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Since the shock announcement on Monday during Jo Whiley’s BBC Radio 2 show that Peter Capaldi was stepping down as The Doctor, much has been said about the Doctor regenerating as a time-lady however, in an attempt to redress the balance, here is an interesting item from Scottish newspaper “The Herald” which presents the opposite point of view. HERE we go again. Should the new Doctor Who be a woman? Let me explain: no, he shouldn’t. Make the Doctor a woman and you…

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Jo Whiley says that Peter Capaldi announcing he was leaving Doctor Who on her show was one of the most emotional moments of her career. The Radio 2 DJ was taken completely by surprise when the 12th Doctor dropped the bombshell that he would be leaving the sci-fi drama after the 2017 Christmas special, but said that she thought it was “the classy way to do it”. Speaking at the Radio Times Covers Party, Whiley said that it was the…

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David Tennant – Doctor Who’s Tenth Doctor  – has given his support to a woman taking over the controls of the Tardis after Peter Capaldi’s departure, naming Olivia Colman as his top tip to play the famous Time Lord. Speaking about his Broadchurch co-star on Radio 4’s World at One, Tennant said: “Olivia would clearly be a magnificent choice. If you have the right people telling the right stories then it’s absolutely a possibility.” Not only does Colman have Tennant’s…

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Peter Capaldi’s done it. Paul McGann’s done it and now Mark Gatiss has offered his support for the campaign to have a female Doctor lead the charge in the 11th series of the Doctor Who revival. Within hours of Capaldi announcing his departure from the show, fans were already speculating about whether or not the 13th Doctor could be a woman – and Gatiss told Simon Mayo he thinks it’d be “fantastic”. “I think it’d be really good for the…

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Incoming Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall will lead the BBC’s search for the 13th Doctor when he begins work on the sci-fi show later this year. Chibnall, who takes over the reins from Steven Moffat, will oversee the eleventh series in time for a broadcast next year and will have the ultimate say on who the new Doctor is, say BBC insiders, although his decision has to be rubber-stamped by BBC director of content Charlotte Moore and head of drama…

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It seems we can count Peter Capaldi in the camp of those who want a woman to replace him on Doctor Who. The clock is sadly ticking on the Twelfth Doctor era, following the announcement that Capaldi will leave along with long-running Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat at the end of this year. Talk almost instantly turned to who will replace him as the pilot of the TARDIS, with many calling for the sci-fi institution to finally give us a…

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Class Episode Seven, The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did had an audience of 0.76 million viewers for its debut on BBC One, according the unofficial overnight figures, a share of 8% of the total TV audience. The rating was fractionally up on the overnight figures for last week’s episode. The programme was outrated by by Newsnight on BBC Two, which had 0.79 million, but it beat Through the Keyhole on ITV which had 0.65 million. The series concluded with…

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Harriet  Harman has demanded the BBC appoint a woman as the next Doctor Who. Labour’s former deputy leader, a prominent feminist, also said the new Doctor’s assistant should be a man, so she could ‘tell him what to do’. But Theresa May – who has said she is a fan of the 54-year-old sci-fi show – hit back, saying the sex of the Doctor was a matter for the programme-makers to decide. The current Doctor, Scottish actor Peter Capaldi, made…

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Most professional selections these days – whether of an American president or an England football manager – are described as the most important in the history of the post. However, the choice of the 13th lead in the BBC’s Doctor Who, following Peter Capaldi’s announcement of his retirement after the 2017 Christmas special, really may decide how long the time-travel fantasy continues to be a TV super-franchise. Chris Chibnall – the new showrunner, who will supervise the choice of Capaldi’s…

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