A very thoughtful, lyrical and well-read essay. I love it when people link Who and Shakespeare (apparently there was a Big Finish story once based on The Tempest, starring Sophie Aldred). When I wrote fic I found Shakespeare cropping up all the time.

I thought it had long since been established that the TARDIS was female? I like the way her identity is so malleable with so much for the imagination to fill in, yet she remains a constant in the Doctor's life. I did find Matt's "sexy thing" remark didn't quite gel with me - I've always seen it as a much deeper relationship that transcends the physical (Although I could certainly imagine the Doctor getting an orgasm from driving it..and could long before Tennant started using his foot for the controls).