How much does race and gender play in who we are (i.e. our personal identity)?  It is not clear that the Doctor’s personal identity is the same over time, but what if he regenerated into a female Doctor or a Doctor of a different race?  In other words, what implications does race theory and feminist theory have on the Doctor’s personal identity trans-regenerations.

Since it is the 4th of July, I’m curious what side the Doctor would have been on (or maybe was!) back in 1776.  It seems natural to say that he would help the cause of freedom, but there also seems to be something wrong with him fighting against Britain.  Of course, he probably wouldn’t have gotten involved in the actual fighting, but I bet he would have been there for the signing of the Declaration of Independence.  In fact, I think I’m going to go check the signatures to see if there is a John Smith on there!

It is no secret that the Doctor likes humans, but it is unclear how much the Doctor is human.  In the TV movie the Doctor claims to be half-human, but at other times he clearly doesn’t think that he is human.  Of course, the TV movie Doctor’s human side can now be explained by the existence of a half human Doctor created at the end of the last season of Doctor Who.  The question is: with time travel being so “Timey Wimey,” how can the Doctor be certain of his own ancestral lineage?  And, what implications does him being human have on who the Doctor is?