Russell T. Davies and Ncuti Gatwa discuss Doctor Who's new (queer) horizons in a new profile
Doctor Who made headlines casting Ncuti Gatwa as the latest Doctor, not only because he’s the first Black actor to play the role but because he would be, in the words of Neil Patrick Harris , “the first gay Doctor.” Although if you ask once-and-future showrunner Russell T. Davies , the Doctors “weren’t exactly the straightest men in the past.” Gatwa’s Christmas special already injected some fun queer undertones, including an introductory dance at a club wearing a kilt.
Instead, Davies’ 60th anniversary specials put a trans character and her experience front and center. “It’s very hard for anyone to stop me doing these things,” Davies, who created Queer As Folk and It’s A Sin, proclaims. “You’d have to be a pretty brave executive to say, ‘Don’t go there’ to me. I’m sure there are people thinking that, but I wouldn’t work with them, would I?” Gatwa feels his casting “makes perfect sense” within the context of Doctor Who.
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