Chazore said: Well I guess Moffat got what he wanted and ended the final twist of the badly written knife of his. The current season bored me half to death and was losing my general interest, but this turn of events is telling me that it's time to watch something else. I'll probably check back on the show in another 5-10 years time, if it's even still around and trying something else other than pandering to a specific group. Pond was best companion though.

This decision was made by Chris Chibnall (the new showrunner for series 11+), not Moffat. Apparently he set out from the start to pick a female doctor.

I don't believe we've ever been given specifics on the gender split for timelords in general, but individual timelords have been presented as usually favouring one or the other. The first time a timelord gender switch was mentioned was 2011 i think, and the first time it was shown (Hell Bent in 2015) it was implied to be somewhat of a surprise when it does happens. Doctor Who frequently retcons itself though, so maybe they'll decide it was common all along in series 11+.

Why Missy?

@OP: Whittaker played in Broadchurch, as did Tennant, the ninth doctor.

I agree with all aspects of this post.

Yeah, Capaldi fast became my most favored doctor. A shame he goes, but actually it is a good thing for Doctor Who as a whole that the staff 'regenerates', before and behind the camera.

Why do some guys get so butt hurt when they see a strong woman? I honestly never got it.

Oh well, you'll grow up someday, man :)

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The master and the general on Gallifrey regenerated into a women. And the doctor IS weird. Even for a time lord. That's the thing though, the doctor can be anything. Hmm, a regeneration that is bad - the doctor is always in the grey. One regeneration that is slightly evil.

I agree with several points here, but it was mainly that Moffat was just not as good as Russell Davies, simply because Davies planned the key elements of his 4 seasons from the beginning. It was clear Moffat was doing this as early as his secind season when you step as realise that the logic behind the Silence had completely changed and didn't fit with the continuity. The same happened with the 2 Trenzalore epiosdes.

He did have some really good standalone episodes, Heaven Sent to me was amazing and The Day of the Doctor was no disappointment, but some moments were really overplayed and became cheesey - my picks here being Amy and Rory's death (probably going to feel some heat for that) and Clara whispering into the crack in the universe in the time of the doctor.

Maybe you can grow up and learn to read .

I said i didn't see the last season of the male doctor. So i quit a season before i would ever see the woman doctor. And i quit because of the writing or tone of the "male" capaldi Doctor. I was judging doctor Who on its content and not its appearance.

I would be interested, maybe even little excited, but Chris Chibnall is the showrunner so I know in the end it'll be shit regardless.