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In 1985, a fan film was released called The Wrath of Eukor, featuring Barbara Benedetti
as the Doctor.
She traveled through time and space and several sequels with a young man she'd picked up
in 1911.
I haven't seen the entirety of these films, and they are a bit ***, in the wonderful
tradition of fan films, but the dynamic between the female Doctor and her companion was delightfully
convincing!
I really think they could pull it off!
For the sake of it, lets pretend we know the Doctor will eventually regenerate into a woman.
It was canonized in "The Doctor's Wife", after all.
So lets take a moment to be optimistic and imagine a world where the Doctor were a woman...
So the Doctor regenerates..."I'm a girl!"
What will this mean for the show?
For one thing, the companion will probably have to change genders also. I think having
two men or two women alone in the TARDIS can be alienating for some people.
Even as a man, having Craig as the Doctor's companion once a season, or the all-boys club
of End of Time can feel a bit much.
So I imagine we'd likely have a young man, perhaps someone Rory-like, from the 21st century
as companion.
I'd love to see a romantic dynamic between a male companion and female Doctor. LUMLEY: You're a great deal more attractive than I remember.
Imagine the mysterious woman, with knowledge of all of time and space, and the young chav who
pines after her... Her...
Him?
Hold up. So the Doctor's body becomes feminine. He has ***, and more pocket room in his
trousers. So...does that make him a woman?
Is it that simple? Would the Doctor choose to identify as female?
Why should we assume that he would? Is it so simple to change pronouns for a 1000 year
old Time Lord?
I suppose we should assume that if his personality changes as much as it usually does, this shouldn't
be a huge leap.
Either way, we will have a transgender or genderqueer character here.
How exciting would that be?! Alas, my sorrows go out to all the asexuals who feel slightly
alienated by the more sexually-driven, modern Doctor, but hooray for so many others!
Can I count the ways in which my Doctor will be ***?
1) A male who transitioned (very quickly and inexpensively) to female (transgender?)
2) A woman who would be happy to call herself male again someday (genderqueer?)
3) A woman who was once in love with other women but perhaps willing to fall in love
with men(bisexual/lesbian/pansexual/fluid?)
I think for the sake of avoiding the "boys club" or "girls club" (i.e. a lack of
gender/*** diversity), as I mentioned before, we will likely end up with a companion and
Doctor who mostly exhibit attraction to the 'opposite sex', but nonetheless, we will
The world will have watched a popular sci-fi hero transition, and feminists and ***
will be loving it!
We will have validating moments when our female Doctor occasionally reminisces, "When I
was a little boy...", and so will, more importantly, the children who watch the show.
Keep the cynicism at bay, just a moment longer!
Steven Moffat didn't believe it was "appropriate" for the Eleventh Doctor to be female, but
it sounds more about a lack of confidence that he could pull the regeneration off convincingly.
Yet he also believes it couldbe done...
Which is fair enough. The first female Doctor would probably be better off written by a
woman
It may take time, because regeneration is so rare in Doctor Who, but I'm optimistic.
After all, we've still got five billion years till the shops close.