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== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
In the real world, Vanessa would likely consider herself [[transgender]], and use feminine pronouns, in line with her gender identity. Yet the fact that writer [[Toby Whithouse]] has Jack use masculine 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 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 ==
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