Nobody could stop Russell T. Davies from making Doctor Who queer: "We’re not delivering a neutered Doctor"
The A.V. Club - 2024-04-25T16:23:00.505Z

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.” (Sorry to the doomed romance of 14 and Yaz, and any headcanons you might have floating around.) 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...

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