Some argued that, after months of teasing fans with long-simmering chemistry between Yaz and the Doctor (remember that hologram scene in Flux), Yaz\u2019s confession (which wasn\u2019t reciprocated by the Doctor) was simply too little, too late<\/a> \u2013 a tokenistic last-minute development designed to keep Queer fans happy without having to depict an actual romance between the pair, because we\u2019re too close to the end of days for this Doctor now.<\/p>\n But just in the nick of time, Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall seems to have turned things around. In Whittaker\u2019s latest instalment, and her penultimate Doctor Who episode, titled Legend of the Sea Devils<\/a>, Chibnall delivered on \u2018Thasmin\u2019, *finally* canonising the fact that they\u2019re totally Queer for each other.<\/p>\n As the Doctor, Yaz and Dan found themselves in 19th century China, teaming up with a fierce pirate queen to find the lost treasure of Flor de la Mar \u2013 and stop classic Who monsters the Sea Devils from using it to destroy the planet \u2013 the Doctor found time to reciprocate Yaz\u2019s romantic feelings<\/a>, telling her that \u201cdates are not something I really do. I mean I used to. Have done. And if I was going to, believe me: it would be with you.\u201d<\/p>\n Later, once the mythical creatures had been vanquished, Yaz finally got the beach holiday the Doctor had long been promising her and, in a striking parallel to the Tenth Doctor\u2019s Doomsday<\/a> beach scene with Rose, the Thirteenth Doctor addressed her romantic feelings for Yaz once more. She told her companion: \u201cI can\u2019t fix myself to anything, anywhere, or anyone. I\u2019ve never been able to. That\u2019s what my life is. Not because I don\u2019t want to, because I might. But if I do fix myself to somebody. I know sooner or later it\u2019ll hurt,\u201d before adding: \u201cCan we just live in the present of what we have, while we still have it?\u201d<\/p>\n She then skimmed a stone across the sea, saying out loud: \u201cI wish this could go on forever\u201d, before the credits rolled.<\/p>\n We\u2019re not crying, you\u2019re cr\u2026 no, actually we are crying.<\/p>\n Since the New Year special Eve of the Daleks aired, it\u2019s been reported that the romantic attraction between Yaz and the Doctor was in fact never planned<\/a> \u2013 and that it sprang from fan theories, Chibnall\u2019s experimental approach to storytelling and natural chemistry between the actors. Of course, it\u2019s unfortunate that it wasn\u2019t envisaged from the beginning, and that the pair\u2019s romance didn\u2019t blossom earlier on in their storyline arc, giving fans time to root for a full-blown Queer romance.<\/p>\n But fortunately, Yaz\u2019s moments of doubt, strength and longing to find out who she is will resonate for many members of the Queer community, so the \u2018Thasmin\u2019 arc has arguably ended up working out in narrative terms.<\/p> Of course, Legend of the Sea Devils wasn\u2019t all goods news for \u2018Thasmin\u2019 fans \u2013 despite the Doctor\u2019s game-changing admission, she denied the possibility of any romance between the pair in the future.<\/p>\n But hasn\u2019t the Doctor always revelled in impossible relationships? After Rose confessed her love for the Doctor in Doomsday \u2013 the final episode of season 2 of Doctor Who \u2013 the will-they-won\u2019t they trope became a pretty key element of the modern series. David Tennant\u2019s Doctor was treated as an object of longing by Martha Jones, Matt Smith\u2019s Time Lord by Amy Pond, and Capaldi\u2019s Doctor definitely seemed to have romantic feelings for Clara Oswald, though for once they weren\u2019t reciprocated. As the Doctor reiterates to Yaz in Legend of the Sea Devils, every relationship she forms with a human is by nature transient: it\u2019s just part and parcel of being immortal.<\/p>\n So what more could we have asked for between the Doctor and Yaz in Whittaker\u2019s penultimate episode? LGBTQ+ audiences deserve to see Queer relationships on screen going beyond subtext and fan theory<\/a>,\u00a0and being validated and celebrated. By making the Doctor and Yaz\u2019s feelings for each other explicit on screen, Doctor Who has achieved exactly that.<\/p>\n Read more about Doctor Who:<\/strong><\/p>\n Doctor Who will return to BBC One and BBC iPlayer<\/a> later this year. <\/strong>All 13 series of Doctor Who are available to watch now on Prime Video \u2013 sign up for a Prime Video free trial<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Visit our\u00a0Sci-fi<\/a>\u00a0hub for more news, interviews and features, or find something to watch with our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0to get each issue delivered to your door. For more from the biggest stars in TV, l<\/strong>isten to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a> with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n By Molly Moss Published: Monday, 18 April 2022 at 12:00 am Following years of speculation, the Doctor Who New Year special, titled\u00a0Eve of the Daleks, saw Yasmin Khan (Mandip Gill) finally admit the true nature of her romantic feelings for the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) after a nudge from her fellow companion Dan Lewis (John Bishop). 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