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Who else thinks that we should have a female doctor? I think it would bring a new depth to the character and the show as we have seen the doctor as a white man 12 times so we should see the doctor at least once as a woman. EVen the master had a female form in one of the recent comics. And I don't care about this role model rubbish that young boys will not be able to become men without a role model.

1) that's sexist that no one cares about giving the young girls a role model 2) if you need a tv character to be your role model, you are a sad person who should look for someone else, as in someone in your family.

Anyway, I think Helena Bonham carter would be a great doctor as she is able to portray an energetic, slightly crazy person, just like the doctor is. --Coop3 ☎ 21:33, September 7, 2013 (UTC)

1) Easy with the "sad person" comments.

2) "Just like the Doctor is"...The Doctor has had at least 11 different "hims", none of them exactly the same. She may be like one or three of the Doctors, but there is no "just like" when it comes to the Doctor. —BioniclesaurKing4t2 - "Hello, I'm the Doctor. Basically, . . . run." 03:50, September 8, 2013 (UTC)

Why would we need a female Doctor? Counting regular televised companions, the ration stands at (approximately, depending on who you count) 24 women to 7 men. Adding in 11 or 12 Doctors, you still get a higher count for women.

Personally I've had enough of "energetic, slightly crazy" Doctors, and I've definitely had enough of Helena Bonham Carter. Shambala108 ☎ 14:39, September 8, 2013 (UTC)

Many people don't have someone in their family they would like to model themselves upon. And for some it makes more sense to try to match an ideal rather than a mundane model. The Doctor "makes people better," and Wilf confirmed that about Donna. Trying to be like the Doctor might make other people "better" as well. "In 900 years I've never met someone who wasn't important," "We don't walk away." A lot of people would be better for heeding those words than those of their father and his favorite Russian born writer, or radio host.

While I could certainly imagine a number of woman I would prefer to see in the role before Helena Bonham Carter, I don't see the point in counting female companions as on par with The Doctor. Frankly, until the relatively recent companions, most of the female companions are embarrassing in the way they play a traditional heroine rather than heroic roles. Watch a Classic episode with a teenage girl and see how much respect some of those women get. The point of having a woman play the Doctor is to show that a woman can be the person who can be counted on to save the day just as much as a man can be such a person. That it is who the person is at heart, not just their sexuality, which matters most.Phil Stone ☎ 03:36, September 10, 2013 (UTC)

I personally think Helena Bonham Carter would be a better female master than doctor 90.200.82.14^{talk to me} 14:59, November 9, 2014 (UTC)

Now that there has been a female master, and the episode flatline where clara pretends to be the doctor, there is a real precedent now for one. I think that steven moffat will be the one to do this, and he will likely not move on until he has done this. Number 13 somehow just feels right....--86.14.161.66^{talk to me} 20:48, November 17, 2014 (UTC)

86 are you referring to the negative connotations of the number 13 when you say it 'feels right'? 213.249.213.20^{talk to me} 21:34, November 17, 2014 (UTC)

Well, I will probably catch an unbelievable amount of grief for this, but... I think the Doctor should stay as a male in appearance. After 50 years, the formula has worked fine and, to take a lesson from New Coke, don't change the formula. After all, as pointed out to Clara rather forcefully in Deep Breath, he is still the same person inside regardless of appearance. Changing gender, to me, is nothing more than pandering to a segment of fans wistfully seeking a level of equality. I'll probably be proven wrong tomorrow in some announcement, but there you have it. I am ducking my head now for all those with witty ripostes. Boss MD ☎ 23:17, November 17, 2014 (UTC)

I agree with you. I think the female Master was nothing more than a gimmick, and the same with a female Doctor. But as 86 above says, Moffat will probably do it anyway, because that's the kind of thing he does. Shambala108 ☎ 16:18, November 22, 2014 (UTC)

i've heard stories that the BBC will only allow male actors to play the doctor on the show--58.169.105.39^{talk to me} 14:51, January 1, 2015 (UTC)

Moffat has said there will definetely be one one day. I knew he would be the one to instigate it. It is a topic that a lot of whovians are talking about, and not all of them say they hate the idea. I think moffat will stay on as showrunner until at least the first series is over for the female doctor, as I feel he wants to be the one to do it, and would need to carry them for at least one series before leaving, as it wouldnt be right to do this and then leave it to a brand new showrunner. I really want the thirteenth doctor to be a woman. --Coop3 ☎ 17:51, January 1, 2015 (UTC)