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In a universe other than the one that the [[Renegade Time Lord]] known as [[the Doctor]] called home, the '''Thirteenth Doctor''' was an  incarnation of the Doctor, the result of the [[regeneration]] of the [[Twelfth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Twelfth Doctor]].

Her [[Twelfth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|previous incarnation]] [[Regeneration|regenerated]] after being hit by [[Zectronic beam|zectronic energy]]. This was unexpected as those present at the "death" of the Twelfth Doctor assumed that the zectronic energy cancelled the regeneration process.

With the Doctor now regenerated into a woman, she was abandoned by her [[companion]] and lover [[Emma (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Emma]] and "his" previous plans to marry her were cancelled. However, the Doctor and [[The Master (The Curse of Fatal Death)|the Master]] found each other much more attractive than before and walked off together as a couple. ([[NOTVALID]]: ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'')

* The inclusion of a woman as the Thirteenth Doctor addressed long-standing fan speculation that the Doctor could at some point change sexes while [[regenerating]]. The theory has been supported by [[Tom Baker]]. The possibility of such a sex change had been suggested by the newly regenerated [[Eleventh Doctor]] at the conclusion of ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' when he found he had long hair and momentarily thought he was now "a girl". The first direct confirmation that a [[Time Lord]] can change sex later came in [[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'', where the Doctor mentioned that he had known [[the Corsair]] in various male and female incarnations.

* [[Steven Moffat]] later used this idea but for the [[The Master|Master]] and changed his next incarnation after "Saxon" into female in [[TV]]: ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]''/''[[Death in Heaven]]''.  

* Fans had for years thought [[Joanna Lumley]] a candidate for the role of the Doctor, should they ever cast a woman in the role. She had earlier played Sapphire, a non-human time detective in the cult fantasy series ''Sapphire & Steel''. The script gave her name as "The (Female) Thirteenth Doctor".

* [[The Doctor (Exile)|Another female incarnation of the Doctor]] would later appear in [[NOTVALID]]: ''[[Exile (audio story)|Exile]]'', played by [[Arabella Weir]].

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