Sexuality And Doctor Who | Wine And Roses From Outer Space

When I was a little girl, the Doctor was ? quite literally ? a madman with a box. Wobbly sets, cheesy one-liners, Jelly Babies, aliens, screaming and not a hint of romance or sexual innuendo anywhere. In fact it?s only in the episode School Reunion (David Tennant, Billie Piper, Noel Clarke, Elisabeth Sladen [RIP]) that we discover that Sarah Jane Smith even had feelings for the Doctor at all. Even then, she is very coy about it.

With the reboot (Christopher Eccleston) there seems to have come with it a plethora of simmering desires, emotions, relationships, sexuality, flirting, unrequited lust and love triangles (take Nine/Rose/Mickey, for example). I?m not saying that this is a bad thing because I feel that children need to know about the confusion that comes with attraction to another individual and they especially need to grow up accepting that there is more than one type of ?normal? relationship between two people, but it?s certainly unexpected when you?ve been a fan for the best part of thirty-five years. Incidentally, I?m turning forty next year.

The first taste of romance we get is with the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler. Their friendship becomes flirtatious in a rather slapstick manner, but quickly becomes deeper than mere teasing. This becomes especially obvious in The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances, when this guy shows up:

Meet Jack Harkness. Time Agent; Con man; Omnisexual being who exudes sensuality.

There is no man, no woman (apart from poor Donna!) and no species? that Jack won?t flirt with ? with a view to seduction. I honestly believe that he would find a Dalek sexy if only he could find one that wasn?t going to try to kill him. No human or alien seems impervious to his charm, wit and good looks, and he has ? quite literally ? shagged his way around the universe and out of trouble.

By the time that Nine (all too soon, in my opinion) becomes Ten (David Tennant) it is more than obvious that the attraction is becoming full-blown love. Even for me (not a Ten/Rose fan) the end of Doomsday is utterly heartbreaking ? until Donna materialises in the TARDIS to stop you becoming too weepy. Apparently it?s too early for angsty Doctor just yet.

After Christmas Invasion Donna leaves, and our new companion is Martha Jones. By her second episode ? The Shakespeare Code - it?s already cringingly obvious that she is going to spend her entire run being all dewy-eyed over a Doctor who can?t forget his beloved Rose.

In fact, her crush on the Doctor is so cringeworthy that I?m going to skip it entirely. My sincere apologies to the Martha fans.

Donna then returns when Martha can no longer bear her unrequited crush. It?s refreshing that Donna has no sexual feelings for the Doctor at all, and their banter and platonic affection for each other gives us a break from all the lovey-dovey goings on.

For the first time since Rose, the Doctor has a companion who doesn?t want him to be in love with her. For the first time since Romana II he has a feisty sparring partner who won?t do as he says, back-chats and is always proved right when she doesn?t listen to him. I think that ?Bite me, Alien Boy? is always going to be one of my favourite New Who quotes.

As with all the best companions, Donna?s travels with the Doctor take a tragic turn after she saves the world. Okay, so she doesn?t die, but I defy any Doctor Who fan not to have cried their way through an entire box of Kleenex. Believe me, I did.

When the Tenth Doctor finishes his rather annoyingly protracted regeneration and becomes a proper madman again (hello Matt Smith!) we are introduced to an adorable little Scottish lass (Caitlin Blackwood) who feeds him fish fingers and custard after he crash-lands in her garden. Fourteen years later (during which the Doctor has got his time perception filters wrong yet again) she has become the rather fabulous and leggy Amy Pond.

?Who?s scared? Geronimo?

A redhead, like Donna, but we suddenly have a companion with total sex appeal. Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) runs away with the Doctor the night before her wedding to Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill) and thinks she?s found the love of her life in this strange alien man with two hearts and a childlike wonder about everything he sees. As it turns out, the Doctor teaches her a great deal about herself and she finally realises that Rory is the man who was made for her. Their ending is bittersweet, but it does show younger viewers how true love ought to be (not all wine and roses, but always ?Together or not at all?).

Just as I was beginning to wonder if the same sex/omnisexual idea would end with Jack Harkness A Good Man Goes To War aired. So naturally I was delighted when we were introduced to these two lovely ladies:

The stunning Silurian Madam Vastra (I think Silurians are beautiful, okay?) and her gorgeous girlfriend, Jenny. These two were such a hit that a request for a spin-off series featuring them went viral. Sadly Moffat said he didn?t have the time, but they are appearing in the Christmas Special.

Doctor Who has grown up with the times and is showing homosexual/lesbian/omnisexual and ? in this case ? inter-species (which could be seen as inter-racial) relationships as completely normal. All of these relationships are tongue-in-cheek and I think that?s fantastic.

Just to confuse you with this blog post further, have a picture of the Doctor marrying River Song, making Amy and Rory his parents-in-law:

Because who doesn?t love River Song?

Media volunteer for Epilepsy Action (UK) and advocate for both epilepsy and autism awareness. Seamstress, cross-stitcher, sci-fi lover, ukulele player and Chelmsford's own Pickling Pagan who wants to inherit a TARDIS when she grows up. In the process of writing an as yet unnamed book, with anecdotes and information about being epileptic and autistic - and seeing the funny side!

Source: http://rosewinelover.com/2012/11/23/sexuality-and-doctor-who/

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