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Post by martinw8686 on Aug 2, 2022 15:45:32 GMT
Neil Patrick Harris has been quoted in the media as having met Ncuti and is excited to see the first Gay Doctor. I'm excited to see Ncuti's take on the character but I have reservations about any romance with the Doctor, for me the Doctor is pansexual or asexual, they are so long lived that romance with humans is just too tragic and painful.
It's wonderful that we are able to have a show where a lead character can represent people from all walks of life, over the years I feel the show has always meant well in terms of inclusion but sometimes the message has been a little clumsy or tokenist. I'm hopeful Russell T Davies is the best man to bring a gay Doctor to our screens, in a way that feels natural for the character, I'm always mindful of the way River Song discribes loving someone so long lived, something along the lines of flirting with a mountain range or sun set.
I guess my point with this thread is less about the Doctor being gay and more about how the show should portray them falling in love or expressing desire. It would be lovely to hear other opinions on the Doctor as a romantic lead?
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Post by fitzoliverj on Aug 2, 2022 17:23:52 GMT
Firstly, I think we have to take NPH's comments with a pinch of salt, I can't see there's any particular reason why he would know how Ncuti is going to perform in practice.
As to the wider question of whether the Doctor can work as a romantic lead, I'm inclined to say not. Firstly, the thirty-odd years of a (mostly) sexless character means that any move away from that (apart from the same kind of ambigous scenes we got with the first and perhaps fifth Doctors) will always be significant - and I think the idea that has developed in recent decades that storytelling is about character is a pernicious one.
Twenty years ago, there were a slew of dramas ruined by this principle, as The Bill and Casualty turned into soap operas. Look at the big explosions of literacy, the penny dreadfuls and shilling shockers and pulps people read in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Characters tended to be bold but unchanging, with plots exciting and racing forward. In Doctor Who terms, story is spaceships and robots, not the people flying the spaceships or meeting the robots. And I don't think, in that regard, it matters if the Doctor is interested in a man or a woman - it's a distraction from the plot.
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Post by BHTvsTFC on Aug 3, 2022 6:17:10 GMT
I think we'll just have to wait and see. I think that a lot of things in the world of Doctor Who have been unthinkable until they haven't - romantic Doctor, female Doctor, etc.
It it's handled in the same way as the River Song relationship I guess everyone can have their cake and eat it. Personally I wouldn't be surprised if the Doctor and River had never actually had sex for instance; that it was always a deeply platonic, intimate relationship.
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You know, now that you mention it, I actually do rather like Attack of the Cybermen ...
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Post by lidar2 on Aug 3, 2022 10:24:07 GMT
Is this referring to the character or the actor (is Ncuti even gay, I don't know?)
ps This thread is in the Other Audio Productions sub-board?
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Post by mark687 on Aug 3, 2022 11:20:00 GMT
Yes that was my takaway from NPH comments, an unwarranted Outing as Ncutti still not publicly stated his romantic preference?, (not that he has to).
As to Doctor and Romance its all down to the Actor playing it if they choose to play it with an understanding or willingness to understand Emotion, it should work regardless of the romantics partner Gender/Sexaul Identity, however the viewing public's opinions on Romantic relationships on traditional TV in a "Family Show" may limit options.
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