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Gatwa has the distinction of being the first openly [[queer]] actor to portray a mainline ordinal incarnation of the Doctor,<ref>[https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/a44827957/ncuti-gatwa-interview-elle-style-awards/ ''ELLE Style Awards: Ncuti Gatwa Is The Modern Pioneer'' on elle.com]</ref> though queer actor [[Mark Gatiss]] previously portrayed [[The Doctor (The Web of Caves)|a non-ordinal Doctor]] in the parody skit ''[[The Web of Caves (TV story)|The Web of Caves]]'', while queer actor [[Geoffrey Bayldon]] portrayed [[The Doctor (Auld Mortality's universe)|an alternate universe Doctor]] in the ''[[Doctor Who Unbound]]'' audio series. <!-- Needs an explicit in-text quotation from Gatwa on page about being queer. --> | Gatwa has the distinction of being the first openly [[queer]] actor to portray a mainline ordinal incarnation of the Doctor,<ref>[https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/a44827957/ncuti-gatwa-interview-elle-style-awards/ ''ELLE Style Awards: Ncuti Gatwa Is The Modern Pioneer'' on elle.com]</ref> though queer actor [[Mark Gatiss]] previously portrayed [[The Doctor (The Web of Caves)|a non-ordinal Doctor]] in the parody skit ''[[The Web of Caves (TV story)|The Web of Caves]]'', while queer actor [[Geoffrey Bayldon]] portrayed [[The Doctor (Auld Mortality's universe)|an alternate universe Doctor]] in the ''[[Doctor Who Unbound]]'' audio series. <!-- Needs an explicit in-text quotation from Gatwa on page about being queer. --> | ||
Co-star [[Neil Patrick Harris]] had described Gatwa as "the first gay Doctor".<ref>[https://variety.com/2022/tv/podcasts/neil-patrick-harris-uncoupled-sex-scene-doctor-who-1235329259/ ''Neil Patrick Harris on His First On-Camera Gay Sex Scene in ‘Uncoupled,’ Fake Penises and Joining ‘Doctor Who’'' on variety.com]</ref> While an exact label has yet to be applied in-universe, the Fifteenth Doctor would go to show attraction to, at least at time of writing, exclusively male characters. This inclination would first be hinted at in {{cs|Dot and Bubble (TV story)}}, with the Doctor showing an interest in [[Ricky September]], before being made explicit in the very next episode, {{cs|Rogue (TV story)}}, in which he embarks on a romance with the [[Rogue (Rogue)|titular character]], during which the two share a kiss. | Co-star [[Neil Patrick Harris]] had described Gatwa as "the first gay Doctor".<ref>[https://variety.com/2022/tv/podcasts/neil-patrick-harris-uncoupled-sex-scene-doctor-who-1235329259/ ''Neil Patrick Harris on His First On-Camera Gay Sex Scene in ‘Uncoupled,’ Fake Penises and Joining ‘Doctor Who’'' on variety.com]</ref> While an exact label has yet to be applied in-universe, the Fifteenth Doctor would go on to show attraction to, at least at the time of writing, exclusively male characters. This inclination would first be hinted at in {{cs|Dot and Bubble (TV story)}}, with the Doctor showing an interest in [[Ricky September]], before being made explicit in the very next episode, {{cs|Rogue (TV story)}}, in which he embarks on a romance with the [[Rogue (Rogue)|titular character]], during which the two share a kiss. | ||
The question of which incarnation constitutes the "first gay Doctor" is a matter of debate; the friendship between the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] and [[Yasmin Khan]] became romantically tinged towards the end of the [[Chris Chibnall]] era, though the pair never explicitly expressed their attraction to one another, while the [[Eighth Doctor]] was implied to be non-heterosexual in the ''[[Eighth Doctor Adventures]]'' series of novels, as was the [[Fourteenth Doctor]] just one episode prior to Gatwa's debut, who was surprised to discover that he found [[Isaac Newton]] "hot". Furthermore, many stories released in the 1990s and beyond reiterate that the Time Lords' concept of [[gender]] differs to that of humanity. The [[Ninth Doctor]] was confirmed to be queer in {{cs|Swipe Right (audio story)}} as [[River Song]] helps him realise that he is both aromantic and asexual as he said the he could never see him marrying her. | The question of which incarnation constitutes the "first gay Doctor" is a matter of debate; the friendship between the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] and [[Yasmin Khan]] became romantically tinged towards the end of the [[Chris Chibnall]] era, though the pair never explicitly expressed their attraction to one another, while the [[Eighth Doctor]] was implied to be non-heterosexual in the ''[[Eighth Doctor Adventures]]'' series of novels, as was the [[Fourteenth Doctor]] just one episode prior to Gatwa's debut, who was surprised to discover that he found [[Isaac Newton]] "hot". Furthermore, many stories released in the 1990s and beyond reiterate that the Time Lords' concept of [[gender]] differs to that of humanity. The [[Ninth Doctor]] was confirmed to be queer in {{cs|Swipe Right (audio story)}} as [[River Song]] helps him realise that he is both aromantic and asexual as he said the he could never see him marrying her. | ||
