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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
In the real world, Vanessa would likely consider herself [[transgender]], and use she/her pronouns, in line with her gender identity. Yet the fact that writer [[Toby Whithouse]] has Jack use he/him pronouns in his anecdote suggests to some fans — especially when evaluated against some scenes in other Whithouse scripts — a level of [[transphobia]] in the writer's DWU output.<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=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> | In the real world, Vanessa would likely consider herself [[transgender]], and use she/her pronouns, in line with her gender identity. Yet the fact that writer [[Toby Whithouse]] has Jack use he/him pronouns in his anecdote suggests to some fans — especially when evaluated against some scenes in other Whithouse scripts — a possible level of [[transphobia]] in the writer's DWU output.<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=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> | ||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
Revision as of 12:39, 14 February 2023
Vanessa, previously known as "Vincent", was a friend of Jack Harkness. According to Jack, Vanessa was once a "regular guy", who had a girlfriend and liked sport and beer. Jack told Toshiko that his friend disappeared for a couple of months after seeming "distracted", and upon return asked to be called Vanessa. "Since then, [Jack had] always been a little nervous when a friend behave[d] out of character." (TV: Greeks Bearing Gifts)
Behind the scenes
In the real world, Vanessa would likely consider herself transgender, and use she/her pronouns, in line with her gender identity. Yet the fact that writer Toby Whithouse has Jack use he/him pronouns in his anecdote suggests to some fans — especially when evaluated against some scenes in other Whithouse scripts — a possible level of transphobia in the writer's DWU output.[1][2]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Michelle Kerry" (27 January 2015). Little Boxes Will Make You Angry: Doctor Who and Transphobia. Doctor Who TV. Retrieved on 9 December 2015.
- ↑ STFU Moffat haters (via Queer as in F*ck You) (15 September 2012). Wait, why do you dislike Toby Whithouse? I mean,.... Tumblr. Retrieved on 9 December 2015.
