Will the next Doctor be a woman?
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to make the Doctor a female lead.
Tom Baker's 'revisiting a few old faces' line in DOTD paved the way for this (I think there was talk of recasting Patrick Troughton as the seventh Doctor at a time).
But it's hard to see the benefit, unless, for example, ratings had plunged and they felt that the return of a Tennant or Smith would revive fortunes. Which would beg the interesting dilemma - would they play the role as per their previous incarnation or would they do an entirely new take on it?
McGann would be the more interesting choice. But my preference is still to have a series of specials or web series with him playing Eight. I'd like to see more about this little-seen Doctor than have Paul play a new incarnation. I still think it would be a good way of keeping the series on air if the incumbent wanted to take a year off. Do a series of specials like in Tennant's final year - but with McGann instead of 12/13/14 whoever.
I don't think for a moment the next Doctor will be a woman, but I do think we will have a female Doctor eventually.
I'd be surprised if the next Doctor was a woman. Wouldn't matter to me if it was. After all, all that matters is getting the best actor or actress for the part.
My bigger worry would be if the current writing staff could manage to write a solid, Doctor story without dragging down the story to focus on the Doctor's new gender. It shouldn't matter, the Doctor is the Doctor; like any other regeneration, you just write the Doctor. But I'd be a bit concerned about them focusing on the novelty of what had happened.
My bigger worry would be if the current writing staff could manage to write a solid, Doctor story without dragging down the story to focus on the Doctor's new gender. It shouldn't matter, the Doctor is the Doctor; like any other regeneration, you just write the Doctor. But I'd be a bit concerned about them focusing on the novelty of what had happened.
I think they'd have to focus on the novelty of it, for a while at least, in the same way they mentioned Smith's youthfulness or Capldi being Scottish, it would be kinda weird if they didn't.
The problem is not overdoing it, first couple of stories and an occasional mention fine, but if there's a cheap gag week in week out the concept will fail.
Well, if Moffatt will be writing it, you know there will be a cheap gag of the week. Look, he didn't stop that "Doctor? Doctor Who?" for a long time.
When did he stop?
I'm sure there was one the other week.
I liked it when Jenna did it, but to be fair I'd like whatever she did.
It was worse when it became meta. When the Doctor would say "could you say that again? I always like hearing that".
Didn't we already have that with Matt Smith? Good riddance to all that silliness.
I would love to see McGann as the Doctor in whatever way TPTB could manage, whether on TV or in webisodes. Considering how perfectly he nailed the role in the TV movie and in the webisode 17 years later, it's a damn shame he never got his chance to be the Doctor in a series. I've no idea if he was disappointed, but a lot of fans certainly were.
They already overdo this sort of thing. It used to be that other than a couple of humorous, self-deprecating lines about ears or noses, that was all. They just got on with the stories and didn't dwell on the actor's age, facial features, accent, or anything else.
Being a woman would be a novelty to the Doctor. "I've never been a woman before". It will take him an episode to adjust, but then it takes him an episode to adjust to any new body. It will take anyone he runs into a bit as well if they've encounted the Doctor before, or he they know his reputation. Otherwise the Doctor will be basically the same, save female. It is uncertain if they would even have to deal with female issues the Doctor has never personally experianced.
Considering that the Doctor has gone well over 2,000 years as a male, he'd need a bit of adjustment. If we consider the War Doctor to be a reset of his personal age counting system, than he is well over 3,000 years old, and still has the same issue.
But it has been done. There is a female Doctor or two in the audio books. Plus there is Moffat's own Comic Relief special from 1999.
Considering that the Doctor has gone well over 2,000 years as a male, he'd need a bit of adjustment. If we consider the War Doctor to be a reset of his personal age counting system, than he is well over 3,000 years old, and still has the same issue.
But it has been done. There is a female Doctor or two in the audio books. Plus there is Moffat's own Comic Relief special from 1999.
No, I don't honestly think the next Doctor will be a woman. I think they're more likely to take baby steps into the 21st century - next, it'll be a black male, and then, if we're lucky, a white woman. It'll be the same steps the American presidency are currently taking....
He does often complain about never having been a Ginger
