Cass taking care of Clara
(✿ ♥‿♥)
cass
[Image description: The Doctor saying, “Go ahead!” and attempting to sign the same to Cass. She looks nonplussed.]
The text on the gif says that the Doctor is signing ‘You are beautiful’ but he’s kind of signing ‘star’ and then ‘face’, but honestly he’s just waving his hands about. Signing means co-ordination of facial expression, mouth-shape and hand movements, so (based on my ~six years of BSL) he’s not signing ‘you’re beautiful’.
Doctor Who – Under the Lake: Cass
Meet Sophie Stone. She was the first deaf person to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. All sign language in this episode is 100% accurate British Sign Language and this makes me very happy!
Coming from a background where deaf people are seen as disabled, it was lovely to see a main character – scratch that, a leader of a ship! being a deaf character with an interpreter.
Cass had a very important role to play in the episode which helped the story fit together well. All in all, I’d like to say a big well done to Sophie Stone, Zaqi Ismail (her interpreter Lunn) and the BBC.
Good job! :)