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For all the men who will "not watch anymore" I'll take ur place as a viewer, I'd love to see how a woman takes the role on!!!

So you will have no problem for a man to be Wonder Woman then

the doctor doesn't have 'man' in his name so how is it the same you nut

It's just as well established that the doctor is a male, just because there's not man in his name, similar for James Bond

James Bond is a man's name, Harry

Did you just assign a gender to a name?

The character is a man with the name "James", "The Doctor" is not a name, it's a title, it's not the same, give up

It's not the name that's the issue tho, it's the fact they've both been men from the start for decades

Talented actress takes over male dominated role and the ignorant sexists kick off. Superb work BBC. Also, excellent appointment.

To clarify, the debate over whether she is the right person is fine in terms of talent but people kicking off because she's a woman? Haway.

In a dramatic attempt to be "politically correct" Dr Who just lost thousands of fans

And maybe gained a lot of new ones

Yeah, I've never really liked the show, but the comments on this thread have guaranteed I'll at least give it another try this time.

Haven't watched since early Smith but this gives me hope of a fresh new direction and I will definitely be watching.

I've never watched but now I'm definitely going to give it a try!

Why assume this is motivated by PC? Time lords can swap gender. It is known. Or are you not actually a fan?

So people turned out to love Missy but are all freaking out about a woman Doctor? Waaaamulance coming through!