"DOCTOR WHO IS WOKE 😡😡💢💢"
First ever episode was directed by a gay indian man Waris Hussein and produced by a jewish woman.
The Happiness Patrol (1988) had a character who had a pink triangle badge which was a sign of a gay man common with Nazis
The Curse of Fenric (1989): The writer Rona Munro originally created a character named "Dr. Judson" to be a closeted gay man who struggles with his inability to be open about his sexuality but network restrictions forced changes.
The 1980s producer John Nathan-Turner was the first openly gay producer of the show
Many actors and crew working on Doctor Who were LGBTQ+ yet not openly because of the prejudice they would have faced during 1963-1996.
William Hartnell (actor of the first doctor) had very strong and deep prejudices about LGBTQ+ yet still found respect for director Waris Hussien, his prejudices against different races and LGBTQ+ stemmed from beliefs and habits from when he grew up rather than personal hatred.
Patrick Troughton (2nd doctor) and Frazir Hines (Jamie McCrimmon) deliberately acted really close and intimate on screen to push the boundaries of BBC and to piss off the higher ups.
The rest of the doctor's actors are very open minded about the LGBTQ+ community, many pictures and quotes from comic cons and interviews show their openess and support (ex: "I'm all for gayness, you know. Doesn't mean I'm against gayness." -Peter Davidson, actor of the 5th doctor and how actor of the 3rd doctor Jon Pertwee boycotted to act on a film because a gay actor was rejected for a role because of his sexuality in 1950).
Representation in Doctor Who Media:
The Doctor: Some incarnations are marked as asexual and/or pan or omni, some are specific sexualities such as the Thirteenth doctor being lesbian and because of regeneration genderfluid and trans.
The Master/ Missy: Even since the first their first appearance in 1973, people have headcannoned them as pansexual as they were attracted to the doctor eitherway (I like to call it "Doctorsexual")
Vastra and Jenny: The infamous interspecies lesbian couple with a pet potato (Strax)
River Song: Mentioned multiple partners, one being a "second wife" meaning she had more than one wife.
Cassandra O'Brien: The MTF "bitchy trampoline"
Susan the horse: A horse the 11th Doctor rides in the episode "A Town Called Mercy" that is owned by the town priest. The priest tells him that the horse's name is Joshua and the Doctor says "No, I speak horse and he says his name is Susan and that he wants you to respect his life choices".
The Lesbian Grandmother: 2 elderly lesbians who appear in the episode "Gridlock", one of them tracks all the cars as a hobby.
Captain Jack Harkness: An immortal man who flirts with everything. He flirted with robots. ROBOTS.
Yasmin Khan: A female companion who was a romantic interest to the 13th doctor.
Bill Potts: A lesbian companion of the 12th doctor, ends up travelling the universe with her water puddle girlfriend. Fun fact, Bill's name comes from William Hartnell's nickname "Bill" and the water puddle girlfriend's name is Heather which was the name of Hartnell's wife.
LGBTQ+ quotes and pictures :
1. "She was my man crush. I'm sorry. I think she was a man back then... and I'm fairly sure I was, too!" -The doctor (referring to Missy)
2.Missy: Well, I'm that mysterious adventurer in time and space, known only as Doctor Who, and these are my disposables — Exposition and Comic Relief.
Nardole: We're not functions.
Missy: Darling, those were genders.
3. River Song: "Surnames of three of America's Founding Fathers."
The Doctor: "Lovely fellas. Two of them fancied me."
4. The Doctor: "I met an emperor made of algae once. He fancied me."
