No one is suggesting having a female Doctor stand on a soapbox and declare equal rights. The act of choosing, say, a female, would be all that would be necessary.
Doing shit for political points is always obvious and always comes across as fakery, at least to me.
5. "This is all PC crap."
Nope, not at all. If I were to say that all established white male roles, such as the human torch (troll face), should have females or non-whites sometimes, we could talk (though I don't care what sex or race anything is, but there is at least grounds for a conversation), but the Time Lords have been established IN CANON on numerous occasions as having the ability to change into any race/sex after dying (at random). So yeah...no.
I think people read buzz words like "message" in the context of television and IMMEDIATELY jump to the PC assumption. This is disappointing, as there is a difference between PC crap and genuine issues. There is also nothing to say that such a "message" has to be overt, blatant, belabored, or constantly revisited. Frankly, I think much of the "PC crap" posts are reactionary: people who are afraid that any changes to the Doctor's character will destroy it, even though the Doctor has changed innumerable times.
This argument seems a bit off
I'm sure half of women (or more) do not want to be Doctor, they want to be his companion (as in not relating to character, but feeling attraction to character)
That part would be disappointed or even angry if Doctor suddenly changed gender.
All they want from Doctor is to stay witty and charming (and occasionally attractive)
A fair point, though it might be a bit presumptuous to say that they would be disappointed or angry. I think some would love the strong female Doctor, others would be angry, and others would be ambivalent. Some would get over it and love it (fans are fans), some would decide they don't like it after awhile, etc.
NOTE TO ALL: THERE IS NO SUGGESTION THAT A CHANGE IN WRITING OR STYLE WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED AT ALL.