i’ve only seen a few episodes of four’s era but i found this outtake and i’m fuckinf crying because of it. why does he say it as if that’s his actual line
We need more weird historian rep in Doctor Who. The companions are too normal when faced with the prospect of time travel. I want a companion who makes a list of super specific historical destinations related to their dissertation. I want somebody whose first reaction to finding out that the Doctor is a time travelling alien is to create a Microsoft Word document and ask, “What caused the Late Bronze Age collapse?”
THE DOCTOR IS CANONICALLY QUEER! THE DOCTOR IS CANONICALLY QUEER!
*maybe I should’ve said the Doctor ✨continues✨ to be canonically queer, bc some of y’all are coming at me. This one just felt different to me, and I think we’re going to get more than just hints or throw away lines.
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he's a trans man, he's genderfluid, he's babygirl, he's a 97 year old grandfather, he's a single mother, he's a creature of unknown origin, he's a forest spirit, he's a twink, he's an abstract thought, he's an independent woman
Okay I've calmed down enough to maybe put this into words.
Fourteen's ending was so validating to me as an aroace person, specifically because they chose platonic love. Often, QPRs are treated as a last resort, a poor consolation prize for people who can't have romantic partnerships. But Donna has a husband, and while I firmly believe the Doctor is on the ace spectrum, the Newton conversation implies that Fourteen isn't aroace. Despite the fact that he could be in a romantic relationship, the Doctor chooses a platonic partnership. And Donna gets to have both! What's more, her husband and her best friend get along, they aren't jealous or competing for her attention. It's so rare for media to treat platonic relationships as equally valuable and desirable as romantic/sexual ones, and it gave me so much hope for my future.