Hmm. I can see points both for and against gender/sex-swapping regenerations, which will probably drive me a little bit crazy.
For it is that one theory hypothesis behind sex is that it's to counter the effects of parasites. Given that Time Lords no longer reproduce sexually, that aspect of sex no longer applies, and so could be rather more fluid.
Against it is a little more tenuous, but "Lungbarrow" had the concepts of Housekeeper and Kithriarch, fulfilling roles roughly analogous to mother and father. This (to me, anyway) implies that a Time Lord's gender is fixed.
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Date: 2008-12-04 11:34 pm (UTC)For it is that one
theoryhypothesis behind sex is that it's to counter the effects of parasites. Given that Time Lords no longer reproduce sexually, that aspect of sex no longer applies, and so could be rather more fluid.Against it is a little more tenuous, but "Lungbarrow" had the concepts of Housekeeper and Kithriarch, fulfilling roles roughly analogous to mother and father. This (to me, anyway) implies that a Time Lord's gender is fixed.