I don’t think you’re alone there, any time I’ve been to a Who-themed event in the last few years the audience has been more women than men and it’s usually the female fans who are going in costume and buying merch.
Even if you believe that all the haters are life-long fans who will now swear off the show (I don’t but let’s humour them) their numbers would pale in comparison to how many new viewers the show brings in each time the cast moves to include people who were left out before.
