Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Welsh?

SyFy Portal has an item about gay characters in science fiction of the past, present and possible future. It's nothing very new if you've been terribly tuned in. A little little "Will & Grace", a little Willow on "Buffy" a little "American networks are still uncomfortable with, etc etc etc."

But here's what grabbed my attention.
It took putting an openly gay man in charge of BBC's "Doctor Who" to help break down some of the sexual barriers in that iconic Welsh television show...


Well, first of all, "Doctor Who" has been gay for years and most of us have either accepted it by now or gotten out of fandom. But second of all...Welsh?

1 comment:

Ben Varkentine said...

No no, I knew that, but the item is so carelessly written as to imply that it always was.

I'm saying, "Doctor Who" was iconic (and gay) *long* before it was Welsh...