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The Thirteenth Doctor came about after 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.

== Behind the scenes ==

* In an early draft of the script, written prior to casting, the thirteenth incarnation was referred to as "The Lady Doctor", and described only as "a beautiful woman". Her final name, used in the behind-the-scenes documentary and in ''Doctor Who Magazine'' credits, was "The Female Doctor".<ref>Doctor Who Magazine #328</ref>

* The inclusion of a woman as the Thirteenth Doctor addressed long-standing fan speculation, at the time, that the Doctor could at some point change sexes while [[regenerating]]. The theory had been supported by [[Tom Baker]]. During the [[Steven Moffat]] era, [[the Master]] and [[the General]] both changed genders during regeneration. Finally, the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] herself was a woman, ending the debate once and for all in 2017 with the release of  ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'', eighteen years after Lumley's Doctor had her appearance in ''The Curse of Fatal Death''.

* [[Lawrence Miles]]'s novel pitch ''[[The War (novel)|The War]]'', as well as at least one other pitch by [[David A. McIntee]], would have featured this incarnation of the Thirteenth Doctor.