09-12-2014, 01:29
While the regeneration aspect of the character means he could actually next time round come back as a woman, it would be a huge risk to do so. Haven't watched it since the Peter Davidson days so can't comment on the quality of the writing but for me Doctor Who is a man, the character was written as a man and he is actually a Time Lord, not Time Lady. To me this has nothing to do with being sexist, its just some characters should remain as they were originally intended, and there should be no problem with that. As Matt said, maybe a spinoff version would work, or even introduce a new "Time Lady" within the current Dr Who series as a new character would be better.
Its a bit like other characters down the years, Bond should always be a man, Dorothy should always be a woman and Charlies Angels should always be women, thats the way the character was created. There was the case of the Six Million Dollar Man, a series which saw the introduction of the Bionic Woman with her own series. Murder she wrote was designed for a woman and Inspector Frost was a man, I could not see either of these characters changing sex and being successful.
Its a bit like other characters down the years, Bond should always be a man, Dorothy should always be a woman and Charlies Angels should always be women, thats the way the character was created. There was the case of the Six Million Dollar Man, a series which saw the introduction of the Bionic Woman with her own series. Murder she wrote was designed for a woman and Inspector Frost was a man, I could not see either of these characters changing sex and being successful.