In the wake of the 13th Doctor announcement, everyone is focused on the fact the next Doctor will be a woman.
But the TARDIS also has changed it’s appearance (note the St. John’s Ambulance logo that characterized Steven Moffat’s tenure is gone).
Up to now, the Doctor has referred to the TARDIS as “old girl,” but if it also has regenerated, the real question is: Has the TARDIS become a male?
Will she now start calling it “old boy”?
Author: Jimmy Akin
Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."
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I love the way you think.
Next season could be very confusing, or is this art reflecting culture?
Yeah, I thought about that. This could mean that the Doctor. and the Tardis are quantum entangled, so that when one flips its state, so does the other one.
Moffat was at Comi-con and is telling the complainers to shut up (except a little more strongly).
For me, at least, the sex switch ruins the whole idea of Susan calling the First Doctor, “Grandfather.” Having Romana be a Time Lady should have been enough and a proper reflection of the Natural Law. They have, in my opinion, re-written the canon, because the whole concept of Time Lord and Time Lady has been established for years.
In my opinion, this was just bowing to the loss of belief in a Natural Law.
It may have been understandable for recent viewers of the modern Who to not know that the original series was based on English aristocratic norms and so think, innocently, that the Doctor could be either a man or a woman, but Moffat knows better. Try calling the Queen of England, “He,” and see how far that will get you.
The Chicken
The whole last season was pitiful. A running lecture on the evils of capitalism and how bad humanity is as a species. Nothing but a reflection of the atheistic progressive mind.
I’m pretty much done with it. Capaldi held some real promise, which unfortunately was never fulfilled. Pearl Mackie was literally the worst companion ever, or at least since the classic days (Dodo was probably worse, but not by much.)
This final action has done it for me. Just another step in the attempted normalization of insanity.
Despite Dodo’s bad rep, I’ve recently been watching the shows in which she appeared, and I haven’t been able to fathom what people thought the problem was. From what I’ve seen, she wasn’t in any way a terrible companion. Despite what I’d heard, she struck me as just fine!
I should add: The *name* “Dodo” was stupid, but in terms of the actress’s portrayal, it seemed fine to me.