Wait How Is The Unit Dating Controversy Gay, I Thought It Was The One Where They Messed Up On The Date

Wait how is the unit dating controversy gay, I thought it was the one where they messed up on the date in the pertwee era

“why is doctor who so woke now it’s so forced” tell me you’re privileged enough to always see yourself in media without telling me

casual diversity and representation is SO important

and doctor who does this so well

sure, the whole assuming meaps pronouns thing was a little cringe, but they fucking did it and that is HUGE

they made a whole episode plot based around a amab non-binary black girl (YES, NOT GENDERLESS NONBINARY, IT WAS A GENDERED NONBINARY PERSON!! AHHHH!!!!!!)

multiple of the doctor’s companions have been queer, and the doctor 15th doctor is gender nonconforming and technically doesn’t have a gender!

plus, all of the characters that are canonically queer in the show are played by queer actors!!

the doctor is into guys now so HELL YEAH?!!!!

and one of the first scenes we get of the 15th doctor is him dancing in a club wearing a skirt. AND HES BLACK. AND THE ACTOR IS GAY. AND ITS NOT EVEN MENTIONED OR SHOVED IN YOUR FACE. ITS CASUAL, JUST LIKE REAL QUEER PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!

ruby sunday is a fostered girl who’s mother is a black lesbian!!!

the maestro is SO fucking queer and uses they/them pronouns without it even being mentioned!!! people just use they/them!!!!!

and a background character in 73 yards is a guy wearing eyeshadow and i LOVE HIM??!! and also they mention lesbians multiple times in the devils chord which i love

this show makes me feel so seen and safe. there are people like me out there!!! and it’s so amazing that they’re finally being shown on TV!!!!

He never died, just got stuck in a well

did anyone else think the person rogue lost was jack or am i just insane

Hang on what do you think David Tennant did?

Joanne’s just upset because she’s a little whinging fucker.

For the love of god stop

Fourteen and Donna waking up after their movie marathon was interrupted because they turned into fucking dust

David Tennant's awesome

David Tennant interview at the British LGBT Awards, June 2024 (x)

Int: You being an ally to the community isn't something new. You've been doing it, but recently you've obviously really stepped up for trans and non-binary people in a time that's so, so needed. What made you do that?

David: I don't know that I feel like I've done anything that I wouldn't just sort of be normally doing. I mean, it's for me it's just common sense that there's there should be any suggestion that people aren't allowed to live the life they want to live and and to be who they want to be with and to express themselves wholeheartedly. I mean, as long as you aren't hurting anybody else, everybody else just needs to fucking butt out. I don't really understand why...

Int: ...it's controversial.

David: Yeah, there is and the thing... the thing, if there's something that's particularly sobering and depressing, it's that certain debates are being weaponized by certain elements of the political class, often for no... it seems it's not ideological so much as opportunistic. And I just think that's pretty disgusting, really.

Int: I couldn't agree more. What message would you like to send out to trans youth?

David: Please don't feel like you're not loved and that you're not accepted and that you're not... you know, most people in the world are good and kind and just want you to be able to be who you are. Most people in the world don't really care. I mean... you know what I mean?

Int: We're all narcissistic.

David: Exactly. Everyone's so self obsessed that really, the sort of noise that comes from a certain area of the press and of the political class is... it's a minority. It really is. And please don't let that make you feel diminished or dissuaded or discouraged, because, you know, you just... you have to be allowed to be yourself, and you are, and you are yourself and you must thrive and flourish, and we're all here for it.

Int: Amazing. I think, yeah, it's so important .I think sometimes it feels like there's so many people, but it is a minority. It's such a minority.

David: It's a tiny bunch of little whinging fuckers that are on the wrong side of history and they'll all go away soon.

Int: Like what happened with gay people 20 years ago.

David: When I was a kid, when I was a kid, exactly. You know, I was at school when Clause 28 came in and it all felt like being gay was something to be terrified of. And gay men in particular were demonised as paedophiles and now that just feels historic and ludicrous and, I mean, I don't see all those... all those battles aren't won, but we're in a very, very different place. And I feel like.I feel like history is on a progressive trajectory and it might get knocked sideways now and again by people for all sorts of reasons, which are often quite selfish and quite, as I say, not coming from a place of any sort of genuine belief system, but other than a place of opportunism. And that's something that we... I hope that in 20 years time, we're talking about, you know, these culture wars as something of the past.

Int: I believe we will. I'm a huge Doctor Who fan, so.

David: Oh, good, me too!

Int: You are my Doctor.

David: Oh, thank you very much.

Int: But recently, obviously, you came back for the 60th anniversary and you got to work with Yasmin Finney.

David: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Int: What was it like working with her?

David: Oh, she's brilliant. She's fantastic. Yeah. And she's in the show again now, she's back in it, so that's fantastic to see. She's lovely, talented, cool as a cucumber, articulate, brilliant. I learned a lot from her as an actor and also as someone who, you know, who's become a sort of de facto activist just because of who she is and where she is, and she becomes a sort of symbol of hope, and she's wonderful.