What other characters ? Why would it be difficult to pull off since it is a character role?
Well, other characters like the assistant and missy.
There is a rapport there, that I feel you would lose if they cast Doctor Who as a woman.
The worst possible scenario would be to cast Dr Who as a lesbian.
Any other character is fine, and we have already had lesbians on there anyway. ( Madame Vastra)
But not the doctor.
Not that I have anything against lesbians or lesbians parts, but it would spoil what is a childhood favorite for me.
Since it has come back with Christopher Eccleston you have only just got the admission in the story that the doctor could become attracted to his assistants. It was started with Rose and taken further with River Song, then you have the potential of interaction and relationship of the master and now Missy with the doctor.
To make Dr Who a women would not be in line with the story so far as I see it , and I would see it as tokenism.
The Doctor being black doesn't bother me at all, it might be an interesting difference, as was Martha Jones as his assistant.
It brings up different perspectives.
I'd rather they kept the doctor ATM as a male, I feel a woman at this time would chop off too many potential stories.
Also Stephen Moffet is also leaving and there is going to be a new doctor as well, I feel the doctor being a woman would be too much of a change ATM .
Just my opinion.
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