Looks like the TARDIS will be operational again. That CNN article says the writer behind this rebirth of Dr. Who is Russell T. Davies, who was the original creatore of Queer As Folk, which gives me high hopes for the quality.
The wife cracked “maybe this means the Doctor can have a hot male companion this time. hahahah”. Always with the jokes, she is.
Latest rumours have Eddie Izzard - the cross dressing British comic - playing the good Doctor. So your wife may be closer to the truth than you think!