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'''Sex''' was the biological process by which two (or, rarely, more) individuals procreated their species through what was usually regarded culturally as "intimate contact". Since sex was generally associated with positive emotional and physical responses — except when one or more parties didn't agree to it, as during [[rape]] —sex could also be practised for recreational, and not strictly procreational, ends. Indeed, sex could be practised between two or more individuals of the same gender, which rarely had any procreative implications at all. Precise definition on what specific actions constituted sex varied by species.
'''Sex''' was the biological process by which two (or, rarely, more) individuals procreated their species through what was frequently regarded culturally as "intimate contact". Since sex was generally associated with positive emotional and physical responses — except when one or more parties didn't agree to it, as during [[rape]] —sex could also be practised for recreational, and not strictly procreational, ends. Indeed, sex could be practised between two or more individuals of the same gender, which rarely had any procreative implications at all. Precise definition on what specific actions constituted sex varied by species.


Sex was also a synonym for ''gender''.
Sex was also a synonym for ''gender''.
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How [[Time Lord]]s related sexually was unclear.
How [[Time Lord]]s related sexually was unclear.


By most accounts, Time Lords were implied capable of sexual procreation. [[The Master]], for instance, claimed to have a father. ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') Likewise, [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] self-identified as the grand-daughter of [[the Doctor]] ([[DW]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'', ''et al'') and she had at least [[Alex Campbell|one child]] — whom she identified as the Doctor's great-grandson —by the human [[David Campbell]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[An Earthly Child]]'', ''et al'') The [[Ninth Doctor]] once seemed distinctly perturbed that [[Rose Tyler]] implied he didn't "dance" — a metaphor that had arisen between the two for sex. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances]]'') The [[Tenth Doctor]] also described the possibility of genetically collateral relationships when he told [[Martha Jones]] he didn't have a brother "anymore". ([[DW]]: ''[[Smith and Jones]]'') He also said — long before [[Jenny|his daughter]] was created [[clone|asexually]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor's Daughter]]'') —that he had been a father. ([[DW]]: ''[[Fear Her]]'') Indeed the presence of obvious sexual attraction between the [[Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] suggested that natural, biological reproduction — or at the very least ''recreational'' sex — was possible.   
By most accounts, Time Lords were implied capable of sexual procreation. [[The Master]], for instance, claimed to have a father. ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') Likewise, [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] said she was the grand-daughter of [[the Doctor]] ([[DW]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'', ''et al'') and she had at least [[Alex Campbell|one child]] — whom she identified as the Doctor's great-grandson —by the human [[David Campbell]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[An Earthly Child]]'', ''et al'') The [[Ninth Doctor]] once seemed distinctly perturbed when [[Rose Tyler]] implied he didn't "dance" — a metaphor for sex that had arisen between the two. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances]]'') The [[Tenth Doctor]] also described the possibility of genetically collateral relationships when he told [[Martha Jones]] he didn't have a brother "any more". ([[DW]]: ''[[Smith and Jones]]'') He also said that  — long before [[Jenny|his daughter]] was created [[clone|asexually]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor's Daughter]]'') — he had been a father. ([[DW]]: ''[[Fear Her]]'') Indeed the presence of obvious sexual attraction between the [[Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] suggested that natural, biological reproduction — or at the very least ''recreational'' sex — was possible.   
{{quote|900 years old, me.  I've been around a bit. I think you can assume at some point I've 'danced'.|[[Ninth Doctor]]|The Doctor Dances}}
{{quote|900 years old, me.  I've been around a bit. I think you can assume at some point I've 'danced'.|[[Ninth Doctor]]|The Doctor Dances}}
However, another account suggested that sex had ceased to have a reproductive function on [[Gallifrey]] long before the Doctor's time. According to this school of thought, "[[Pythia]]'s Curse" had made Gallifreyans effectively sterile. Reproduction was carried out through the carefully controlled use of [[Loom]]s, which produced new Time Lords as fully-formed adults. No direct genetic relationships were therefore possible. Time Lords arising from the same [[House]] — for each House had only one Loom —were considered "cousins". ([[NA]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]'')
However, another account suggested that sex had ceased to have a reproductive function on [[Gallifrey]] long before the Doctor's time. According to this school of thought, "[[Pythia]]'s Curse" had made Gallifreyans effectively sterile. Reproduction was carried out through the carefully controlled use of [[Loom]]s, which produced new Time Lords as fully-formed adults. No direct genetic relationships were therefore possible. Time Lords arising from the same [[House]] — for each House had only one Loom —were considered "cousins". ([[NA]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]'')
====The Doctor====
====The Doctor====
Though rare, there were occasional hints that the Doctor did indeed have sex.
Though rare, there were occasional hints that the Doctor did indeed have sex.
*[[Benny Summerfield]] and the Doctor might well have had sex soon after he regenerated into his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth body]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]'') Summerfield seemed to confirm the incident occurred when they met again at a later date. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Benny's Story]]'')
*[[Benny Summerfield]] and the Doctor might well have had sex soon after he regenerated into his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth body]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]'') Summerfield seemed to confirm the incident when they met again at a later date. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Benny's Story]]'')
*The [[Tenth Doctor]] entered into a brief but intense romance with [[Madame de Pompadour]], whom he was joyous to have snogged, and heartbroken to have lost. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace]]'')
*The [[Tenth Doctor]] entered into a brief but intense romance with [[Madame de Pompadour]], whom he was joyous to have snogged, and heartbroken to have lost. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace]]'')
*The [[Tenth Doctor]] apparently had something of an eye for royal women, as he later consummated a wedding to [[Elizabeth I]] and enjoyed what was likely a brief marriage to her. After fleeing her — and thereby becoming her mortal enemy — he told [[Ood Sigma]] that her nickname "the Virgin Queen" wasn't strictly accurate any longer. The Doctor's sexual involvement with Elizabeth I was later supported by future Queen [[Liz 10]] and by the [[Dream Lord]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code]]'', ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', ''[[The Beast Below]]'', ''[[Amy's Choice]]'')
*The [[Tenth Doctor]] apparently had something of an eye for royal women, as he later consummated a wedding to [[Elizabeth I]] and enjoyed what was likely a brief marriage to her. After fleeing her — and thereby becoming her mortal enemy — he told [[Ood Sigma]] that her nickname "the Virgin Queen" wasn't strictly accurate any longer. The Doctor's sexual involvement with Elizabeth I was later supported by future Queen [[Liz 10]] and by the [[Dream Lord]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code]]'', ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', ''[[The Beast Below]]'', ''[[Amy's Choice]]'')
*[[Amy Pond]], following a near-death experience with the [[Weeping Angel]]s, attempted to entice the Doctor's [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnation]] into having sex with her. Though he refused, at one point they engaged in a snog — which he broke off only after initially kissing her back. ([[DW]]: ''[[Flesh and Stone]]'') Later, he told [[Rory Williams]], her then-fiancé, that she was a "great kisser", indicating that he had some basis for comparison. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Vampires of Venice]]'')
*[[Amy Pond]], following a near-death experience with the [[Weeping Angel]]s, attempted to entice the Doctor's [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnation]] into having sex with her. Though he refused, at one point they engaged in a snog — which he broke off after initially kissing her back. ([[DW]]: ''[[Flesh and Stone]]'') Later, he told [[Rory Williams]], her then-fiancé, that she was a "great kisser", indicating that he had some basis for comparison. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Vampires of Venice]]'')


==Specific incidents==
==Specific incidents==
*[[Jan]] and Ace had rampant sex on [[Heaven]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Love and War]]'')
*[[Jan]] and Ace had rampant sex on [[Heaven]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Love and War]]'')
*When [[Bernice Summerfield]] excavated [[Ice Warrior]] citadels on [[Mars]] she made love to a man called Tim in one of the egg chambers. ([[NA]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising]]'')
*When [[Bernice Summerfield]] excavated [[Ice Warrior]] citadels on [[Mars]] she made love to a man called Tim in one of the egg chambers. ([[NA]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising]]'')
*The inhabitants of [[Delphon]] find the surgical removal of limbs to be highly sexually alluring. ([[NA]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising]]'')
*The inhabitants of [[Delphon]] found the surgical removal of limbs to be highly sexually alluring. ([[NA]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising]]'')
*After getting to know (a clone of) [[Abslom Daak]], Ace considered having sex with him. ([[NA]]: ''[[Deceit]]'')
*After getting to know (a clone of) [[Abslom Daak]], Ace considered having sex with him. ([[NA]]: ''[[Deceit]]'')
*[[Ace]] had sex with [[Bill Cook]], first mate of the ''[[Arrow (freighter)|Arrow]]''. ([[NA]]: ''[[Legacy]]'')
*[[Ace]] had sex with [[Bill Cook]], first mate of the ''[[Arrow (freighter)|Arrow]]''. ([[NA]]: ''[[Legacy]]'')
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*Bernice Summerfield claimed to have had the best sex ever with Jason Kane. ([[NA]]: ''[[Death and Diplomacy]]'')
*Bernice Summerfield claimed to have had the best sex ever with Jason Kane. ([[NA]]: ''[[Death and Diplomacy]]'')
*Chris Cwej had sex with [[Ishtar Hutchings]] whilst on Earth in [[2010]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]'')
*Chris Cwej had sex with [[Ishtar Hutchings]] whilst on Earth in [[2010]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]'')
*In the lead up to Benny's wedding, Ace has sex with a (clone of) Jason Kane. ([[NA]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]'')
*In the lead up to Benny's wedding, Ace has sex with (a clone of) Jason Kane. ([[NA]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]'')
*Ace lost her virginity to [[Sabalom Glitz]] on the floor of his spaceship. ([[NA]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]'')
*Ace lost her virginity to [[Sabalom Glitz]] on the floor of his spaceship. ([[NA]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]'')
*[[Chris Cwej]] had sex with [[David Daniels]] while on [[Earth]] in [[1987]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Damaged Goods]]'')
*[[Chris Cwej]] had sex with [[David Daniels]] while on [[Earth]] in [[1987]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Damaged Goods]]'')
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*[[Ace]] has sex with [[Kedin Ashar]] on [[Mendeb Three]]. ([[PDA]]: ''[[Independence Day]]'')
*[[Ace]] has sex with [[Kedin Ashar]] on [[Mendeb Three]]. ([[PDA]]: ''[[Independence Day]]'')
*[[Sarah Jane Smith]] has sex with [[Tom Ryder]] in China. ([[PDA]]: ''[[Bullet Time]]'')
*[[Sarah Jane Smith]] has sex with [[Tom Ryder]] in China. ([[PDA]]: ''[[Bullet Time]]'')
*A [[Sex Gas|gaseous species]] was freed from a meteorite that fed on sexual energies, killing several people in [[Cardiff]] in the process of its desire for these energies. ([[TW]]: ''[[Day One]]'')
*A [[Sex Gas|gaseous species]] that fed on sexual energies, was freed from a meteorite. It killed several people in [[Cardiff]] in the process of its desire for these energies. ([[TW]]: ''[[Day One]]'')
*[[Gwen Cooper]] had sex with [[Owen Harper]] following a disturbing encounter with [[Torchwood 3|Torchwood]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[Countrycide]]'')
*[[Gwen Cooper]] had sex with [[Owen Harper]] following a disturbing encounter with [[Torchwood 3|Torchwood]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[Countrycide]]'')
*[[Owen Harper]] had a brief sexual relationship with [[Diane Holmes]] who had fallen through the Cardiff rift. ([[TW]]: ''[[Out of Time]]'')
*[[Owen Harper]] had a brief sexual relationship with [[Diane Holmes]], who had fallen through the Cardiff rift. ([[TW]]: ''[[Out of Time]]'')
*[[Jack Harkness]] and [[Ianto Jones]] had sex on several occasions, in several areas of [[Torchwood 3]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[Adrift]]'')
*[[Jack Harkness]] and [[Ianto Jones]] had sex on several occasions, in several areas of [[Torchwood 3]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[Adrift]]'')
*The [[Doovari]]'s spacecraft were powered via a energy drive that was derived from the energy produced during sex. ([[WEB]]: ''[[Torchwood website|Torchwood.co.uk]]'')
*The [[Doovari]]'s spacecraft were powered via a energy drive that was derived from the energy produced during sex. ([[WEB]]: ''[[Torchwood website|Torchwood.co.uk]]'')
*Jack Harkness is known to have had sex with many different people and species.
*Jack Harkness is known to have had sex with many different people and species.
*Jack Harkness and [[John Hart]] allude to a sexual relationship when they re-meet one another in [[Cardiff]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang]]'')
*Jack Harkness and [[John Hart]] allude to a sexual relationship when they re-met one another in [[Cardiff]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang]]'')
*In [[1886]] [[Clemency Eddison]] fell in love with a [[Vespiform]] who had taken the form of a human. She had sex with him and fell pregnant; the resulting child became [[Arnold Golightly]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'')
*In [[1886]] [[Clemency Eddison]] fell in love with a [[Vespiform]] who had taken the form of a human. She had sex with him and fell pregnant; the resulting child became [[Arnold Golightly]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'')
*Around early [[2006]] a [[Asquith Slitheen|member]] of the [[Slitheen family]] disguised as [[Oliver Charles]] enjoyed a number of sexual encounters with Oliver's wife, mistress and a young farmer.([[DW]]: ''[[Aliens of London]]'') ([[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia]]'')
*Around early [[2006]] a [[Asquith Slitheen|member]] of the [[Slitheen family]] disguised as [[Oliver Charles]] enjoyed a number of sexual encounters with Oliver's wife, mistress and a young farmer.([[DW]]: ''[[Aliens of London]]'') ([[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia]]'')
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*Many [[Time Lord]]s [[dream]]ed of being a different sex (gender). ([[NA]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'')
*Many [[Time Lord]]s [[dream]]ed of being a different sex (gender). ([[NA]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'')
*In one possible timeline, [[Time Lord]]s who committed [[suicide]] [[regeneration|regenerated]] into a body of the opposite sex. ([[DWU]]: ''[[Exile]]'')
*In one possible timeline, [[Time Lord]]s who committed [[suicide]] [[regeneration|regenerated]] into a body of the opposite sex. ([[DWU]]: ''[[Exile]]'')
*[[Iris Wildthyme]] confided in Sam and [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]] that [[regeneration]] was treated on [[Gallifrey]] the same way that sex was treated on [[Earth]]. ([[EDA]]: ''[[The Scarlet Empress]]'')
*[[Iris Wildthyme]] confided to Sam and [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]] that [[regeneration]] was treated on [[Gallifrey]] the same way that sex was treated on [[Earth]]. ([[EDA]]: ''[[The Scarlet Empress]]'')
*[[Jason Kane]] wrote several [[xenopornography|xenopornographic]] novels including ''[[Nights of the Perfumed Tentacle]]'' based on his sexual encounters with various species. ([[BNA]]: ''[[Beige Planet Mars]]'')
*[[Jason Kane]] wrote several [[xenopornography|xenopornographic]] novels including ''[[Nights of the Perfumed Tentacle]]'' based on his sexual encounters with various species. ([[BNA]]: ''[[Beige Planet Mars]]'')
*The term 'sexually pair bonded' was used to describe a two beings in a sexual relationship in the [[24th century]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Shakedown]]'')
*The term 'sexually pair bonded' was used to describe a two beings in a sexual relationship in the [[24th century]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Shakedown]]'')

Revision as of 14:37, 13 July 2011

Sex was the biological process by which two (or, rarely, more) individuals procreated their species through what was frequently regarded culturally as "intimate contact". Since sex was generally associated with positive emotional and physical responses — except when one or more parties didn't agree to it, as during rape —sex could also be practised for recreational, and not strictly procreational, ends. Indeed, sex could be practised between two or more individuals of the same gender, which rarely had any procreative implications at all. Precise definition on what specific actions constituted sex varied by species.

Sex was also a synonym for gender.

Species

Time Lords

How Time Lords related sexually was unclear.

By most accounts, Time Lords were implied capable of sexual procreation. The Master, for instance, claimed to have a father. (DW: The End of Time) Likewise, Susan said she was the grand-daughter of the Doctor (DW: An Unearthly Child, et al) and she had at least one child — whom she identified as the Doctor's great-grandson —by the human David Campbell. (BFA: An Earthly Child, et al) The Ninth Doctor once seemed distinctly perturbed when Rose Tyler implied he didn't "dance" — a metaphor for sex that had arisen between the two. (DW: The Doctor Dances) The Tenth Doctor also described the possibility of genetically collateral relationships when he told Martha Jones he didn't have a brother "any more". (DW: Smith and Jones) He also said that — long before his daughter was created asexually (DW: The Doctor's Daughter) — he had been a father. (DW: Fear Her) Indeed the presence of obvious sexual attraction between the Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler suggested that natural, biological reproduction — or at the very least recreational sex — was possible.

900 years old, me. I've been around a bit. I think you can assume at some point I've 'danced'.Ninth Doctor [The Doctor Dances [src]]

However, another account suggested that sex had ceased to have a reproductive function on Gallifrey long before the Doctor's time. According to this school of thought, "Pythia's Curse" had made Gallifreyans effectively sterile. Reproduction was carried out through the carefully controlled use of Looms, which produced new Time Lords as fully-formed adults. No direct genetic relationships were therefore possible. Time Lords arising from the same House — for each House had only one Loom —were considered "cousins". (NA: Lungbarrow)

The Doctor

Though rare, there were occasional hints that the Doctor did indeed have sex.

Specific incidents

Other contexts


Sex
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