Peter Davison Troubled By “the idea of a female Doctor”

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Former Doctor Who star Peter Davison is currently touring Australia with the Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular, and has naturally taken time out to promote the shows on TV.

Speaking to ABC, the Fifth Doctor star was asked about whether the Doctor should one day be played by a woman. His response was particularly interesting, not least for showing that the actor has clearly spent some time on the implications. “I speak now as a fan who grew up watching it,” he said.

“I have trouble with the idea of a female Doctor, only because I reckon if you’re born on Gallifrey a man, you’re probably a male Time Lord.”

It’s a good point. It isn’t, however, his main one. For this, we need to think about the dynamic between the Doctor and his various female companions. “It seems to me if you reverse that, if you have an uncertain, fallible female Doctor with a really strong male companion, you’ve got more of a stereotype than anything else.”

Davison doesn’t rule out a female Time Lord spinoff starring his daughter Georgia, however, returning as The Doctor’s Daughter femme clone Jenny.

What do you think? Does Davison actually make a very strong point there, or are you dead set on a female Doctor?

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