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Would there have been this level of debate if they had set out to cast a man? I honestly don't see what the problem is with the Doctor being a woman. Shock, gasp, we have lady doctors in the real world so why not in a fictional world?
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The character played isn't a Doctor, medical or otherwise, it's just a name or title. It means nothing.
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Gosh. Really. I am so surprised. I never knew that. 
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So then your previous post is meaningless as well.
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Yes, there is always a big discussion that brings out negative comments.
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It was in one of the news stories, forget which one. The show has a new producer who wanted to put his own spin on it and Peter Capaldi the current doctor apparently suggested it.
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Forogar wrote: Also, they have already missed the shock factor since The Master regenerated into a woman long ago and we were apparently fine with that.
Surely they missed the shock factor by announcing it five months ahead of the regeneration. I know it's nigh on impossible to keep something like that secret these days but they could at least try.
I'm one of those old-school Whovians who thinks it's all been a bit downhill since Tom Baker hung up his scarf but the last series was the best Nu-Who for a good while and it's a great shame that Capaldi's not staying as he's been wonderful in the part. That said, though - in the immortal words of Freddie Mercury- the show must go on - and I certainly don't see anything wrong with The Doctor taking a female form.
Is going from a man to a woman really a bigger change than going from Bill Hartnell to Patrick Troughton or from Sylvester McCoy to Christopher Ecclestone? The show has always gone for pretty dramatic shifts between incarnations and this is just maintaining a 50-odd year-old tradition.
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PeejayAdams wrote: Sylvester McCoy to Christopher Ecclestone
Via Paul McGann. He might only have appeared in one film (and one online-only anniversary special), and the main revelation of the film might have been totally ignored since then, but he's always counted on the list of regenerations.
And also via John Hurt, although we didn't know that at the time. 
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Indeed, fair play to Mr McGann - the movie may been lousy but he's done some fine work on the Big Finish audio adventures.
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Forogar wrote: My thought is that Doctor Who is "jumping the shark" with this cast change,
This is nothing, just wait til you see the next doctor - a black Muslim lesbian in a wheelchair.
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...add war veteran, and I think you have the whole meme.
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Don't forget to add that they used to be a man... hang on, they were... hmm...
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dandy72 wrote: add war veteran
Funny that the people commenting on this don't seem to be fans of the show! 
The Doctor is already a veteran of the Time War.
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Can'tUnlikely to be worse than David Tennant or Colin Baker.
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The problem isn't always the actors (I liked Tennant as the doctor), but the stories / writers.
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Of course the writing concern applies to any story, but changes in actor and characterization between seasons is a uniquely Doctor Who issue (among the shows that I watch at any rate).
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Nathan Minier wrote: Unlikely to be worse than David Tennant or Colin Baker.
Whaaaaaat???
Okay, Baker wasn't very goo but Tennant, after Troughton, was the best Doctor. By far.
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Look at that, a difference of opinion about who played it best! Never been here before... 
If you think that, as an actor, Tennant played it best though...I'm sorry.
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Nathan Minier wrote: If you think that, as an actor, Tennant played it best though...I'm sorry.
Your apology is NOT accepted! 
I've watched every doctor since episode 1 - for me Troughton was best; dark and dangerous (I was a wee child so pretty much every adult seemed dark and dangerous ).
Tennant brought a similar feel to the show as Troughton had and I enjoyed his portrayal. Matt Smith lacked eyebrows (and gravitas). Eccleston probably would have been very good if he'd stuck with it.
The actor I felt would also have been very good in the role was Paul McGann.
Anyway, yes, just an opinion.
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Should have been Schwarzenegger. He would have brought a whole new slant to the role. 
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Roundhouse kicking the daleks into extinction? Sounds good to me!
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So will she have a male (eye candy) sidekick?
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