Tag: thirteen

lesbiangeekspiral:

Early series eleven episodes of Doctor Who make subtle references to lesbianism (such as ‘my wife died because of it’ ‘mine too’ and ‘I’m your niece’s wife’) and gender nonconformity (such as the Thirteenth Doctor’s unfamiliarity with her new female regeneration and the inclusion of a pregnant male minor character). This is done in order to slowly habituate more traditional viewers into being more open minded towards LGBT characters, in the build up to The Thirteenth Doctor revealing that she is, in fact, homosexual. In this essay I will