The problem with a lot of current companions is that they get dragged into soap opera. I have always seen the doctor as pretty much asexual and as a father figu

The problem with a lot of current companions is that they get dragged into soap opera. I have always seen the doctor as pretty much asexual and as a father figure to the companions, not a lover. (Or mother. I didn't take to Jodie Whittaker but I've never had an issue with a female doctor as such.)