Doctor Who
Summary
The recent kiss betweenDoctor Who ’s Rogue and the Doctor was not the only same - sexual activity kiss in the long - running series ' story . One significant way the 2005 reboot differs from the classic serial is in its inclusion of LGBTQ+ contentedness . The long - running sci - fi series debut in 1963 , before homoeroticism was sound in the United Kingdom , and during its early age it would not have been acceptable for a category - friendly program to have any romantic scenes between the title character and anyone , peculiarly not someone of the same sexuality . This lead manyactors who playedDoctor Whoto declare the character was asexual .
The series ' attitude toward LGBTQ+ characters was change by the time of its 1989 cancelation , andwhen Russell T. Davies take the reins for the 2005 reboot he was determined to makeDoctor Whomore inclusive . Sir Humphrey Davy added openly curious characters such as Captain Jack Harkness ( John Barrowman ) and pro - LGBTQ+ content . The series ' former attempt at inclusivity were not perfect ; it too often employed the Bury Your Gays trope where queer characters suffered unnecessary death , and in one early episode Rose Tyler used " gay " as an insult . However , the serial also included several same - sex relationships , which included kisses .
Russell T. Davies also was criticized for using the Bury Your Gays image on Torchwood after killing off most of the cast at the end of season 2 and Jack ’s dearest interest , Ianto Jones , during season 3 .
The recentDoctor WhoRogue romancesubplot was the series ' first romanticistic kiss between the Doctor and someone of the same sex as their current incarnation , lead to the mistaken depression that this was the first same - sexuality kiss in the serial publication ' 60 - year history . This is not correct , however , as there have been several other such kisses since 2005.Here is a listing of every same - sex kiss that has take place in the seriessince its 2005 reboot .
6Jack Kisses The Doctor
Parting of the Ways (2005)
The earliest same - sex osculation was also between the Doctor and a man , although it was not a romantic buss . During " Parting of the Ways , " The Doctor , Rose Tyler , and Jack Harkness all faced certain death at the helping hand of a Dalek squadron , with the only apparent solution being for the Doctor to make a delta moving ridge generator that would destroy life on Earth . While saying his final arrivederci before what was trusted to be a deadly commission , Jack kissed Rose and tell her she was worth fighting forbefore reverse to the Doctor and briefly buss him .
Jack and the MD ’s kiss is important because it is the first same - sexual practice kiss inDoctor Who ’s history ; to boot , Jack was played by a gay thespian , which made his fundamental interaction more authentic . The kiss also weaken the common tropes by having Jack first kiss Rose , then twist around and march that action at law heroes do not have to be heterosexualor only contend for the polar sex . However , this first buss was very dissimilar than some of the other kiss depicted onDoctor Whobecause it was not a amorous candy kiss and did n’t boast a same - sexual practice relationship .
5The Doctor And Rory
Dinosaurs on a Spaceship & The Power of Three (both 2012)
During time of year 3 ’s blithesome " dinosaur on a Spaceship , " the Doctor and Rory work together to attempt to stop a Sirulian starship from crashing into the Earth . When Rory advise that perhaps the ship had defence mechanism system of rules put in , the Doctor kissed him on the lip before experience to work out . This brief buss was not anything amatory ; the Doctor was simply overcome with excitement at the thought that Rory had found a solution to the ostensibly out of the question fate they found themselves in .
Unlike some of the other kisses , the one between the Doctor and Rory did not break out any notableDoctor Whobarriers . It was not the first same - sex kiss nor the first prison term the Doctor had kissed someone without a relationship attached . However , it did come about naturally as an outpouring of upheaval and affection , which reenforce the idea that man can be warm and unwritten . Additionally , Rory has no real reaction to the candy kiss and it ’s never discourse , which is a welcome counterpoison to the trope of unbent work force panic if a sunny man expresses stake in them .
Technically , Rory also kisses the Doctor during the Power of Three , although he only does so on the cheek . However , this incident further demonstrates that Rory and the Dr. ’s friendship is one that include forcible affection . valet being well-situated with this eccentric of tenderness is something that is not often shown on TV and contributes to the pro - LGBTQ+ management thatDoctor Whohas gone in since 2005 .
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4Jenny and Vastra
Deep Breath (2014)
2014 ’s Deep Breath featuredDoctor Who ’s first lesbian kiss , although it was criticized for not being romantic . Madame Vastra was a Silurian who enter a romantic human relationship with her maid , Jenny Flint . The two were featured in several episode , start with " A Good military man Goes to War , " and their kinship evolved over time . The couplet was specially important to the Doctor and appear in several episodes other than Deep Breath ; they were especially invest in helping him realise whoDoctor Who ’s River Songwas and comforting him after the loss of Amy and Rory .
Jenny and Vastra ’s human relationship is interesting because it is not only same - sex but interspecies , and man and Silurians are often enemies rather than lover .
Despite this buildup , Jenny and Vastra ’s kiss was not romanticist and occurred out of necessity . Vastra , Jenny , and Clara were in a dangerous situation in which they involve to hold their breaths to conserve oxygen , but Jenny was not able to tolerate doing so for a retentive period of prison term , and Vastra buss her to share her own supply . It could be arguedthat Vastra ’s kiss was an expression of dear since she deliver her married woman from certain last . Still , the kiss was far less than Jenny and Vestra ’s human relationship merit after being cautiously work up up over several episode .
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3Bill and Heather
The Doctor Falls (2017)
Bill Potts was a groundbreakingDoctor Whocompanionbecause she was openly gay . She isthe first openly festal full - meter fellow traveller , and she began traveling with the Doctor when her girlfriend , Heather , was turned into a water wight . At time , Bill and Heather ’s lovemaking narrative get along closely to being a tragedy , as they were separated by being transmute into different forms , particularly as Bill was changed into a Cyberman after being shoot through the heart and carry to an country of a ship where time passes more speedily .
However , this history had a well-chosen ending , crap Bill and Heather ’s kiss one of the most solid inDoctor Whohistory . Bill was able-bodied to partially resist the Cybermen ’s programing , but was heartsick when the Doctor appeared to die trying to rescue her . Heather came out of the water when Bil was at her lowest point and kissed her before offer her the choice of traveling with her as a fellow water creature or take up her normal human living . Bill chose to locomote with Heather , have her the jubilantly ever after she ’d been searching for since she met the Doctor .
Bill appears briefly in the next episodeas an embodiment of her memories after her death who helps the Doctor regenerate .
Bill and Heather ’s kiss representedthe first clip a non - heterosexual family relationship had baffle a happy end onDoctor Who . Unlike the candy kiss between Jenny and Vastra , this kiss was a romanticist avouchment of Bill and Heather ’s love life . The scene included Bill ’s flashbacks of meeting Heather as well as the reunion she ’d longed for , adding to the ne plus ultra of this terminate for Bill .
2Adam and Jake
Praxeus (2020)
Jodie Wittaker ’s running moved emphatically toward more LGBTQ+ inclusion body . The first female Dr. was also the first to allow same - sex attractionand there was romantic tension between her and Yaz that unfortunately never came to fruition . There also was a candy kiss between another same - sex yoke , Adam and Jake , in 2020 ’s " Praxeus . " During this sequence , the Doctor and her familiar investigated a secret bacterium that was infecting and killing multitude , and Jake let on that his husband , cosmonaut Adam Lang , was one of the people who had have sick .
This news report could easily have become another Bury Your Gays plot of ground , as Adam and Jake both nigh die at different time . The Doctor and her companions are able-bodied to develop and shell out an experimental counterpoison to Adam . However , after Adam is cured , the Doctor ask to send a ship full of the counterpoison into the world and evacuate the ship so that no one is killed , and Jake sacrifices himself , staying on board to dissipate the counterpoison when the autopilot fails .
These confining calls make Adam and Jake ’s osculation that much more solid . The Doctor is able to deliver Jake at the last minute , materialise the TARDIS around him just in time , and a relieved Adam kisses Jake . The two have a second chance at a felicitous life together , echoing the happy end that Bill and Heather had the season beforeand demonstrating thatDoctor Whowas quick to take stride toward including real LGBTQ+ romances .
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1The Doctor and Rogue
Rogue (2024)
The most late same - sex kiss was groundbreaking because it wasthe first time the Doctor had a romantic relationship with a same - sex pardner . Since the 2005 reboot , the Doctor has had several heterosexual romantic relationships , most notably with Rose Tyler . The Tenth Doctor loved Rose so much that he was devastate when she was immobilize in a parallel creation , and Martha Jones also had a one - sided crush on him . However , the Doctor had been exclusively with char up until Rogue ’s appearance .
Ncuti Gatwa is the first openly brave actor to act as the Doctor , so it ’s meet that the Doctor ’s first same - sex family relationship happen during his run . While visit a pseudo - royal formal in 1813 Bath , the Doctor met Rogue ( Jonathan Groff ) , a bounty hunter searching for a race of shapeshifting aliens that had infiltrated the clod . The Doctor ’s flirtations with Rogue ab initio got him in trouble , as Rogue thought he was one of the shapeshifters , but eventually , the Doctor gained Rogue ’s trust and the two bonded over their shared experience of having lost someone they loved .
Unlike the previous two same - sexuality family relationship , Rogue and the Doctor have not had a happy termination . After the Doctor incidentally trapped Ruby ( Millie Gibson ) in a machine meant to immobilize the Chuldur and send them to an alternate proportion , he could n’t bring himself to engage the snare ’s conveyer . Rogue kissed the Doctor before pushing Ruby out of the way and taking her plaza in the maw , leave the Doctor heartbroken .
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Rogue return inDoctor Whois potential but could be elusive , as the Chuldur could kill Rogue and take his form now that they ’ve been exile with him . However , there is no doubt thatDoctor Whomade the right choice by allowing the Doctor to have a abbreviated wild-eyed human relationship with Rogue despite its heartbreaking end . This storyline is the logical next gradation in the series ' quest for better LGBTQ+ representation , and in some ways make up for the failure of Thirteen and Yaz ’s potential Latinian language .
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