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• ‘DOCTOR WHO’ MAK HISTORY WH FIRST OPENLY GAY COMPANN
• "DOCTOR WHO" IS GETTG ITS FIRST GAY COMPANN“IT SHOULDN’T BE A BIG AL THE 21ST CENTURY. IT’S ABOUT TIME, ISN’T ?”{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY BRANDON VOSSAPRIL 1, 2017/11:12 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}YOUTUBEBY BRANDON VOSSAPRIL 1, 2017 / 11:12 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"DOCTOR WHO\" IS GETTG ITS FIRST GAY COMPANN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-04-01T15:12:35.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-04-01T15:12:35.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRANDON VOSS","KEYWORDS":"GEEK","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEHD SOME GREAT TIME LORDS THERE'S A GREAT GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN DOCTOR WHO RETURNS APRIL 15 TO BBC ONE AND BBC AMERI FOR SEASON 10, THE BRISH SCI-FI SERI WILL WELE A GAY PANN FOR THE DOCTOR. THIS MARKS THE TIME-TRAVELG EXTRATERRTRIAL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PANN SCE THE INIC SHOW'S 1963 PREMIERE AND S 2005 REBOOT.RAY BURMISTON/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PEARL MACKIE WILL PLAY THE PANN, BILL POTTS, OPPOSE PETER CAPALDI AS THE DOCTOR. MACKIE TAK OVER THE PANN ROLE OM JENNA COLEMAN, WHO LEFT THE SHOW TO STAR AS QUEEN VICTORIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BILL'S SEXUALY WILL REPORTEDLY BE REVEALED HER SEND LE OF DIALOGUE THE SEASON PREMIERE, BUT MACKIE TELLS BBC NEWS THAT BEG GAY “IS NOT THE MA THG THAT F HER CHARACTER—'S SOMETHG THAT'S PART OF HER AND SOMETHG THAT SHE'S VERY HAPPY AND VERY FORTABLE WH."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT SHOULDN'T BE A BIG AL THE 21ST CENTURY," MACKIE ADDS. "IT'S ABOUT TIME ISN'T ?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MACKIE DO, HOWEVER, SEE THE NEED FOR LGBT REPRENTATN ON A MASTREAM SERI LIKE DOCTOR WHO. “IT’S IMPORTANT TO SAY PEOPLE ARE GAY, PEOPLE ARE BLACK—THERE ARE ALSO ALIENS THE WORLD AS WELL SO WATCH OUT FOR THEM,” SHE NTU. “I REMEMBER WATCHG TV AS A YOUNG MIXED RACE GIRL NOT SEEG MANY PEOPLE WHO LOOKED LIKE ME, SO I THK BEG ABLE TO VISUALLY REGNIZE YOURSELF ON SCREEN IS IMPORTANT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FANS MAY NOTE THAT THE OMNISEXUAL CAPTA JACK, PLAYED BY GAY ACTOR JOHN BARROWMAN, DID TRAVEL WH THE DOCTOR BUT WAS NOT TECHNILLY HIS FULL-TIME PANN—NOR, APPARENTLY, WAS BISEXUAL CHARACTER RIVER SONG, PLAYED ALEX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE APRIL 15 DOCTOR WHO PREMIERE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE SEASON PREMIERE OF THE DOCTOR WHO SPOFF SERI CLASS, WHICH ALSO FEATUR A MAJOR GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• DOCTOR WHO INTRODUC FIRST GAY COMPANN
• 'DOCTOR WHO' TO FEATURE ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY COMPANN
• KEN HAM 'NO LONGER A WHOVIAN' AFTER 'DR. WHO' GETS FIRST OPENLY GAY COMPANN
• DOCTOR WHO SEASON 10 WILL MAKE SERI HISTORY WH S FIRST OPENLY GAY PANN
• DOCTOR WHO'S BILL POTTS TO BE SHOW'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PANN
• REACTN TO FIRST GAY PANN ON DOCTOR WHO IS ‘NONSENSE,’ SAYS SHOWNNER STEVEN MOFFAT
• ‘DOCTOR WHO’ GETS FIRST GAY PANN
• DOCTOR WHO SEASON 10 WILL HAVE THE SHOW'S FIRST GAY COMPANN
• TIME LORD'S FIRST GAY PANN WAS UPSTAGED DOCTOR WHO
• DOCTOR WHO TO FEATURE FIRST OPENLY GAY PANN
• PEARL MACKIE HAS PERFECT RPONSE TO BEG THE FIRST GAY ‘DOCTOR WHO’ PANN
• HOW NEW DOCTOR WHO COMPANN PEARL MACKIE REVOLUTNIZ A SCI-FI INSTUTNON HIS WAY OUT, SHOWNNER STEVEN MOFFAT HAD ONE MORE SURPRISG TRICK UP HIS SLEEVE.BY JOANNA ROBSONAPRIL 15, 2017SIMON RIDGWAY/BBC AMERICASAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEA STRANGE THG HAPPENS WHEN A PROPERTY HAS BEEN KICKG AROUND POP CULTURE AS LONG AS DOCTOR WHO. MUCH LIKE THE CREATIVE TEAM NOW CHARGE OF THE STAR WARS ANCHISE, MOST OF THE PEOPLE WORKG ON WHO THE DAYS WERE RAISED ON THE SCI-FI STUTN. SHOWNNER STEVEN MOFFAT, OCSNAL CELEBRY GUT WRER NEIL GAIMAN, THE REVOLVG ST OF DOCTORS AND COMPANNS, AND MORE ALL HAVE AN ANSWER READY WHEN THEY’RE EVABLY ASKED “WHO IS YOUR FAVORE DOCTOR?” AFTER MORE THAN FIFTY (NON-NTUO) YEARS ON AIR, THIS IS A SHOW FOR FANS, BY FANS. THAT TENSE LOVE N BE A GREAT THG—BUT N ALSO, AT S WORST, RULT A B OF STALE NAVEL-GAZG WHEN TO STORYTELLG. ENTER PEARL MACKIE, THE NEWT OCCUPANT OF THE TARDIS, WHO PARTIALLY LAND THE GIG OF PANN BEE SHE IS UNFAIAR WH THE WORLD OF WHO. HER FIRST EPISO, AIRG SATURDAY ON BBC AMERI, ACTS AS A KD OF SOFT REBOOT FOR THE ANCHISE AND IS CHEEKILY NAMED “THE PILOT.” AS BILL POTTS, THE TENSELY CHARISMATIC MACKIE BURSTS TO THIS FAIAR UNIVERSE A WAY THAT’S LS “BREATH OF H AIR” AND MORE “GALE FORCE WD.”SPEAKG WH , THE 29 YEAR-OLD MACKIE EXPLAS WHY SHE MISSED THE WHO PHENOMENON THE FIRST TIME AROUND: “I WAS PART OF THE DOCTOR WHO-LS YEARS WHEN SORT OF WAS OFF THE AIR JT BEFORE I WAS BORN, AND THEN ME BACK WHEN I WAS ABOUT 16, WHEN I WAS MOSTLY TERTED HANGG OUT PARKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.” THOUGH, SHE NFS, “YOU’D HAVE TO KD OF BE LIVG UNR A ROCK TO NOT KNOW ABOUT DOCTOR WHO AND ABOUT THE TARDIS” AND SAYS SHE UGHT THE OCSNAL CHRISTMAS SPECIAL.BUT UNLIKE THE OTHER YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN IALLY UNFAIAR WH WHO THAT HAVE BEEN HIRED BY THE ANCHISE RECENT YEARS, MACKIE DIDN’T DO HER HOMEWORK. IN A RATHER GENI MOVE, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BRIAN MCH ACTUALLY TOLD MACKIE NOT TO WATCH THE PREV SEASONS OF THE SHOW. ENERGIZED BY HER H TAKE ON THE UNIVERSE, THE CREATIVE TEAM SAID: “WHATEVER YOU’RE DOG CURRENTLY IS WORKG, SO MAYBE ’S BT NOT TO WATCH ALL BEE MIGHT CHANGE YOUR PERFORMANCE. IT’D BE QUE NICE IF YOU EXPERIENCED THGS AS BILL EXPERIENC THEM.”THAT WI-EYED WONR—SUCH A KEY FACTOR TO THE WORLD OF WHO— EASILY FOR MACKIE AND IS ALSO BAKED TO THE CREATN OF HER CHARACTER. MANY OLD-SCHOOL FANS HAVE NOTED THAT BILL’S STYLE (SPECIFILLY, HER PATCH-VERED JACKET) SEEMS LIKE A NOD TO AN EARLY, BELOVED PANN, ACE MCSHANE—THOUGH MACKIE SAYS THAT WAS NOT TENTNAL. BUT AFTER WATCHG “THE PILOT,” THE CLEARER PARISON IS TO THE MOST POPULAR PANN OF ALL TIME: PANN OF ALL TIME: BILLIE PIPER’S ROSE TYLER.WHEN WE FIRST MEET BILL, SHE’S DISHG UP CHIPS A UNIVERSY FETERIA. THE WAY MACKIE SCRIB BILL MAY SOUND FAIAR TO FANS OF ROSE—A LONDON SHOP GIRL:SHE’S VERY REAL, VERY MUCH KD OF A GIRL THAT YOU ULD WALK PAST ON THE STREET. SHE’S SORT OF BEEN PLUCKED OUT OF THAT LIFE AND THEN BEEN SHOWN THE WONRS OF SPACE AND TIME VIA THE TARDIS AND THE DOCTOR. I THK 'S QUE NICE THAT SHE’S AN EVERYDAY PERSON. SHE ULD LIVE NEXT DOOR TO YOU. SHE’S VERY, VERY SEPARATE TO THAT WORLD. IT’S MORE LIKE IF YOU OR I SUDNLY DISVERED THAT A GUY THAT WE KNEW HAD A TARDIS THAT ULD TAKE ANYWHERE WE WANTED TO GO.AS MACKIE NOT, THAT “ORDARY” VIBE OF BILL STANDS OUT STARK NTRAST TO THE “EXCEPTNALISM” THAT HAS MARKED RECENT PANNS LIKE KAREN GILLAN’S AMY POND (WHO MET THE DOCTOR AS A CHILD AND GREW UP WH A TEMPORAL CRACK HER WALL) OR JENNA COLEMAN’S CLARA OSWALD, WHO, LET’S SAY FOR THE SAKE OF EXPEDIENCY, EXISTED MULTIPLE TIMEL. AMY WAS “THE GIRL WHO WAED.” CLARA WAS “THE IMPOSSIBLE GIRL.” EVEN ROSE WAS “THE BAD WOLF.” BUT BILL? WELL, SHE’S JT BILL.SIMON RIDGWAY/BBC AMERICAOF URSE, AS RECENT HEADL HAVE BEEN EAGER TO POT OUT, MACKIE’S BILL IS AT LEAST SOMEWHAT EXCEPTNAL WH THE META WORLD OF DOCTOR WHO, BEE SHE’S THE FIRST GAY PANN (IF WE DON’T UNT PART-TIMER CAPTA JACK HARKNS) TO RI AROUND THE TARDIS FULL-TIME. BUT EVEN BILL’S SEXUALY IS TREATED A SUAL AND EVERYDAY A MANNER. MOFFAT HIMSELF HAS STRSED THAT WE SHOULDN’T MAKE A FS OVER BILL BEG GAY: “WE DON'T WANT YOUNG KIDS, WHO MAY HAPPEN TO FANCY THEIR OWN GENR, WE DON’T WANT THEM TO FEEL AS IF THEY ARE SOME OF KD OF SPECIAL SE, AS THAT’S IGHTENG.”BUT MACKIE NOT THAT PUTTG A GAY CHARACTER AT THE CENTER OF SUCH A POPULAR AND BELOVED SHOW IS WORTH AT LEAST A CERTA AMOUNT OF FS. “GROWG UP AS A MIXED-RACE GIRL WHO WANTED TO BE AN ACTRS, I DIDN’T SEE MANY PEOPLE LIKE ME ON THE TELLY. I JT DIDN’T,” SHE SAYS. “FOR ME, BEG ABLE TO BE A REGNIZABLE FACE OF AN ETHNIC MORY IS GREAT. THAT’S IMPORTANT FOR ME, SO I IMAGE THAT FOR THE YOUNG GAY, AND THE OLR GAY MUNY, THAT IS IMPORTANT TO SEE SOMEONE A MASTREAM SHOW THAT IS GAY.”AND THOUGH MOFFAT ADVOT FOR MIMAL FS, THE SHOW IS NOT TRYG TO HI OR ERASE BILL’S SEXUALY. HER CSH ON ANOTHER YOUNG WOMAN IS THE VERY BEATG HEART OF “THE PILOT”—DOCTOR WHO HAS A LONG HISTORY OF LEANG ON LOVE AS GENRE METAPHOR—BUT ’S REVEALED QUE MATTER-OF-FACTLY. “FOR BILL, HER SEXUALY IS JT HER SEXUALY,” MACKIE EXPLAED. “IT’S NOT THAT IMPORTANT TERMS OF THE CHARACTER. FOR HER, ’S NOT A BIG AL, ’S SOMETHG SHE’S JT VERY HAPPY AND QUE CHILLED AND FORTABLE WH. BUT I DO UNRSTAND THAT REPRENTATN IS IMPORTANT. I JT THK, I MEAN, ’S 2017. IT’S ALL ABOUT TIME. HOPEFULLY, THERE’LL BE MORE TO FOLLOW.”SIMON RIDGWAY/BBC AMERICAOVER THE URSE OF FIVE S, DOCTOR WHO HAS FOREVER BEEN REVENTG SELF. IT’S WHAT THE SERI IS KNOWN __FOR. BUT THIS IS A PARTICULARLY ODD TIME THE ANCHISE’S HISTORY FOR MOFFAT TO PURSUE RADIL REVENTN. BOTH MOFFAT AND STAR PETER CAPALDI HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT THIS WILL BE THEIR FAL SEASONS ON DOCTOR WHO, MEANG THAT THE SERI WILL ONCE AGA REBOOT WHEN NEW SHOWNNER CHRIS CHIBNALL AND AN AS-YET-UNNAMED LEADG ACTOR/ACTRS TAKE OVER. THERE’S NO WORD YET WHETHER MACKIE OR THIS SEASON’S OTHER PANN, MATT LUS’S NARDOLE, WILL STAY ON THE SHOW TO BRIDGE THE TRANSN—THOUGH THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN SOME MORS THAT MACKIE WILL BE PARTG AS WELL. WHICH WOULD BE AN UTTER SHAME.ONE MIGHT EXPECT THAT FOR THEIR FAREWELL TOUR, CAPALDI AND MOFFAT WOULD LEAN HEAVILY ON THEIR RPECTIVE HISTORI WH THE SERI. THAT’S CERTALY HOW STAR DAVID TENNANT AND PREV SHOWNNER RSELL T. DAVI WENT OUT: WH THEIR EY FIRMLY ON THE REARVIEW. AND THERE WILL BE SOME __OF THAT BACKWARDS LOOKG THIS SEASON, THOUGH TERTGLY, MOFFAT SEEMS TO BE STG BACK TO REFERENC THAT PRE-DATE HIS TIME AS SHOWNNER. THE WATER-LOGGED MONSTER OF “THE PILOT” RELLS THE DRIPPG VILLAS OF 2009’S “THE WATER OF MARS,” AND JOHN SIMM WILL BE RETURNG AS THE FAN FAVORE, TENNANT-ERA RNATN OF THE MASTER. BUT SPE THOSE (AND SURELY MANY MORE) REFERENC, THE CLN OF MACKIE AS BILL MEANS THAT MOFFAT HAS A CHANCE TO END THE SERI ON A TLY H AND HIGH NOTE.“STEVEN’S LLED A REBOOT BEFORE,” MACKIE SAYS, REFERRG TO SEASON 10. “I THK IS SORT OF A REAWAKENG OF THE WORLD OF DOCTOR WHO—NOT THAT ’S BEEN ASLEEP. YOU SEE THE DOCTOR THROUGH BILL’S EY, AND ALLOWG THE DIENCE TO GO THROUGH THE TARDIS WH BILL, YOU’RE ALLOWG THEM TO HAVE BOTH THE JOY OF DISVERY AND THAT FAIARY. IN A WAY, PRENTS SORT OF OLD, INIC L, BUT THEN ALSO GIV A BREATH OF HNS TO .” BUT MACKIE IS MORE THAN BREATH OF ANYTHG. SHE’S EXACTLY THE KD OF STRONG WD DOCTOR WHO NEED S SAILS TO SEND MOFFAT AND CAPALDI ON THEIR WAY.SEASON 10 OF DOCTOR WHO PREMIER ON BBC AMERI APRIL 15. 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• CONFIRMATN OF FIRST GAY DOCTOR PROMIS A QUEER ERA OF DOCTOR WHO
• DOCTOR WHO LANDS HIS FIRST GAY PANN

‘DOCTOR WHO’ MAK HISTORY WH FIRST OPENLY GAY COMPANN

Actrs Pearl Mackie will play the first openly gay pann to the eponymo space-hoppg doc. “[Beg gay] is not the ma thg that f her character — ’s somethg that’s part of her and somethg that she’s very happy and very fortable wh, ” the actrs said of her role.

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“It’s important to say people are gay, people are black—there are also aliens the world as well so watch out for them, ” she ntu.

"DOCTOR WHO" IS GETTG ITS FIRST GAY COMPANN“IT SHOULDN’T BE A BIG AL THE 21ST CENTURY. 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THIS MARKS THE TIME-TRAVELG EXTRATERRTRIAL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PANN SCE THE INIC SHOW'S 1963 PREMIERE AND S 2005 REBOOT.RAY BURMISTON/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PEARL MACKIE WILL PLAY THE PANN, BILL POTTS, OPPOSE PETER CAPALDI AS THE DOCTOR. MACKIE TAK OVER THE PANN ROLE OM JENNA COLEMAN, WHO LEFT THE SHOW TO STAR AS QUEEN VICTORIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BILL'S SEXUALY WILL REPORTEDLY BE REVEALED HER SEND LE OF DIALOGUE THE SEASON PREMIERE, BUT MACKIE TELLS BBC NEWS THAT BEG GAY “IS NOT THE MA THG THAT F HER CHARACTER—'S SOMETHG THAT'S PART OF HER AND SOMETHG THAT SHE'S VERY HAPPY AND VERY FORTABLE WH."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT SHOULDN'T BE A BIG AL THE 21ST CENTURY," MACKIE ADDS. 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”Fans may note that the omnisexual Capta Jack, played by gay actor John Barrowman, did travel wh the Doctor but was not technilly his full-time pann—nor, apparently, was bisexual character River Song, played Alex April 15 Doctor Who premiere will be followed by the season premiere of the Doctor Who spoff seri Class, which also featur a major gay character. "I have been gay my entire life, sce I was a child. Though some of that live big ci n feel like half of the world is gay, 's a stark difference om many livg small towns.

DOCTOR WHO INTRODUC FIRST GAY COMPANN

"I was takg my mom somewhere one day and she jt asked 'are you gay?

"I was so sred of what actually meant to ll yourself gay so even the first man I dated, I still thought that afterwards I was gog to eventually meet a girl and get married bee that's what men did, " he said. "But I was steadfast that like 'I'm gay and I probably shouldn't have been talg to someone that was 20 but I'm not gog to therapy, '" he said.

Apparently Bex Banks was the last to fd out he was gay. Though he was engaged gay sex, he didn't intify as gay. At age 21, his mom had enouugh and mand an explatn for the gay porn she was fdg on the puter and phone.

'DOCTOR WHO' TO FEATURE ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY COMPANN

"Once I had the nversatn wh my mom, I had no problem sayg I was gay, " he said.

KEN HAM 'NO LONGER A WHOVIAN' AFTER 'DR. WHO' GETS FIRST OPENLY GAY COMPANN

"I was actually rehab when I was 16 years old and I thk a part of why I end up gog to rehab was the difficulty I had wh acceptg myself as a gay person, " Sharok said. For him, beg gay was a ath sentence beg that he grew up the 1990s durg the HIV/AIDS epimic and a fay member died of the disease. "At that pot was kd of like an emotnal avalanche and I jt let all out and told her that I was gay.

DOCTOR WHO SEASON 10 WILL MAKE SERI HISTORY WH S FIRST OPENLY GAY PANN

" Fran said that while they have grown to accept him, his fay still believ he shouldn't act on his homosexualy.

" At the time, Zevran was a gogo dancer performg gay clubs.

DOCTOR WHO'S BILL POTTS TO BE SHOW'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PANN

However, Doctor Who Season 10 will do somethg that the venerable science fictn anchise has never done before: feature an openly gay Potts, played by Pearl Mackie, is Doctor Who's first gay pann.

REACTN TO FIRST GAY PANN ON DOCTOR WHO IS ‘NONSENSE,’ SAYS SHOWNNER STEVEN MOFFAT

"It's important to say people are gay, people are black - there are also aliens the world as well so watch out for them, " Mackie ntu. [Beg gay] is not the ma thg that f her character - 's somethg that's part of her and somethg that she's very happy and very fortable wh.

However, this will be the first time that the Doctor's -star, the lead pann, will be openly gay.

‘DOCTOR WHO’ GETS FIRST GAY PANN

"The troductn of a gay pann is certaly a progrsive move by the long-nng seri. The Doctor's newt pann (the signated tle for his permanent sikick) played by Pearl Mackie, will be the first openly gay one the show's 50-pl year n. It's important to say people are gay, people are black – there are also aliens the world as well so watch out for them.

DOCTOR WHO SEASON 10 WILL HAVE THE SHOW'S FIRST GAY COMPANN

[Beg gay] is not the ma thg that f her character – 's somethg that's part of her and somethg that she's very happy and very fortable wh. And hey, wh an openly gay pann, who knows what progrsive steps forward uld be ma for the stg of the tular Doctor — who, like Bond, has been straight and whe for the entire show's n.

TIME LORD'S FIRST GAY PANN WAS UPSTAGED DOCTOR WHO

Who, " which announced s first openly gay full-time pann.

DOCTOR WHO TO FEATURE FIRST OPENLY GAY PANN

Seri had not until now clud an openly gay character as one of the doctor's primary BBC News reported on Friday, however, the character Bill Potts will e out as gay when the BBC One show returns on April 15.

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PEARL MACKIE HAS PERFECT RPONSE TO BEG THE FIRST GAY ‘DOCTOR WHO’ PANN

Doctor Who is not jt returng on April 15 after a lengthy hiat but returng wh a brand new pann for the Doctor — and as actrs Pearl Mackie has now revealed, she’ll be the first openly gay pann sce the show premiered 54 years ago. "[Beg gay] is not the ma thg that f her character, ” Mackie told the BBC of her character, Bill Potts. Gay and bisexual characters have cropped up throughout this century’s Doctor Who revival sce s but 2005, most notably bisexual space pirate Jack Harkns, who later anchored his own spoff Torchwood.

And bee of how Doctor Who has wrten s panns the past few years, the fact that Bill is gay may change the dynamic of the show more ways than one. It’s important to say people are gay, people are black – there are also aliens the world, so watch out for them.

“[Beg gay] is not the ma thg that f her character – ’s somethg that’s part of her and somethg that she’s very happy and very fortable wh. ”Gay characters have featured the programme the past, but never prevly as full-time was announced last April that Mackie would be takg the role and her first episo is due to air on 15 April. Doctor Who shownner Steven Moffat has lled reactns to the news the show will have s first gay pann “nonsense”.

HOW NEW DOCTOR WHO COMPANN PEARL MACKIE REVOLUTNIZ A SCI-FI INSTUTNON HIS WAY OUT, SHOWNNER STEVEN MOFFAT HAD ONE MORE SURPRISG TRICK UP HIS SLEEVE.BY JOANNA ROBSONAPRIL 15, 2017SIMON RIDGWAY/BBC AMERICASAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEA STRANGE THG HAPPENS WHEN A PROPERTY HAS BEEN KICKG AROUND POP CULTURE AS LONG AS DOCTOR WHO. MUCH LIKE THE CREATIVE TEAM NOW CHARGE OF THE STAR WARS ANCHISE, MOST OF THE PEOPLE WORKG ON WHO THE DAYS WERE RAISED ON THE SCI-FI STUTN. SHOWNNER STEVEN MOFFAT, OCSNAL CELEBRY GUT WRER NEIL GAIMAN, THE REVOLVG ST OF DOCTORS AND COMPANNS, AND MORE ALL HAVE AN ANSWER READY WHEN THEY’RE EVABLY ASKED “WHO IS YOUR FAVORE DOCTOR?” AFTER MORE THAN FIFTY (NON-NTUO) YEARS ON AIR, THIS IS A SHOW FOR FANS, BY FANS. THAT TENSE LOVE N BE A GREAT THG—BUT N ALSO, AT S WORST, RULT A B OF STALE NAVEL-GAZG WHEN TO STORYTELLG. ENTER PEARL MACKIE, THE NEWT OCCUPANT OF THE TARDIS, WHO PARTIALLY LAND THE GIG OF PANN BEE SHE IS UNFAIAR WH THE WORLD OF WHO. HER FIRST EPISO, AIRG SATURDAY ON BBC AMERI, ACTS AS A KD OF SOFT REBOOT FOR THE ANCHISE AND IS CHEEKILY NAMED “THE PILOT.” AS BILL POTTS, THE TENSELY CHARISMATIC MACKIE BURSTS TO THIS FAIAR UNIVERSE A WAY THAT’S LS “BREATH OF H AIR” AND MORE “GALE FORCE WD.”SPEAKG WH , THE 29 YEAR-OLD MACKIE EXPLAS WHY SHE MISSED THE WHO PHENOMENON THE FIRST TIME AROUND: “I WAS PART OF THE DOCTOR WHO-LS YEARS WHEN SORT OF WAS OFF THE AIR JT BEFORE I WAS BORN, AND THEN ME BACK WHEN I WAS ABOUT 16, WHEN I WAS MOSTLY TERTED HANGG OUT PARKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.” THOUGH, SHE NFS, “YOU’D HAVE TO KD OF BE LIVG UNR A ROCK TO NOT KNOW ABOUT DOCTOR WHO AND ABOUT THE TARDIS” AND SAYS SHE UGHT THE OCSNAL CHRISTMAS SPECIAL.BUT UNLIKE THE OTHER YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN IALLY UNFAIAR WH WHO THAT HAVE BEEN HIRED BY THE ANCHISE RECENT YEARS, MACKIE DIDN’T DO HER HOMEWORK. IN A RATHER GENI MOVE, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BRIAN MCH ACTUALLY TOLD MACKIE NOT TO WATCH THE PREV SEASONS OF THE SHOW. ENERGIZED BY HER H TAKE ON THE UNIVERSE, THE CREATIVE TEAM SAID: “WHATEVER YOU’RE DOG CURRENTLY IS WORKG, SO MAYBE ’S BT NOT TO WATCH ALL BEE MIGHT CHANGE YOUR PERFORMANCE. IT’D BE QUE NICE IF YOU EXPERIENCED THGS AS BILL EXPERIENC THEM.”THAT WI-EYED WONR—SUCH A KEY FACTOR TO THE WORLD OF WHO— EASILY FOR MACKIE AND IS ALSO BAKED TO THE CREATN OF HER CHARACTER. MANY OLD-SCHOOL FANS HAVE NOTED THAT BILL’S STYLE (SPECIFILLY, HER PATCH-VERED JACKET) SEEMS LIKE A NOD TO AN EARLY, BELOVED PANN, ACE MCSHANE—THOUGH MACKIE SAYS THAT WAS NOT TENTNAL. BUT AFTER WATCHG “THE PILOT,” THE CLEARER PARISON IS TO THE MOST POPULAR PANN OF ALL TIME: PANN OF ALL TIME: BILLIE PIPER’S ROSE TYLER.WHEN WE FIRST MEET BILL, SHE’S DISHG UP CHIPS A UNIVERSY FETERIA. THE WAY MACKIE SCRIB BILL MAY SOUND FAIAR TO FANS OF ROSE—A LONDON SHOP GIRL:SHE’S VERY REAL, VERY MUCH KD OF A GIRL THAT YOU ULD WALK PAST ON THE STREET. SHE’S SORT OF BEEN PLUCKED OUT OF THAT LIFE AND THEN BEEN SHOWN THE WONRS OF SPACE AND TIME VIA THE TARDIS AND THE DOCTOR. I THK 'S QUE NICE THAT SHE’S AN EVERYDAY PERSON. SHE ULD LIVE NEXT DOOR TO YOU. SHE’S VERY, VERY SEPARATE TO THAT WORLD. IT’S MORE LIKE IF YOU OR I SUDNLY DISVERED THAT A GUY THAT WE KNEW HAD A TARDIS THAT ULD TAKE ANYWHERE WE WANTED TO GO.AS MACKIE NOT, THAT “ORDARY” VIBE OF BILL STANDS OUT STARK NTRAST TO THE “EXCEPTNALISM” THAT HAS MARKED RECENT PANNS LIKE KAREN GILLAN’S AMY POND (WHO MET THE DOCTOR AS A CHILD AND GREW UP WH A TEMPORAL CRACK HER WALL) OR JENNA COLEMAN’S CLARA OSWALD, WHO, LET’S SAY FOR THE SAKE OF EXPEDIENCY, EXISTED MULTIPLE TIMEL. AMY WAS “THE GIRL WHO WAED.” CLARA WAS “THE IMPOSSIBLE GIRL.” EVEN ROSE WAS “THE BAD WOLF.” BUT BILL? WELL, SHE’S JT BILL.SIMON RIDGWAY/BBC AMERICAOF URSE, AS RECENT HEADL HAVE BEEN EAGER TO POT OUT, MACKIE’S BILL IS AT LEAST SOMEWHAT EXCEPTNAL WH THE META WORLD OF DOCTOR WHO, BEE SHE’S THE FIRST GAY PANN (IF WE DON’T UNT PART-TIMER CAPTA JACK HARKNS) TO RI AROUND THE TARDIS FULL-TIME. BUT EVEN BILL’S SEXUALY IS TREATED A SUAL AND EVERYDAY A MANNER. MOFFAT HIMSELF HAS STRSED THAT WE SHOULDN’T MAKE A FS OVER BILL BEG GAY: “WE DON'T WANT YOUNG KIDS, WHO MAY HAPPEN TO FANCY THEIR OWN GENR, WE DON’T WANT THEM TO FEEL AS IF THEY ARE SOME OF KD OF SPECIAL SE, AS THAT’S IGHTENG.”BUT MACKIE NOT THAT PUTTG A GAY CHARACTER AT THE CENTER OF SUCH A POPULAR AND BELOVED SHOW IS WORTH AT LEAST A CERTA AMOUNT OF FS. “GROWG UP AS A MIXED-RACE GIRL WHO WANTED TO BE AN ACTRS, I DIDN’T SEE MANY PEOPLE LIKE ME ON THE TELLY. I JT DIDN’T,” SHE SAYS. “FOR ME, BEG ABLE TO BE A REGNIZABLE FACE OF AN ETHNIC MORY IS GREAT. THAT’S IMPORTANT FOR ME, SO I IMAGE THAT FOR THE YOUNG GAY, AND THE OLR GAY MUNY, THAT IS IMPORTANT TO SEE SOMEONE A MASTREAM SHOW THAT IS GAY.”AND THOUGH MOFFAT ADVOT FOR MIMAL FS, THE SHOW IS NOT TRYG TO HI OR ERASE BILL’S SEXUALY. HER CSH ON ANOTHER YOUNG WOMAN IS THE VERY BEATG HEART OF “THE PILOT”—DOCTOR WHO HAS A LONG HISTORY OF LEANG ON LOVE AS GENRE METAPHOR—BUT ’S REVEALED QUE MATTER-OF-FACTLY. “FOR BILL, HER SEXUALY IS JT HER SEXUALY,” MACKIE EXPLAED. “IT’S NOT THAT IMPORTANT TERMS OF THE CHARACTER. FOR HER, ’S NOT A BIG AL, ’S SOMETHG SHE’S JT VERY HAPPY AND QUE CHILLED AND FORTABLE WH. BUT I DO UNRSTAND THAT REPRENTATN IS IMPORTANT. I JT THK, I MEAN, ’S 2017. IT’S ALL ABOUT TIME. HOPEFULLY, THERE’LL BE MORE TO FOLLOW.”SIMON RIDGWAY/BBC AMERICAOVER THE URSE OF FIVE S, DOCTOR WHO HAS FOREVER BEEN REVENTG SELF. IT’S WHAT THE SERI IS KNOWN __FOR. BUT THIS IS A PARTICULARLY ODD TIME THE ANCHISE’S HISTORY FOR MOFFAT TO PURSUE RADIL REVENTN. BOTH MOFFAT AND STAR PETER CAPALDI HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT THIS WILL BE THEIR FAL SEASONS ON DOCTOR WHO, MEANG THAT THE SERI WILL ONCE AGA REBOOT WHEN NEW SHOWNNER CHRIS CHIBNALL AND AN AS-YET-UNNAMED LEADG ACTOR/ACTRS TAKE OVER. THERE’S NO WORD YET WHETHER MACKIE OR THIS SEASON’S OTHER PANN, MATT LUS’S NARDOLE, WILL STAY ON THE SHOW TO BRIDGE THE TRANSN—THOUGH THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN SOME MORS THAT MACKIE WILL BE PARTG AS WELL. WHICH WOULD BE AN UTTER SHAME.ONE MIGHT EXPECT THAT FOR THEIR FAREWELL TOUR, CAPALDI AND MOFFAT WOULD LEAN HEAVILY ON THEIR RPECTIVE HISTORI WH THE SERI. THAT’S CERTALY HOW STAR DAVID TENNANT AND PREV SHOWNNER RSELL T. DAVI WENT OUT: WH THEIR EY FIRMLY ON THE REARVIEW. AND THERE WILL BE SOME __OF THAT BACKWARDS LOOKG THIS SEASON, THOUGH TERTGLY, MOFFAT SEEMS TO BE STG BACK TO REFERENC THAT PRE-DATE HIS TIME AS SHOWNNER. THE WATER-LOGGED MONSTER OF “THE PILOT” RELLS THE DRIPPG VILLAS OF 2009’S “THE WATER OF MARS,” AND JOHN SIMM WILL BE RETURNG AS THE FAN FAVORE, TENNANT-ERA RNATN OF THE MASTER. BUT SPE THOSE (AND SURELY MANY MORE) REFERENC, THE CLN OF MACKIE AS BILL MEANS THAT MOFFAT HAS A CHANCE TO END THE SERI ON A TLY H AND HIGH NOTE.“STEVEN’S LLED A REBOOT BEFORE,” MACKIE SAYS, REFERRG TO SEASON 10. “I THK IS SORT OF A REAWAKENG OF THE WORLD OF DOCTOR WHO—NOT THAT ’S BEEN ASLEEP. YOU SEE THE DOCTOR THROUGH BILL’S EY, AND ALLOWG THE DIENCE TO GO THROUGH THE TARDIS WH BILL, YOU’RE ALLOWG THEM TO HAVE BOTH THE JOY OF DISVERY AND THAT FAIARY. IN A WAY, PRENTS SORT OF OLD, INIC L, BUT THEN ALSO GIV A BREATH OF HNS TO .” BUT MACKIE IS MORE THAN BREATH OF ANYTHG. SHE’S EXACTLY THE KD OF STRONG WD DOCTOR WHO NEED S SAILS TO SEND MOFFAT AND CAPALDI ON THEIR WAY.SEASON 10 OF DOCTOR WHO PREMIER ON BBC AMERI APRIL 15. 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Me: nah im done wh doctor whodoctor who: bill is gayme:. the doctor who pann is such an inic role and 's gog to be a gay black girl — beth (@chysalex) March 31, 2017.

doctor who: the new pann's gay.

CONFIRMATN OF FIRST GAY DOCTOR PROMIS A QUEER ERA OF DOCTOR WHO

Moffat, whose -shownner Rsell T Davi said last month that gay people are “better and cleverer” than other people, said the stunts’ reactns would be: “’What the hell of a fs are you makg? Pearl Mackie's Bill Potts is the first openly gay pann the history of Doctor Who. It turns out that Bill is gog to be the first openly gay pann the history of Doctor Who.

DOCTOR WHO LANDS HIS FIRST GAY PANN

As reported by BBC, Bill will be openly gay and is somethg that will be addrsed a very upont way, very quickly the new season. "Yeah, Bill's gay.

It's important to say people are gay, people are black, there are also aliens the world as well so watch out for them. Those faiar wh Doctor Who know that Bill won't be the first gay character the show's long, storied history.

But she will be the first gay, or at least openly gay, pann. In the past, Doctor Who has featured other gay characters like John Barrowman's Capta Jack Harkns, Neve McIntosh's Vastra and Alex Kgston's River Song.