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If you met an unmarried man with elaborately coiffed hair who wore a frilly shirt and velvet cloak, and whose best friend was a foxy young woman in whom he displayed not the slightest sexual interest, what conclusion would you come to? | If you met an unmarried man with elaborately coiffed hair who wore a frilly shirt and velvet cloak, and whose best friend was a foxy young woman in whom he displayed not the slightest sexual interest, what conclusion would you come to? | ||
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Then came Tom Baker, whose Doctor would have been more convincingly heterosexual if he had not spoken in the fruity tones of the Garrick Club bar, and who acquired a little electronic dog, K-9, over whom he fussed like a maiden aunt. Peter Davison, the Fifth Doctor, was under strict instruction never to put his arm around his female assistants. | Then came Tom Baker, whose Doctor would have been more convincingly heterosexual if he had not spoken in the fruity tones of the Garrick Club bar, and who acquired a little electronic dog, K-9, over whom he fussed like a maiden aunt. Peter Davison, the Fifth Doctor, was under strict instruction never to put his arm around his female assistants. | ||
| − | In 1985, Michael Grade, the Doctor Who-hating controller of BBC1, sent the Tardis spinning into the ether for a [[ | + | In 1985, Michael Grade, the Doctor Who-hating controller of BBC1, sent the Tardis spinning into the ether for a [[:Category:Hiatus|sabbatical]]. When it briefly returned, the show itself had become more camp, thanks to its gay producer, the late John Nathan-Turner. This annoyed some fans, who felt that Sylvester McCoy's spoon-playing Seventh Doctor belonged in a musical comedy. Then the axe fell, apparently for good. |
In 1996, the Doctor reappeared in a [[broadwcast:TV Movie|made-for-TV film]] starring Paul McGann that was directed at American audiences. This may explain why he took the unthinkable step of kissing a female character, Dr Grace Holloway (Daphne Ashbrook). "Yeeuch!" said the gay fans, though they approved of the new Tardis - "very retro". For true aficionados, however, McGann does not count as a real Doctor Who, and the mystery of their idol's orientation remains unsolved. | In 1996, the Doctor reappeared in a [[broadwcast:TV Movie|made-for-TV film]] starring Paul McGann that was directed at American audiences. This may explain why he took the unthinkable step of kissing a female character, Dr Grace Holloway (Daphne Ashbrook). "Yeeuch!" said the gay fans, though they approved of the new Tardis - "very retro". For true aficionados, however, McGann does not count as a real Doctor Who, and the mystery of their idol's orientation remains unsolved. | ||
