Hello there Doctor Who fans and today is the day that half of the fan base has dreaded and the other half don't care about we have a female Doctor and well here are my thoughts bare in mind i'm not judging her as The Doctor rather the choice to cast her.
I personally don't mind her but i've only seen her in comedic roles so i know she can do the comedy aspect part of the show but with that being said i havn't seen her in any drama so i don't know if she can do the more serious aspects of the show which does slightly have my worried since Doctor Who is and always has been a drama.
Now i recently made a top 5 post about who i think should play the doctor (shameless plug) but i admit if i even did a top 10 she would have came in at number 11 to me she wasn't a contender so in that regards i have to applaud the team for thinking out side the box but at the same time it means now that alot of people won't know if she's a good actress or not and that could people of watching the show.
Now if they are going to change the way things are done which judging by this casting choice they are thinking of doing but i think they should change the sex of the companion this way the makers of the show can hopefully have there cake and eat it.
The next worry i have is that i don't know if the writers can write a female character i'll be the first one to admit i havn't seen Broadchurch so i don't know how well written the female characters were in that show and Torchwood was more of an ensemble so if the female's weren't written well it didn't matter but now you have a female front and center so the writing has to be top notch.
Overall i personally am very mixed over her casting but i ask all of those that are set against having a female doctor to respect those who are all for having one this fan base is built on love and if past Doctor Who stars are happy about the change which they are i've seen the tweets then you guys can at least be respect full to each other.