[Lord Snooty]

It could work with the right actress and writers etc but it will upset a lot of people and turn people away from the show which is already happening under Moffat writing it.

Amelia I don't want you to think I'm sexist because I'm not. I believe in equality and Women and Men should be paid the same. I would like to see Yvette Cooper as leader of the Labour party and believe that Women should be allowed to manage Men's football teams.

Is there anything in the rules that actually prevents this from happening??  For me its a matter of ability and experience, as it should be in any profession.  

But there is nothing sexist with some characters, remember not real life, being men and some being women.  Harry Potter, Bilbo Baggins, Buffy, etc are characters written specifically in that sex, that shouldn't change.  If the goal is to have more strong female roles, then someone needs to write them and we as consumers need to watch them!!  Game of Thrones is a great example of a series that has created some fabulous, strong, well written female roles within it, but again these roles were written and created for characters of that sex. Friends, Sex in the City and the Good Wife again were written with strong, starring female roles.

The first professional female manager would make a good first female Doctor. Cherie Lunghi.