Ha, I was thinking of Girls as I read Under the Dome as well. Seems to be a not uncommon idea.

It was mentioned explicitly in 'The Doctor's Wife', where the Doctor was talking about an old Time Lord friend of his, who was a man most of the time but sometimes regenerated as a woman.

Um, none of those characters you have mentioned are alien beings capable of regenerating into a completely new form and personality, so not sure what your point is there. It is already canon that Time Lords can and do change sex.

Ugh, I'm getting sick of all the bodysnarking on these cosplay articles. Not even considering that the guy actually looks pretty good in that get up, the point is whether the costume itself is well-made/creative/awesome.

I've been wondering the same thing. It would be great to be able to head down to IMAX to see it, but given how little consideration Australia gets in these things I am not too optimistic...

Agreed. It's one of the main reasons SF is my favourite genre.

What is the point of making the Doctor a man? Does an actor having a vagina make such a difference that there has to be a specific point to it, besides getting the best possible actor for a role?

So... if all that doesn't make someone 'a racist' what does? Racism can be a hell of a lot more subtle than just going around yelling racial slurs at people.

Why doesn't it make any sense though? It's not like it has been said ever that the Doctor must regenerate into a white male every time or THE UNIVERSE EXPLODES.

Nope, wrong. Not sure where you got that from, to be honest.

I'm sure she's disappointed some random dude on the internet would not deign to think about having sex with her.

Because... cars and people are exactly the same, right?

Yeah, I am never more thankful to be living in Australia than after reading articles like these. Go go decent minimum wage!

I dunno, that's our system in Australia (tipping is fairly rare, and it's usually just pocket change) and everyone seems pretty happy with it. We have a quite high minimum wage, and you know when you go to a restaurant that the prices listed on the menu are all you have to pay, no calculating tax or tips on top.…

That should be fine, as long as you take note if they are sending non verbal signals that they want to be left alone.

You don't even need to be actually travelling alone to cop this attitude, unfortunately. I travelled with three of my female friends to Cambodia about two years ago, and while we were sitting at a night market two guys who were also travelling approached us for a conversation. They were pretty nice overall but one of…

Seriously, are you me? Same height, plus my boyfriend is the same height. Luckily our friends are more, let's say mature than your guy's seem to be so we've never had any comments aside from people noticing that he is actually a tall person when they stand next to him, rather than seeing him next to me.

Yeah, you're not. I enjoy that stuff too, as long as I know that it's just staged and all the actors are actually performing out of personal choice, of course.

I couldn't agree less, I'm about an inch taller than you and I don't feel that height has anything to do with being manly. I do quite like being tall, so dating a shorter guy has never bothered me in the slightest, or made either of us feel less 'sexy'.

Yeah I read a study that (if I recall correctly) indicated that it is short women and tall men who are the most fussy about having a traditional height difference. I guess because it doesn't limit their dating pool as much, they can afford to be 'picky' in that respect.