Hopefully you've all seen the 1st episode of the 2 part finale to series 8 of Doctor Who? Guess what? The Master has returned, albeit as a female version of the fan favourite villainous renegade time Lord. So how did you react to this revelation? The majority of Whovians had already sussed this out right from the start, myself included. Am I glad the Master is back? Well yes I am, but am I happy that The Moff has tampered with the fabric of reality and turned the Master into a female? The answer would be NO as it happens, I'm not.
Let me explain. The Master is a well established character and has been played by 6 male actors.
In my mind male time lords shouldn't be able to regenerate in to female time lords. It should be anatomically impossible. Maybe I'm reading too deep in to this and maybe I should just get over it. Now this isn't anything to do with being sexist etc and I'm all for change, but what gives Steven Moffat the right to change the history of Doctor Who? In 50 years of Doctor Who no other time lord has changed gender, so why start now?
This was the perfect opportunity to bring back The Rani. She was another renegade time lord/time lady and hasn't been seen since the Children In Need charity special Dimensions In Time. Even better The Moff could have created a new character to pit against The Doctor.
I'm hoping that this is a double bluff, but I have a feeling that it wont be. What are your thoughts? Are you happy The Master is now female? Let me know in the comments section below. I will definitely be doing a complete series 8 round up next week after the finale so stay tuned.
Until next week folks.
Andy
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