Originally Posted by Vabosity:
“Time to open a can of worms!
The Doctor is neither gay nor straight.
Time Lords are asexual.
Time Lords reproduce using a genetic loom (Susan may well be the Doctor's granddaughter, but not in the sense we understand it).
Time Lords are certainly not attracted to earth women (physically or emotionally).
I thought everybody knew these things, apart from RTD, that is.”
The books are not canon....
Being 905 and never having had a serious relationship must be a pretty lonely existence
He was CLEARLY shagging Romana
Only Fanboys want the Doctor to be Asexual, so he is created in their own image.
Even Steven Moffat things a romantic subplot is necessary to enrich the drama of the show.