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The''' Thirteenth Doctor''' was the last, female incarnation of [[The Doctor|the Doctor]]. With the Doctor now [[regeneration|regenerated]] into a woman, she was abandoned by her [[companion]] [[Emma (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Emma]] and "his" previous plans to marry her were cancelled. However, both the Doctor and [[The 17th Master|the Master]] found each other much more attractive than before, and walked off together as a pair.
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The '''Thirteenth Doctor''' was the result of the [[regeneration]] of the [[Twelfth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Twelfth Doctor]].


==Behind the scenes==
== Biography ==
*The inclusion of a woman as the 13th Doctor addresses longstanding fan speculation that the Doctor could at some point change sexes while regenerating, a theory at one point supported by [[Tom Baker]].
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*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 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.
 
With the Doctor now regenerated into a woman, she was abandoned by her [[companion]] and lover [[Emma (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Emma]] and their previous plans to marry her were cancelled, as the Doctor was no longer "the man [Emma] fell in love with". However, the Doctor and {{Pryce}} found each other much more attractive than before and walked off together away from the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'')
 
== Appearance ==
The Thirteenth Doctor was an older woman with blonde hair. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'')
 
== 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.
 
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