Doctor Who: 10 Female Doctors That Might Actually Happen

It could happen sooner than you think.

by Joel Cornah
Sidney Newman, co-creator of Doctor Who, called for a female Doctor. Patrick Troughton, the Second Doctor, called for a female Doctor. Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Carole Ann Ford, Louise Jameson, Freema Agyeman, Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and now Steven Moffat have all called for a female Doctor. It may seem a bit early to be re-casting the wonderful Peter Capaldi (long may he reign) but the Doctor Who fandom is all about speculation. Before Capaldi was announced, the WhovianFeminism blog listed no less than FORTY potential actresses to take the roll. Now with Moffat's own admission in recent interviews, thinking of candidates for a female Doctor is just the thing to do. So, here's a list of potential actresses to take the role but only ones the BBC could actually afford have been included. This means the likes of Tilda Swinton, Keira Knightly and Helen Mirren are off limits because if they were the Doctor, poor old BBC Wales would have to go without catering, CGI monsters and wobbly sets for a while... With that in mind, here are some actresses who fans might actually see step into the TARDIS.
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Joel Cornah, is an author hailing from a small isolated village in Lancashire. Having told stories of dinosaurs, penguins and dragons to his younger siblings for nigh on two decades, it soon became apparent that these tales needed to be written down. Gathering the myriad of maps, family trees, illustrations and noted ideas, he began work on the world of dyngard. Having grown along with the audience from a collection of loosely related children’s stories, it became a whole world of adventure, magic and questions. He was awarded a degree in Creative Writing from Liverpool John Moors University and spent seven years writing a comical newspaper for The Barrow Downs Tolkien discussion forum. Currently running a charity café in Parbold village, Joel is often found deep in discussion of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, the long history of Doctor Who, and desperately trying not to frighten people away. Often with limited success.