The Doctor will see you now

Breaking news – The Doctor is out.

Peter Capaldi, that is, who has announced that his 12^th incarnation of the nation’s favourite time lord will hang up his sonic screwdriver in 2017’s Christmas special.

And so now Whovian’s eagerly await and wildly speculate about who will fill that prestigious vacancy in time and relative dimension in space.

Rumours are abounded and the usual suspect’s names have been pushed to the fore as always when such an iconic role comes up for grabs to fill.

And in the midst of it all comes the suggestion that is almost as old as the doctor himself.

 That being that maybe with this regeneration the Gallifreyan should take on a whole new demeanour and embrace a more feminine side of them self.

To some the idea of their traditionally male hero changing gender after all these years is sacrilege , however with the doctors greatest nemesis The Master rising from the dead as the spectacularly mischievous  Missy in 2014 it isn’t such a couldn’t be done story line as it would’ve been years ago .

Hell in a bustle skirt and with a glint in her eye that you’re not sure whether it means she likes you or that she’s just teasing you while she plans your imminent demise she’s given the ultimate adversary a whole new lease of life after supposed death and you never really quite sure whether she’s going to be playing the part of friend or foe to her one time childhood chum the doctor so maybe it’s time he followed suit and joined the other side to see how different the space time continuum and world could be if girls ,like Beyonce once said, were running it.

After all twelve months ago would we have thought that we would have ended 2016 with a new female prime minister, seen Boris Johnson in an important role like Foreign Secretary or watched agog as the person we thought was least likely to win the presidential race was sworn into the White House whilst struggling to find anyone of note to perform at his inauguration ceremony because his attitude and personality hasn’t made him the most likeable person on the planet.

 I think if 2016 taught us anything it was not to assume everything was going to go exactly as we thought it would, so prepare yourselves Whovians because Christmas 2017 might need you to open your minds to a really big change and to expect the unexpected.