Doctor Who: 10 Female Doctors That Might Actually Happen

by Joel Cornah

1. Arabella Weir

Arabella Weir Did you know there had already been a female Doctor? Yes, it already happened back in 2003, during the Great Hiatus. Big Finish, the production company responsible for the truly vast range of Doctor Who audio adventures, released the serial Exile as part of their Doctor Who Unbound series. The Unbound dramas are a collection of "What If...?" questions. This time, What If The Doctor Was a Woman? The method by which Arabella Weir's Doctor becomes female is a bit unsettling. The Doctor commits suicide and as a result changes to a different gender upon regeneration. Having done this, she then lives a mundane existence on Earth, working in a supermarket and getting drunk every night. Stranger things have happened. Arabella's career has a distinctly comedic slant to it having appeared in The Fast Show and Posh Nosh. Working mostly as a writer, she has written for The Independent and the Guardian and she also appeared in the 2011 Doctor Who Christmas special The Doctor The Widow and the Wardrobe. So, if anyone were to be given the role, she'd probably be the first to get the call. She's got the experience, she's got the talent. What are you waiting for, BBC? What do you think of this list? Who would be your dream actress to take on the role of the titular Time Lord? Leave your comments below.
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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.