July 19, 2017

now if we trans folks (particularly trans women) could get an apology from Mr Davies for the grossly transphobic Cassandra character that would be nice

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doctorwhodowntimeblog:

clockworkamelia:

scriptscribbles:

That seems like a reasonable request. I doubt that line was intended to be offensive, but oh yikes.

Russell turned into a very good trans ally sometime between
2008 and now, as made obvious by refusing to move forward with Banana until Bethany Black was cast and Banana being very positive representation, but given he specifically wrote ‘humorous’ supplementary material about Cassandra’s multiple transitions it was either supposed to be deliberately offensive or he didn’t consider that trans people would be watching at all. We’d also like an apology for his 2008 disaster ‘I think it would introduce genitalia to family viewing’ when talking about the prospect of a female Doctor.

I actually went to a convention about LGBT themes and representation in Doctor Who, and RTD was there. A trans fan raised the issue of Cassandra, and Russell did apologise for the hurt caused by the character, which he didn’t intend but regrets.

Oooh, that’s good.