Although the unique bond between the two was clear almost from the get - go of Chris Chibnall’stenure on Doctor Who , it took untilthe penultimate episodeof Jodie Whittaker’stime as the Doctorto explicitly dive into her incarnation ’s romantic feelings for Yaz — only for that romance to be cut scant with her regeneration . But search back , Chibnall think things could ’ve been address differently .
Speaking on theWHO Corner to Cornerpodcast , the showrunner framed the Doctor and Yaz ’s relationship as an “ unanswered lovemaking history , ” a rummy selection of wording considering that he was also clear-cut that the feeling between the two were indeed common .
“ We discussed it . I cogitate it ’s an unanswered love account . I do n’t know whether that ’s the right decision , but it is an unrequited love history , ” the former showrunner suppose . “ I feel it was more heartbreaking . It was n’t like there was n’t any sentience of ‘ they ’re not let to kiss , ’ or , ‘ they ’re not going to buss ’ . Dramatically , emotionally , it felt slightly more wrenching if they did n’t . ”
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Chibnall countered that the Doctor and Yaz ’s final scene together — sit atop the TARDIS looking at the Earth below them — is what he think a worthy interchange . “ I think if they snog , you do n’t get the final scene on top of the TARDIS , because that aspect was always sort of the candy kiss really , ” Chibnall continued .
“ It ’s a really delicate kind of pressure because it could have happened . And who said did n’t chance ? But it was n’t any sort of witting conclusion to not to have it for anything other than ‘ is it going to break your affection if they never quite get there ? ’ ”
Chibnall did conclude the idea pronounce that give the hazard he would potentially do things other than with the Doctor and Yaz ’s relationship — perhaps to make a innovative faggot moment in Doctor Who ’s long history more explicitly textual than it was . Alas , what we cause is what we got .
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