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'''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 [[beer]]. Jack told [[Toshiko Sato|Toshiko]] that Vincent disappeared for a couple of months, and upon return asked to be called Vanessa. "Since then I've always been a little nervous when a friend behaves out of character." ([[TV]]: ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts]]'') | |||
== Behind the scenes == | |||
In the real world, Vanessa would likely consider herself [[transgender]]. Jack uses male pronouns in his anecdote, while trans women tend to use female pronouns, in line with their gender identity. [[Toby Whithouse]], who wrote the script to ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)|Greeks Bearing Gifts]]'', also used he/him pronouns in reference to a presumably trans female horse, [[Susan (A Town Called Mercy)|Susan]], in a comedic line delivered by the [[Eleventh Doctor]] in ''[[A Town Called Mercy (TV story)|A Town Called Mercy]]''. Both have been construed by some fans as being transphobic.<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://stfu-moffathaters.tumblr.com/post/31623171731/wait-why-do-you-dislike-toby-whithouse-i-mean|title=Wait, why do you dislike Toby Whithouse? I mean,...|author=STFU Moffat haters|date of source=15 September 2012|website name=Tumblr|accessdate=9 December 2015}}</ref> | |||
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