Big news today for Doctor Who fans - first female doctor! Jodie Whittaker. She will take the role of Doctor in the next season and will first appear in Christmas special as Peter Capaldi moves on.
It will certainly be a new era for Doctor Who, and a great achievement for feminist movement, even after introducing ....but..
will current audience (mostly men) get alienated? How will dynamics of Doctor and a cute girl companion evolve?
I think that BBC is taking a hugh risk here to detail the show,
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Why not? Doctor Who's famous for The Doctor regenerating and being played by a different actor. Before the most recent casting it was already explicit that Time Lords can change gender when regenerating, with the Master (the Doctor's nemesis) doing just that.
This seems one of the very few programs where changing the gender of a character and their actor makes perfect sense!
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