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New Doctor Who Should Be Female, Say Female Scientists
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12/04/08
Gear up the plastic surgery cyber-man-reversing machine and viola!
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They could call it Doctor Sue
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"Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and entertainment doesn't know the first thing about either."
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I say let it rip. I mean as a quasi-immortal, regenerating being with two hearts and weird lungs from Gallifrey who knows what weirdness such biology can manifest, and changing genders really is pretty tame in comparison to some of the things the Doctor has done.
Now, let's move on to a serious issue, the Doctor's real name.
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Why don't the BBC go make a female scientist show who fights crime with the aid of her trusty whip. Leave the good stuff alone ]:
12/03/08
Seriously though, this is retarded. If whoever is in charge of Dr Who decides that a specific female would be good at playing the Doctor, that's one thing. But changing the Doctor's gender so that girls will become scientists is beyond inane. Doctor Who has nothing to do with science anyway. It's time-space fantasy, not sci-fi.
God, I hate preachy fiction.
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I mean, obviously that's not a priority anymore. I just think it's interesting to consider.
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On the plus side I find the chance of this actually happening somewhere around 1%. Doctor Who has been around for 45 years. David Tennant is Doctor #10. I think it has been cemented he is male and to completely change the story and make #11 a female all of a sudden is highly unlikely.
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Most human beings aren't especially interested in switching genders, but we're generally a lot more attached to our bodies--what with them not being completely rebuilt every couple of centuries or so.
Isn't there something actually interesting about this? Does it tell us something interesting about the way that Time Lords deal with gender (like, maybe why the Doctor is always hanging out with women, but rarely sleeps with any of them)? Something interesting about what it means to be a father and a grandfather in a society where gender-switching is possible?
I'm just not sure what's against the rules about this.
Also, for the record: while I'm sure that you're not a sexist, just saying that you aren't one isn't really proof of much of anything, considering that even really hardcore sexists also claim that they aren't sexist.
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Says who?
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His grand-daughter Susan was the first Companion, his "daughter" Jenny in just this last season. He himself has talked about his family and explicitly stated "I was a father once"
Did you not know any of these things? 'cause they're pretty big and explicit part of the Who-mythos.
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Says who? "
Correct.
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And just because he was a father once doesn't mean anything about Time Lord biology.
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Unlike certain other characters, shapeshifting and reincarnation have been part of The Doctor for years.
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I ask this simply because would anyone asking for this like a sex change themselves?
the character was *born* male. (he was a father on Gallifrey in his first incarnation)
what logical point would having him regnerate into a Her have other than comedy??
12/03/08
I haven't been a big fan of Doctor + lady in peril formula we've been leaning toward for most of the new series. I think it's about time there were two companions in the Tardis again. A strong, capable woman and a completely inept dude (or maybe cowardly, a la Turlough).
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