It was. When people would voice the opinion that they can’t ever see the Doctor as female. The standard retort was that he was never masculine to begin with.
Personally I don’t see the new costume as very feminine. I just get a very silly Mork from Ork vibe off of it. It at least has me interested in how they’re going to depict this Doctor. Though it still seems like I’ll just be sticking with Big Finish for my Doctor Who fix at this point.