The 13th Doctor

[Zekkyou]

Kowan said:

Zekkyou said:

I think you've misread my comment. I didn't say there weren't any female timelords (in-fact i started off by noting we have no idea what the gender split is; we know there are some male and some female, but not the ratio), i was talking about the prevalence of gender switching. To the best of my knowledge 2011 is the first time it was ever brought up, and Hell Bent the first time is was actually shown on-screen. I brought the latter up because it allowed us to see the reaction of another timelord there, which was relevant to what i was saying (that the show has in recent years presented gender switching as a thing that does happen, but isn't the standard).

No, I get it. I put my reply to your point in my Missy comment which is the first time in the revival series that they showed a Male TImelord turn into a woman time lord. There was no regeneration shown but there was a reaction from The Doctor(in realizing The Master is now a woman).

Ah, I think there was just a misunderstanding then. When i said "shown" i meant literally shown. Ignoring that though, while we do get an end-result reaction from the Doctor with Missy i didn't consider it relevant to my point. Not only is their general dynamic rather different from other timelords shown, i'm inclined to believe the majority of his initial shock was aimed more at her identity than it actually being a her. He was similarly shocked with the Professor Yana reveal.

In-show wise, i think the best reference points we have for personal gender bias with regeneration is the Doctor himself (who until now has been shown male 13 times and female now once), and the soldier timelord's fluttered reaction in Hell Bent. It's obviously far from conclusive though, and DW will make the cannon whatever it wants it to be :p