Davies-era Who is important.
Tag: doctor who
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I thought: ‘It’s time you introduce bisexuals properly into mainstream television,’” he said. “The most boring drama would be – ‘Oh, I’m bisexual, oh my bleeding heart’ nighttime drama. Tedious, dull. But if you say it’s a bisexual space pirate swaggering in with guns and attitude and cheek and humour into primetime family viewing – that was enormously attractive to me.
I often get asked to write dramas or films about a man coming out of the closet to his wife, or a man coming out of the closet to his children, or a man who’s beaten up because he’s secretly gay. I always refuse if it’s a negative take on homosexuality – if the only aspect being portrayed is the trouble, the tears and the angst.
Russell T Davies on bisexuality and the creation of Jack Harkness (x) -
a decade since the airing of “the unquiet dead”
that scene as it was written in the script (text from “doctor who: the shooting scripts”)
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sounds about right :’)
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If you could hug any Doctor Who writer, which one would you hug? I think personally I would go for Robert Shearman, he looks cuddly and that beard would probably feel nice rubbing on your head. Russell T Davies also looks quite huggable but his propensity towards suits and lack of facial hair might not make it as pleasurable as Mr Shearman.
I would like to hug all the women who have written for Doctor Who since 2008. All of them! I would start with…
What, nobody? That can’t be right…. (goes off, puzzled).
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