Will this be the cursiest Doctor ever?

[james_davis_nicoll]

Don't know. In related news

Moffatt apparently getting annoyed by people who want a female doctor whereas Gaiman points out a woman would not have done because replacing Smith requires "someone harder and older and more dangerous" than Smith.

Comments

[mindstalk.livejournal.com]

Well, the actual quote was "someone harder and older and more dangerous and, yes, male feels right to me, as a storyteller"

Which sounds like harder, older, dangerous, and male, not harder, older, dangerous, therefore male.

[heron61.livejournal.com]

That's also how I read it. I'm not impressed by his idea, but it's been a while since that's been true with any of his ideas, so I'm not surprised.