Agreed. The Time Lords were one of the most advanced species in existence, right? And it's too modern?
I think things like homosexuality should absolutely be treated as "no big deal" in DW. To the Doctor why would it be?
As long as the contemporary reactions are realistic I'm all good with it. Like Nixon's reaction to "Yes, HE'S black". :lol
On the gay subject. I'll either hate this or love this, with me being gay. I live in North Carolina, which is full of bigotry, but I live in The Triangle (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill). The Triangle is one of the most progressive parts of North Carolina, tied only with Asheville, which is a woo-woo, vegetarian, about 50% lesbian, wiccan, "legalize weed" hot spot. Can you tell that I have mixed feelings about Asheville? Anyway, I get everything from "Okay, cool." to "Oh my god, I've never met one, let me ask you questions until you implode, explode or create a new kind of plode." to the good old fashioned "You're going to burn in hell, and I'm going to be the one to put you there." *pulls out shotgun* Yes, all those reactions happen in the same space.
"Hello, I'm The Doctor!"
"Hello, Doctor, I'm gay!"
I don't care, really, but why so much emphasis on it? Should they not give just as much equal mention to straight, transgendered, or A-sexual characters?
Besides finding that amusing I'll give you why that might be the first thing out of a gay person's mouth.
A) Recently the Doctor has been quite sexy by straight female and gay male standards. If I ran into Matt Smith or David Tennant in the street without knowing who they are my first priority would be to have a, preferably romantic, relationship with them. I, myself, would not just say "I'm gay." I'd be more subtle and find something else that would mean we'd keep in touch or talk until they just happen to figure it out or I figure their sexuality out. At which point I'd be dissapointed. A gay person who hasn't known it or been out for very long might just say "I'm gay." because they don't know how else to go about it. Oh, and if I knew they were time travelers from outer space who spent their time exploring and saving the universe? That increases sex appeal by unmeasurable amounts.
B) They find out that the Doctor is from a highly advanced society and that is fascinating. They want to have a conversation about it, so they get straight (pun somewhat intended) to the point.
C) It's the first thing out of a newly out gay person's mouth. They want to make sure that they aren't about to make friends with someone who is going to later hurt they're feelings.
D) I had a lot more, but now I forget because I have a whole lot of other things to say about it.
Maybe I'm just having a mental block but aside from Jack, who is a very overtly sexual individual, what companions/characters have the equivalent of the "Hello, Doctor, I'm gay!" moment?
Most that I recall you don't find out until a bit later and IIRC it seems to be a little more subtle than you're saying.
Good question, besides Jack, Shakespeare and background dancers I actually don't remember anyone else being gay. Shakespeare is only hinted at too. Oh and the gender confused horse.
All that being said, here's some more.
I learned more about sex, drugs, violence, racism, etc. from going to school with other people my age than I would ever have picked up from anywhere else at any point in my life. And I learned about it a lot earlier than 13.
Gay people disproportionate to the amount in real life? That depends on whose life you're looking at. I was born and partially raised in NYC. My two godmothers are partners. My mom came out briefly after I did (my parents had already been separated for two years). I didn't even know being gay was taboo until middle school. But, looking for out gay people my age in North Carolina. Very hard to find.
In the Doctor's life? Of course there are a lot of gay people, we inhabit history everywhere. Gay people get a lot of crap early in life and end up moving to big city's or anywhere else they can find acceptance. The Doctor doesn't spend a whole lot of time in the suburbs and the suburbs are the number 1 spot to get the hell out of if you're gay. Either you go to nature or the city, and those are places the Doctor spends time in. When space travel becomes more possible of course we'll be trying our hardest to get a one way ticket to a different galaxy.
The reason why the gay people you meet don't talk about it a lot is because they don't need to or want to. When you're with friends it's just another subject. When you're on the internet with straight people all trying to figure it out though you can go crazy like me and give an epicly long speech because, well, I'll face it. This is probably the only topic on this forum that I know more about than you probably do. I'll end talking about this subject by saying that talking about this has made me remember a lot more of the gay moments I've seen in Doctor Who. Maybe I don't know what I'm saying after all :facepalm
By the way is Michael Bergeron related to Patrice Bergeron from the Bruins?
Sometimes people don't realize I'm gay simply because I like things like hockey and carpentry. But then again most people are pretty goll darn stupid.
