A woman has been chosen to play the 13th Doctor

Her name is Jodi Whittaker

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/16/537545144/dr-who-is-a-woman-jodie-whittaker-announced-as-13th-time-lord-in-bbc-series

The fact that the "powers that be" at the BBC chose a woman is not a surprise.

I personally think it's stupid. The Doctor is NOT a woman!

You want a strong female Time Lord"?  Create one!

You want a strong female Time Lord villain. Create one! Don't turn the Master into a woman because the Master is not a woman. Yes, Michelle Gomez did a great job as a villainous Time Lady, but she should not have been the Master. Make her the Rani!

Well, it will be interesting to see if the female Doctor has female or male companions.

Maybe she won't have *any* companions - that would be an interesting change as well.

It will be interesting to see what kind of dangerous situations they place this female Doctor in. If it all takes place from the 1980s onward, then we'll see women soldiers, women officers, etc.

If this Doctor goes back in time before the 1980s, she'll have no power - at least, not the power the male Doctors had. Would the Doctor give up the advantage of the patriarchy just to experiment with being a woman? Is that why he "chose me this "women's" face?

There's a lot of outrage - and a lot of people saying, "It's about time."

We'll see what the ratings are for this Doctor.

Not sure if I'll watch it or not. If I do... I'll think of "the Doctor" as dead, and this is just a new Time Lord calling herself the Doctor in his honor.