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{{first pic|Eleven and Susan A Town Called Mercy.jpg|Susan, about to depart [[Mercy, Nevada|Mercy]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Town Called Mercy (TV story)|A Town Called Mercy]]'')}} | |||
'''Susan''', known to the [[Preacher (A Town Called Mercy)|Preacher]] as '''Joshua''', was the Preacher's horse. According to the [[Eleventh Doctor]], | '''Susan''', known to the [[Preacher (A Town Called Mercy)|Preacher]] as '''Joshua''', was the Preacher's [[horse]] in [[Mercy, Nevada|Mercy]], [[Nevada]] in [[1870]]. According to the [[Eleventh Doctor]], the horse preferred the name "Susan" and wanted the Preacher to "respect his life choices". The Doctor rode Susan to find [[Kahler-Jex]]' ship. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Town Called Mercy (TV story)|A Town Called Mercy]]'') | ||
== Personality == | |||
Susan was a mild mannered horse but tended to swear. Only the [[Eleventh Doctor]] knew this, however. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Town Called Mercy (TV story)|A Town Called Mercy]]'') | |||
== Behind the scenes == | |||
Though the horse's "life choices" are left vague and open to multiple interpretations, many fans have interpreted his line as meaning Susan is [[transgender]], and identifies as female. Many see this, in part because of the Doctor's use of he/him pronouns, as [[transphobia|transphobic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://liz011.tumblr.com/post/31670138060/a-town-called-mercy|title=A Town Called Mercy|author=liz011|date of source=16 September 2012|website name=Tumblr|accessdate=9 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415022221/http://stfu-moffat.tumblr.com/post/31725359415/a-town-called-mercy-susan|title=A Town Called Mercy: Susan?|author=STFU Moffat|date of source=17 September 2012|website name=Tumblr|accessdate=9 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://purplespacecats.tumblr.com/post/32526431018/i-agree-w-you-about-whithouse-but-i-think-its|title=Wait, why do you dislike Toby Whithouse? I mean,...|author=STFU Moffat haters (''via Queer as in F*ck You'')|date of source=15 September 2012|website name=Tumblr|accessdate=9 December 2015}}</ref> | |||
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/little-boxes-will-make-you-angry-doctor-who-and-transphobia-71391.htm|title=Little Boxes Will Make You Angry: Doctor Who and Transphobia|author="Michelle Kerry"|date of source=27 January 2015|website name=Doctor Who TV|accessdate=9 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/gallifrey/comments/2twmxf/doctor_who_tv_says_doctor_who_can_be_transphobic/|title=Doctor Who TV Says Doctor Who can be "Transphobic"|date of source=2015|website name=reddit : gallifrey|accessdate=9 December 2015}}</ref> In the real world, trans women tend to use she/her pronouns, in line with their gender identity, and referring to a woman as "he" would indeed be {{w|misgendering}}. | |||
[[Toby Whithouse]], who wrote ''[[A Town Called Mercy (TV story)|A Town Called Mercy]]'', also made a passing reference to a trans person in another of his scripts, ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)|Greeks Bearing Gifts]]''. [[Jack Harkness]] speaks of his friend who disappeared for a while: "he comes back, and we've got to start calling him [[Vanessa (Greeks Bearing Gifts)|Vanessa]]." Whithouse uses masculine pronouns in both scripts for presumably trans female characters. | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
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