Rogue (TV story): Difference between revisions

'''''Rogue''''' is the sixth episode of [[Season 1 (Doctor Who 2023)|Season 1]] of ''[[Doctor Who (TV series)|Doctor Who]]'',<ref name="Rogue">{{Cite_web|url=https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/1774459136710729780|title=ROGUE  <br />Writer: Kate Herron and Briony Redman <br />Director: Ben Chessell <br />#DoctorWho|author=[[Official Doctor Who Twitter|@bbcdoctorwho]]|date of source=2024-03-31|archiveurl=https://archive.ph/0zA98|archivedate=2024-05-29}}</ref><ref name="DWM 598">[[DWM 598]] - ''[[The DWM Interview|Alien Superstar]]'', Page 24</ref> written by [[Kate Herron]] and [[Briony Redman]].<ref name="instagram">{{Cite_web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CyzBr6bqzo3/|title=And here's our episode with some regency Jonathan Groff<br />💙💙#doctorwho<br />Showrunner: @russelltdavies63<br />Director: @benchessell<br />🔥 provided by: @ncutigatwa @milliegibbo & Jonathan Groff<br />Written by Briony Redman and me|author=[[Kate Herron|@herronthatkate]] on Instagram|date of source=2023-10-24|archiveurl=https://archive.ph/fUsjx|archivedate=2024-04-30}}</ref><ref name="showrunner">[[DWM 598]] - ''[[A Letter from the Showrunner]]'', Page 10</ref> Notably, this episode provides [[Ncuti Gatwa]]'s [[Fifteenth Doctor]] with a [[romance|love interest]], in the form of [[Rogue (Rogue)|Rogue]], a new character played by [[Jonathan Groff]], after whom the episode is named.

Though [[Sexuality#The Doctor|the Doctor has been known]] to share intimate moments with people of various [[gender]]s before, this marks the first instance, on television, in which a male Doctor is earnestly pursuing a romance with another male character, marking another first for [[queer representation in Doctor Who|queer representation in ''Doctor Who'']].

Another, perhaps more curious aspect of the episode comes in the form of a direct visual reference to the [[Ninth Doctor (Scream of the Shalka)|"pale aristocrat" Ninth Doctor]], as played by [[Richard E Grant]] in the 2003 webcast {{cs|Scream of the Shalka (webcast)}}, which was commonly placed [[canon|outside the main continuity]] of the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] in the wake of the [[Series 1 (Doctor Who 2005)|2005 revival]], which was announced prior to ''Shalka''{{'}}s release. His face appeared as a [[hologram]] alongside other, previously establshed incarnations, including his [[Ninth Doctor|more "mainstream" counterpart]], played by [[Christopher Eccleston]]. This incarnation had [[The Doctor's ninth incarnation|previously been slotted into DWU continuity]] in other mediums.

The [[Fifteenth Doctor]] and [[Ruby Sunday|Ruby]] are in [[1813]] to attend a [[Duchess of Pemberton|Duchess]]'s party, but when they meet a mysterious [[Rogue (Rogue)|bounty hunter]] and a [[Chuldur family|family]] of [[Chuldur|murderous shapeshifters]], drama to rival ''[[Bridgerton]]'' ensues. Who are the imposters, what do they want... And [[romance|what does the Doctor want]]?