Warning: Doctor Who ramble ahead. Skip now if that’s not your cup of tea.
I have read many opinions recently – largely men’s – about the developments regarding the casting of the new Doctor. Most of them are pretty dismissive of the situation – why do we NEEED a female doctor? One, particularly, moved me to respond. Specifically, this article bemoaned the end of good female companions, arguing that since the reboot, the story has been a narrative about the companions, and the Doctor is largely the macguffin that drives the story. And that now, with a woman as the Doctor,