Here's Your First Look At Ncuti Gatwa As the New, Gay 'Doctor Who'

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Gay was slang, at least the 20th and 21st centuri on Earth, for homosexualy. (TV: Let's Kill Hler) It was, some ways, synonymo wh queer. (PROSE: Damaged Goods, Beyond the Sun) In this sense, was not necsarily a pejorative, but merely a statement of sexual orientatn. Other...

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

Ncuti Gatwa's 14th Doctor has been nfirmed as gay, which promis a queer future for Doctor Who, along wh Yasm Fney's trans pann Rose. * doctor who rose you're so gay *

"You're so gay! EdWhen the Doctor plas of beg slapped by Rose's mother, Rose lghgly remarks, "You're so gay! " This remark has ed some ntroversy fan circl, some seeg as an anti-homosexual slur.

Davi, who is gay, wrote an e-mail rponse that was the way people talked, and claimed that he was tryg to provoke discsn by g the scene where The Doctor enunters the pig alien at the hospal was the first scene Christopher Ecclton filmed as The Mori would reprise her role of Toshiko Sato the Doctor Who sp-off Torchwood. Homo- or lbophobia was the fear — or irratnal hatred — of homosexualy. (PROSE: The Sl of Injtice) Rose Tyler said to the Nth Doctor 'You're so gay', as an sult after he plaed that beg slapped had hurt.

) In the 1990s, one versn of Sam Jon intified as the only person her high school class that didn't thk homosexuals "ought to be shot on sight".

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I WAS TIPPED OFF BY SOMEONE TO (UGHMICHAEL!UGH) AND ASSUMED THAT THE EP HAD AIRED HERE THE STAT RECENTLY, WHICH ISN'T EVEN THE SE. SO YEAH, 'S OLD AND I AIR-BALLED THIS ONE -- SORRY! BUT 'S STILL AN TERTG TOPIC THAT HAD NEVER BEEN DISCSED HERE ON THE SE AND ONE THAT IS STILL AN ISSUE (WH KNOCKED UP, ETC).{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;}A MOR NTROVERSY HAS BUBBLED UP RECENTLY A LONG TIME AGO OVER THE E OF THE WORD "GAY" TO MEAN -- WELL, 'S NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO MEAN -- ON THE CULT FAN-FAVE DOCTOR WHO {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;}ACRDG TO NICKLAS JOHNSON, WHO HAS BEEN CHARTG BOTH SIS OF THE FAN RPONSE TO THE WORD'S E, THIS IS HOW THGS STARTED:{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;}ABOUT 5 MUT AND 25 SENDS TO ALIENS OF LONDON, WE WERE PRENTED WH THIS EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE DOCTOR AND ROSE ATOP AN APARTMENT BUILDG LONDON: {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;}ROSE: SHE SLAPPED YOU!{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;}DOCTOR: 900 YEARS OF TIME AND SPACE AND I'VE NEVER BEEN SLAPPED BY SOMEONE'S {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;}ROSE: YOUR FACE...{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;}DOCTOR: IT HURT!!{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;}ROSE: YOU'RE SO 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;}{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;}NOW MD YOU, DOCTOR WHO HAS A MASSIVE GAY FAN BASE AND THE WRER AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER RSELL T DAVI IS HIMSELF GAY. SO 'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT RSELL TEND THIS REMARK AS SOME SORT OF AFONT TO {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;}{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;}THIS KD OF REMDS ME OF WHEN THE MALTE FALN WAS ADAPTED FOR THE SCREEN AND THE WAY THAT THEY CID TO MUNITE TO THE DIENCE THAT PETER LORRE'S CHARACTER WAS GAY WAS TO HAVE HIM SLAPPED BY ANOTHER MAN (APPARENTLY, YOU SLAP A WOMAN OR A GAY GUY AND PUNCH A MAN -- WRE THIS DOWN, FOLKS, WILL BE ON THE TT). BUT I DON'T THK THAT'S THE POT {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;}FAN RPONSE HAS BEEN ACROSS THE BOARD, OM THOSE WHO FEEL 'S OFFENSIVE TO THOSE WHO FEEL THAT 'S SIMPLY THE WAY PEOPLE TALK, AND EVERYTHG BETWEEN. DAVI HIMSELF HAS SAID THAT THE WORD GAY IS NSTANTLY EVOLVG, ARGUG, "IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE'RE BEG PEOPLE WHO PLA ABOUT THE E OF THE WORD GAY, MUCH AS PEOPLE *ED* TO PLA ABOUT THE WORD GAY, BEE NO LONGER MEANT 'HAPPY'. NO WORDS STAY STATIC."{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;}INTERTG, THOUGH NOT ENTIRELY NVCG OR RELEVANT, ARGUMENT. WHAT DO YOU THK? IS "GAY" AN SULT? 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The BBC recently did a study on the portrayals of LGBT characters TV, and me to the ncln that such rol need to be diversified beyond simple "gay" storyl. Much praise went to Doctor Who, which has always been extremely astoundg when to treatg LGBT characters as,... * doctor who rose you're so gay *

Common gay male stereotyp clud beg effemate, (PROSE: Endgame, Combat Rock) and the e of make-up and earrgs. (PROSE: All-Consumg Fire) Bob Campbell lked homosexualy wh illegal dgs, and referred to gays' "liftyl" as impermissible.

Homophobia led to gays beg sent to ncentratn mps durg World War II by the Nazis. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Exod) In 1938, a newly-regenerated River Song purposely provoked a German Nazi soldier by flippantly tellg him she was on her way to a gay gypsy Bar Mzvah for the disabled. Angelo Colasanto was not allowed to jo the Three Fai bee of his homosexual relatnship wh Jack Harkns, (TV: End of the Road) and Canton Delaware was kicked out of the FBI for wantg to marry a black man.

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Until and cludg the 1960s, homosexualy was a crimal offence, and pann Oliver Harper was fact facg arrt by the Metropolan Police Service for his homosexualy when he first met the First Doctor 1966. Alan Pangbourne lled Francis Leemark homophobic for llg him a fairy for — the words of Leemark — "swishg around your school drsed up a woman's robe".

In 2016, homophobic abe was still prent on Earth.

While bullyg, Chris Richards ma homophobic remarks to Mattsz Andrzejewski, and even mockgly suggted that Charlie Smh would be unfahful to Mattsz. In the 21st century, Christian fundamentalists attempted to perpetrate the genoci of all homosexuals through a seri of relig csas.

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Jeff Shbb was acced of stirrg up racism, sexism and homophobia. Upon learng that the cha of events that eventually rulted Miracle Day led back to Jack Harkns and Angelo Colasanto, Rex Mathon jokgly said "you tellg me the whole world got screwed bee two gay guys had a hissy f? In the first parallel universe that Rose Tyler vised as she attempted to return to N-Space, the homophob blamed the disappearance of the Sun on gay marriage.

Confirmatn of First Gay Doctor Promis a Queer Era of Doctor Who. Ncuti Gatwa's 14th Doctor has been nfirmed as gay, which promis a queer future for Doctor Who, along wh Yasm Fney's trans pann Rose. Neil Patrick Harris has recently wrapped his filmg for Doctor Who Wal, and nfirmed a Variety terview that Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor will be gay the upg seri that will lnch Rsell T.

Between Gatwa's 14th Doctor beg gay and Fney's Rose beg trans, the new era of Doctor Who is promisg to be the bolst and queert era yet. While LGBTQIA reprentatn on Doctor Who has been prent sce the begng of Davi' first era 2005, Season 14 will actually be the first time the show's history that the Doctor will be explicly gay at the start of their n.

GAY MAN (ROSE)

Lookg back on the revival Doctor Who era, all started wh Davi himself when he st John Barrowman -- a gay actor -- as the first pansexual pann to Christopher Ecclton's 9th Doctor, Capta Jack Harkns.

They may have felt they had to keep that part of their liv to themselv, and would have been unthkable to clu overtly gay characters, them and referenc their work on the show. Waris Hse, who directed the first episo, spoke to Doctor Who: The Fan Show about how felt to be gay and workg at the BBC at that time.

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There were velopments the stori as well, and more gay overton had started to appear by the end of the 1980s. Many fans have intified LGBTQ+ them 1988’s The Happs Patrol, which they reckon took pot-shots at Sectn 28 (a Brish ernment policy banng the promotn of gay them schools), the persecutn of gay men by the police, and then-prime mister Margaret Thatcher herself!

) would have a big h wh Queer as Folk, a story featurg a gay Doctor Who fan as one of s lead characters. “He’s gay and she’s an alien”.

Viewers of Rose, the seri premiere, saw the Doctor sually leafg through a py of Heat magaze and clarg that a new celebry romance would never work, bee “he’s gay and she’s an alien” – the very first appearance of the “G” word the show’s long history! A mor ntroversy has bubbled up recently a long time ago over the e of the word "gay" to mean -- well, 's not entirely clear what was supposed to mean -- on the cult fan-fave Doctor Who seri. Rose: You're so gay!

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Doctor Who: First Gay Doctor Promis a Queer Era .

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