[Gender + Identity] Doctor Who: What BBC show means to LGBTQ+ fans | Met...

There’s this moment in series four, episode two, where the 10th Doctor (David Tennant) is told, “No man is allowed in the Temple of Sibyl” and he just replies with “Ah that’s alright, just us girls”. It’s almost used as a clarifying comment rather than a comedic moment. No one corrects him or fights him or laughs.

‘The Doctor has never conformed to heteronormative standard’s of style and expression which is celebrated all over the world, and we absolutely love it!’

‘Russell T Davies made sure to put in casual but affirming depictions of LGBT relationships and people.

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Wow that article.

...I'm not sure I totally agree it's not played as comedic, so much as everyone being got by the "The Doctor is talking so everyone stands by and waits their turn" trope.

That said I do agree that it's not just comedic when you take the full spectrum of the Doctor into account. Even as his most cisgendered, he's pretty iconoclastic with respect to gender expression.

Exacerangutan I dont take it as it is given The Doctor is gender fluid and doesnt associate human stereotypes

and to me didnt sound like a joke tone at all

more as a 'yeah I can identify that way too'

remember 4 did see Romana become many different forms and species

and thankfully RTD knows his Classic; unlike Moffat and Chibnall

You can find the casualness funny but it doesnt come off as trying to be funny

Just - Doctor being weird which we can find funny or not

sort of - like how Doctor gets lost about money - take it as you like

Its just Doctor being Doctor

plus on top of all of that Doctor knows the Doctor could become either gender

We forget that someone grew up on Gallifrey and that is the concept of that society