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When interviewed for an episode of ''[[The Fan Show]]'' on LGBTQ+ issues and ''Doctor Who'', [[Waris Hussein]] stated that ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in its original form, being a 1960s BBC children's programme, was not in his mind very associated with queer topics. The only connection he could make was that the character [[Tegana]] from ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'' was, in being "everything you could possibly associate with dark forces", a copious wearer of [[leather]] and thus a potential "fantasy figure" for gay audience members. ([[DOC]]: ''[[LGBTQ In The Worlds Of Doctor Who (webcast)|LGBTQ In The Worlds Of Doctor Who]]'') | When interviewed for an episode of ''[[The Fan Show]]'' on LGBTQ+ issues and ''Doctor Who'', [[Waris Hussein]] stated that ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in its original form, being a 1960s BBC children's programme, was not in his mind very associated with queer topics. The only connection he could make was that the character [[Tegana]] from ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'' was, in being "everything you could possibly associate with dark forces", a copious wearer of [[leather]] and thus a potential "fantasy figure" for gay audience members. ([[DOC]]: ''[[LGBTQ In The Worlds Of Doctor Who (webcast)|LGBTQ In The Worlds Of Doctor Who]]'') | ||
Within early decades of ''Doctor Who'', some fans [[fanon|considered]] [[the Doctor]] to be {{w|asexual}}, using the [[Fourth Doctor]]'s line in ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'' that [[Heidi Scarlioni|Countess Scarlioni]] was "probably" beautiful as proof. ([[REF]]: ''[[The Television Companion]]'') [[Tom Baker]] later identified that he played the Fourth Doctor to be asexual and clueless to human sexuality, sometimes for visual humour. ([[DOC]]: ''[[Getting Blood from the Stones]]'') [[Sixth Doctor]] actor [[Colin Baker]] agreed with this theory, saying, "[[Love]] is a [[human]] emotion and the Doctor isn't human." ([[REF]]: ''[[The Television Companion]]'') Asexuality is, however, a facet of human sexuality, and an estimated 0.4%-1% of adult British humans are asexual. <ref name=":0">Wellings, K. (1994). ''Sexual Behaviour in Britain: The National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles.'' [[Penguin Books]].</ref> <ref name=":1">Nancy L. Fischer; Steven Seidman (2016). ''Introducing the New Sexuality Studies.'' Routledge. p. 183. ISBN 978-1317449188. Retrieved January 4, 2017.</ref> Similarly, what Colin Baker describes is closer to {{w|Romantic_orientation#Aromanticism|aromanticism}}, | Within early decades of ''Doctor Who'', some fans [[fanon|considered]] [[the Doctor]] to be {{w|asexual}}, using the [[Fourth Doctor]]'s line in ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'' that [[Heidi Scarlioni|Countess Scarlioni]] was "probably" beautiful as proof. ([[REF]]: ''[[The Television Companion]]'') [[Tom Baker]] later identified that he played the Fourth Doctor to be asexual and clueless to human sexuality, sometimes for visual humour. ([[DOC]]: ''[[Getting Blood from the Stones]]'') [[Sixth Doctor]] actor [[Colin Baker]] agreed with this theory, saying, "[[Love]] is a [[human]] emotion and the Doctor isn't human." ([[REF]]: ''[[The Television Companion]]'') Asexuality is, however, a facet of human sexuality, and an estimated 0.4%-1% of adult British humans are asexual. <ref name=":0">Wellings, K. (1994). ''Sexual Behaviour in Britain: The National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles.'' [[Penguin Books]].</ref> <ref name=":1">Nancy L. Fischer; Steven Seidman (2016). ''Introducing the New Sexuality Studies.'' Routledge. p. 183. ISBN 978-1317449188. Retrieved January 4, 2017.</ref> Similarly, what Colin Baker describes is closer to {{w|Romantic_orientation#Aromanticism|aromanticism}}, a separate categorisation. | ||
In an interview included in the [[DVD]] release of ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'', writer [[Ian Briggs]] revealed that the story's Dr [[Judson]] was intended to be — like the man he was based on, [[Alan Turing]] — struggling with his homosexuality, but this was ultimately cut as it was not at the time considered appropriate to discuss such topics in a family programme. Briggs instead transformed Turing's frustration at being unable to express his true sexual identity into Judson's frustration at being disabled. ([[DCOM]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'') | In an interview included in the [[DVD]] release of ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'', writer [[Ian Briggs]] revealed that the story's Dr [[Judson]] was intended to be — like the man he was based on, [[Alan Turing]] — struggling with his homosexuality, but this was ultimately cut as it was not at the time considered appropriate to discuss such topics in a family programme. Briggs instead transformed Turing's frustration at being unable to express his true sexual identity into Judson's frustration at being disabled. ([[DCOM]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'') | ||
