The battle-scarred, the insane, the ones even you can\u27t control : Disability and the female bodies of the Doctor\u27s companions

The British television series Doctor Who remains one of the most well loved science fiction television programs around the world. It features the Doctor, an alien Time Lord-a two-hearted , self-proclaimed madman in a box -who travels through time and space and, at the point of death, is able to regenerate into a different body, conveniently allowing the show to continue when the lead actor opts to pursue other projects