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Amorkuz wrote: Could you please provide an in-universe confirmation that changing gender during a regeneration is an anomaly for Time Lords? I'm not sure I can remember anything of the sort.

Neither I nor Game-Fanatic ever said that changing gender during regeneration as such was an anomaly, that I recall; what we said was that most Time Lords have a main gender that most of their regenerations adhere to, and then one or two incarnations that fall out of line.

And I think there's plenty of evidence for that. The General's "back to normal" after she returns to being a woman, the Doctor's stunned (but enthusing) reaction at becoming a woman, the Doctor referring to the Corsair as a "bloke" first and foremost and then noting he was a she "a couple of times".

But the other big point is that regardless, the show doesn't use "they" for Time Lords who have changed genders, even when discussing several incarnations at once in one conversation; the dialogue just goes back and forth being "he" and "she" forms. I've produced relevant quotes above.