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He was openly gay. He’s treated as an outcast, hated and feared by the other Vanir in a similar way that the public treated those who contracted HIV/AIDS. The Cybermen, however, prove a bigger threat — in the real world too. Turlough has been in the employ of the Black Guardian, who has been trying to kill the Doctor since 1978.
Ignoring the Daleks for a moment, the other species in that story are the Thals, cousins of the Kaleds — (what’s that an anagram of?) who the Daleks are trying to destroy with another neutron bomb.
Speaking a few years ago with The Doctor Who Fan Show, he said that Doctor Who was originally created as an adventure series to be watched by children; discussions on LGBTQI+ themes didn’t exist in the same way they do now and there would never have been room in these stories to have those conversations.
On one hand, it's a bit bonkers, but on the other it's a monument to the impact Ianto, and his relationship with Jack, had on the queer community, and one that I'm really proud of."
He added: "I remember being moved to tears quite a number of times by fans saying how Ianto's relationship with Jack has helped them.
"Sci-fi, certainly for me when I was younger, was always about escaping to a better place, a better world where technology is evolved, politics is evolved, people are evolved.
"I think if accepting people's identities, who they are, is part of that better world, then that could be quite powerful."
Doctor Who: First Gay Doctor Promises a Queer Era
Neil Patrick Harris has recently wrapped his filming for Doctor Who in Wales, and confirmed in a Variety interview that Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor will be gay in the upcoming series that will launch Russell T.
Davies' second era with the British series. In Kate Orman’s book, Seeing I, she is seen to have feelings for a number of characters she meets throughout the novel including two men and a woman. But there were chances to have characters interpreted in a certain way.
Doctor Who has 'changed lives' of LGBT people
Catriona AitkenBBC News
For Scott Handcock, Doctor Who was his childhood "safe haven" as he struggled with his sexuality and felt like he didn't "fit in".
The sci-fi series changed his life, he said, from binging early episodes on VHS tape in the 1990s to ending up working behind the scenes many years later.
Describing the Doctor Who fandom as like a family "full of hope", he said the show has had a huge, lasting impact, both on him and many other LGBT fans.
In Saturday's season two finale episode, The Reality War, Ncuti Gatwa left his role as the Doctor, regenerating into Billie Piper.
In the end, I decided that, like all great stories, it’s best to start from the beginning — so let’s cast our minds back to the junkyard of 76 Totters Lane and the discovery of the strange machine that can move anywhere in time and space…
The UK was very different in 1963. The man turns out to be an undercover member of the Happiness Patrol and is using a similar technique to real life police officers who would trick young gay men into entrapment for cottaging.
One person who had to do that — though it was known to the original producer and creator of the show, Verity Lambert — was director Waris Hussein, who helmed both the opening story, An Unearthly Child and later story, Marco Polo.
Hydromel could also be seen as a precursor to Prep, a tablet now available on the NHS which can offer some protection against HIV/AIDS.
And I’m certainly not expecting anyone reading this to agree with my thoughts and opinions.
The Daleks are a nice segue into the Cybermen. Nothing about the Daleks’ inspiration is subtle. From having little to no representation through the classic era, to allegories of Section 28 and HIV/AIDS, to a Pride event pausing for an hour in 2008… Doctor Who has always had something for everyone, no matter what sexuality you identify as, and whatever your creed, colour, or walk of life.
And long may that continue!
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Indeed, throughout the original series, which ran between 1963 and1989, things were very different, even down to the fact that the producers didn’t really like the Doctor hugging companions for fear it might imply there was some hanky-panky going on behind those Police Box doors.It goes to show just how different things are now, compared to 1963! And that's an interesting little chime with a young, gay boy," he said.
Swansea-born comedian Steffan Alun, who coincidentally grew up on the same street as Davies, also found himself represented within the show, despite feeling "stressed" initially .
"When you see someone like you on telly...
But there have been times in that show when these themes weren’t handled well. he's with a beautiful woman all the time and never looks at her sexually. Unfortunately, the make-up and costumes of the Cheetah People meant that the work actresses Sophie Aldred and Lisa Bowerman did in rehearsals got somewhat lost at the filming stage.