{"id":13823,"date":"2022-04-13T16:00:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T14:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1626375"},"modified":"2022-04-13T16:31:10","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T14:31:10","slug":"doctor-who-writer-says-same-sex-romance-will-be-handled-delicately","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-who-writer-says-same-sex-romance-will-be-handled-delicately\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who writer says same-sex romance will be handled \u201cdelicately\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Huw Fullerton\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 13 April 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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In Doctor Who<\/a>\u2019s New Year\u2019s Day special, it was finally confirmed that longtime companion Yaz (Mandip Gill) had feelings for The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker)<\/a>, with the pair\u2019s romantic tension set to develop in the upcoming Easter special<\/a> Legend of the Sea Devils.<\/p>\n

And now the new special\u2019s co-writer Ella Road has opened up about the process of writing the same-sex romantic storyline, noting that the production team were keen to handle the relationship \u201cdelicately\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, I guess once those conversations had been opened up, they need to be continued,\u201d Road told RadioTimes.com<\/a>. \u201cI think that we were all keen to make sure that we were handling all of that stuff delicately.<\/p>\n

\u201cBasically, there were conversations that needed to be had based on what was happening in the episode before. And so we continued to have them. But, yeah, that\u2019s all I can say.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mandip Gill and Jodie Whittaker on the set of Doctor Who<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC Studios\/James Pardon<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Road noted that balancing this character-based storyline with the adventurous aliens n\u2019 pirates n\u2019 sci-fi plot of Legend of the Sea Devils was a big challenge, but one she relished tackling alongside showrunner Chris Chibnall.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, again, it was like being able to engage with human relationship conversations amid the epicness and the fun of all the swashbuckling,\u201d she told us. \u201cIt was a really fun challenge.\u201d<\/p>

Altogether, it\u2019s clear that this aspect of the Doctor Who Easter special was something that Road took seriously \u2013 even amidst all the high-octane fun and rubbery sea monsters.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, whatever the project is, I need to believe in what it\u2019s saying at the heart of it,\u201d she told us. \u201cI believe that escapism is desperately important, particularly in the times that we\u2019re living in. I want to work in the space of thrills and spectacle and escapism.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I also can\u2019t lose sight of the fact that the reason I started writing was because I had stuff to say \u2013 and I still have stuff to say.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more from Ella Road and Chris Chibnall, check out the latest edition of the Radio Times magazine, on sale now. Subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0to get each issue delivered to your door, and for more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Radio Times<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\n

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