.


Come on, Dogmatix, don't sit on the fence, tell us straight.

No. If they go down that route then the show deserves to die.

I think it will happen someday. They showed with Michelle Gomez it is possible with the right actress.

No. The character is male; it would be stupid to change this fact for the sake of being politically correct. Eventually there comes a point where society is so far politically correct that these things become the very things they are trying not to be. 'Women aren't treated fairly, lets treat them better.' 'Oh, now it turns out that women get treated better than men, lets treat men better.'

A topic that's been debated many times before. If they ever did it, of course they'd be accused of "political correctness", but personally, I couldn't think of a more feeble reason for not doing it than that.

With the right actress, no problem.

Yes.

Same as with a black, or minority doctor. If they find the right performer, then they should go with him or her regardless of gender, age and skin colour.

I don't mind that much. It could be good and I don't think it should be out of the question. It inevitably depends on who is cast, though.

If they cast Miranda in the role I would feel incredibly terrible. That is a massive understatement.

[quote=rhynoGB;80332908]I think it will happen someday. They showed with Michelle Gomez it is possible with the right actress.[/QUOTE

no, they showed Michelle Gomez was great as Missy - although I liked her character she was never the master for me. she is like a new character. I don't relish the idea of a female doctor, I just don't think it would work at all and to be honest it just isn't necessary

No, the character is a Gallifreyan and we, as humans, identify the Doctor as a male. Have we ever seen a full frontal shot of a the Doctor? How do we know whether the Doctor has sticky out or sticky in bits, or even any bits at all? Also, given the fact the Doctor can regenerate, who's to say the Doctor wouldn't want to experience existence from a female point of view (although the Tardis would no doubt end up a nice shade of pink, they would always be 20 minutes late and the sonic screwdriver would probably vibrate).

To be honest, I was hoping Missy would become a sort of companion for him in the same way as River did, seeing as Clara is leaving. There does seem to be a kind of "couple" relationship there, not to mention Michelle Gomez really makes Missy work as a kind of antihero (and I find her really sexy, although admittedly that's not a valid reason).

I don't think it should be done for equality (the same way I'm against a black or female James Bond), but if the producers can come up with an amazing actress and a story line around it then why not?

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I agree. Missy is not the Master. I wish they had at least given us some background and seen the Master take her body and who "missy" really is as this would add some depth (Like the Master being Nyssa's father for example).

As for a female Doctor. No. The character is female. Go and create a new character.

James Bond is male
Batman is male
Wonder Women is female
Supergirl is female

Dr Who is male!

Definitely not!

Only if the find the right actress and have a proper reason as to why the Doctor suddenly became a woman.

They can't just have the Doctor regenerates as a woman and just goes off on more adventures without anyone batting an eyelid.

My idea for such a story is for the Doctor to have to regenerate as Women for a specific purpose.

The Doctor finds out where Galifrey is but discovers that someone has got there first and has occupied the planet imprisoning the entire population.

The Doctor realises that his normal tactic of just turning up and trying rescue his people will not work.

After some thought he comes up with a plan to get to Galifrey without the occupiers realising it is him.

His plan is to force a regeneration into the body of a young woman and pretend he/she is the companion.

To make this work he/she needs to find someone who could pretend to be the Doctor (Lee Evens would be a good choice).

After a series of adventures establishing the ruse the TARDIS lands on Galifrey and the Doctor puts his/her plan into operation.

Following on from this story the Doctor discovers that she is enjoying being a woman. Which allows for the possibility of future female Doctor's.

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Two points:-

1) The Master can regenerate so what is all this about taking someone's body?

2) Dr Who is the programme. The Doctor is the name of the Character.

The day that happens I'm done.

As someone who has been watching the series from the first episode | personally find the idea of the Doctor being anything other than male a terrible idea. I dislike the character of Missy. While if she had been the Rani originally I still wouldn't have liked her , I find the idea of her being the Master rather irritating. The only way of having a female Doctor that I would accept is if she came from as parallel dimension. So this female Doctor was a variation on 'our Doctor' and not the same character. However in this recent series I think that all this about the Doctor adopting the form of someone he has previously met kind of hints at the idea that I believe second producer John Wiles was keen to explore in that the Doctor's body was rather like the Dalek's outer casing and his body was just a form that he adopted. Remember the recent Ice Warrior story has these creatures being not quite the same as we had originally imagined them.

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1. In Keeper of Traken the worn out Master took over the body of Tremas. Also The Master took over the ambulance man's body in the TV Movie.

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However in Utopia the Master regenerated.

This again? Really?

I'd rather a new, interesting female Time Lord/Lady were introduced to be honest.

That's not to say there aren't some terrific actors out there that would make a great Doctor like Suranne Jones for example or Ruth Wilson to name but two but personally I think it goes against part of the charm of the doctor's long established character - the eccentric (mad man) in a blue box.

Nor would I like a white female version of John Luthor or a a young non caucasian version of Miss Marple.

As I said instead of changing the gender/race/age of established characters dramatically (as happens in other media such as comics and film) I'd much rather see new and engaging characters created.

As posted above - a female Doctor from a parallel dimension (with a female Jane Harkness in tow maybe) I would happily watch and think it would make for an entertaining two parter for sure - but not a full time female Doctor - give me a new character to love instead!

[quote=Old Man 43;80335116]
Because that's something that the character sometimes does.

I agree with Jodo above. I'd much prefer a female timelord.
There is definitely something to be done with the Rani as it's become tradition for New Who to resurrect certain key characters from Classic Who. That would be a good one which could open interesting possibilities.

The Doctor himself is a man. He just is.
Although I don't like the idea of a female Doctor, in fact I think it's an awful idea, I'm not necessarily dead set against it and would just take it on the chin if it happened. I can imagine that it could be possible to do.
It's just that if it happens I think it will be for all the wrong reasons,and the writing for the character will probably keep reminding is that they've made the Doctor a woman as they keep making a big political point out of it with self satisfied smug nods and winks to the viewer.
However it could be done well. But only if the fact that the character is a woman is dealt in a very matter of fact manner which doesn't keep trying to draw attention to the concept.

I really don't see any good reason to try to make the Doctor a female character.
If they want to make some kind of political statement or something then there's plenty of room within the show to introduce strong central female characters.
They could make a start with doing something more interesting with the Doctor's companions who have become very archetypal since 2005.

lol If they introduce the Rani I will offically stop watching. The character sucked in the 80's so it would be a worse idea now/