Doctor Who fans praise ‘electrifying chemistry’ between actors Ncuti Gatwa and Jonathan Groff as series airs first same-sex kiss

Doctor Who fans praised the ‘exciting chemistry’ between Ncuti Gatwa and Jonathan Groff after the series aired its first same-sex kiss during Saturday’s show.

Episode six of the series took on a historical theme, with the Doctor (Ncuti) and his companion Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) traveling to 1813.

While attending a ball in Bath, England, the duo cross paths with a handsome bounty hunter named Rogue (Jonathan) as they try to track down the shape-shifting Chuldurs who are killing the guests.

For starters, both the Doctor and Rogue accuse each other of being the killer after realizing that neither is from the Regency era or Earth.

After convincing the bounty hunter that he is in fact a Time Lord from Gallifrey, the pair work together to find the Chuldur.

As the episode progresses, the pair flirt and shock the guests with same-sex ballroom dancing, initially deciding to create a scandal to unearth the Chuldur.

Their plan sees Rogue get down on one knee and “propose” to the doctor, after he exclaims, “Tell me what your heart wants or I will turn my back on you forever.”

In the final moments, the trio learn that they are not just looking for one killer, but actually an entire family of Chuldurs, but unfortunately both the Doctor and Rogue realize this when it is too late for Ruby.

The emotional final scene saw the Doctor in tears as he struggled with the idea of ​​sacrificing his best friend Ruby to save the world.

“Can you lose your friend to save the world,” Rogue asked the Doctor as Ruby stood next to the Chuldurs in a triform.

‘Doctor! Press send!’ he screamed.

The doctor hit back: ‘I can’t do that. It’ll send Ruby straight to hell!’

In a tangle of events, Rogue sacrificed himself, pushing Ruby aside and replacing her with himself in the triform, but not before kissing the Doctor first.

“Find me,” Rogue whispered before disappearing into the void.

Following the episode, fans shared their joy on social media, with one posting on , choreographed battle between wits, charm and sexual tension.’

Others agreed: ‘Okay, I need Rogue to come back because I really need to see more of him and the Doctor, their chemistry is fire and their connection is undeniable’; ‘Well, that was just great! So smart! I really hope we see more of Rogue. Great chemistry.”

‘Loved ‘Rogue’ #DoctorWho and can we see Jonathan Groff again soon?’; ‘I need Rogue as a recurring character on Doctor Who!’; ‘I would love to see Jonathan Groff here again.’; “I’m getting all the right Captain Jack Harkness vibes from Rogue. The doctor is in love.’

Ncuti the first queer Doctor Who and the first black Time Lord for a full series.

Others include married Victorian couple Jenny Flint and Madame Vastra (Catrin Stewart and Neve McIntosh), trans woman Yasmin Finney as Rose Noble and Torchwood’s Jack Harkness, played by (John Barrowman), the first openly non-heterosexual character in the franchise .

Ncuti told Variety: “I feel like anyone who has a problem with someone who isn’t a straight white man playing this character is not really a fan of the show. You haven’t looked!

“Since the show is about rebirth and the Doctor is an alien, why would they choose to be someone like that?”

Showrunner Russell T Davies echoed the actor’s thoughts: ‘They haven’t exactly been the most heterosexual of men in the past.

‘You’re talking about someone who has a lightness and joy about him that, to me, radiates with strange energy.

‘It’s rare that the story gets intense, but you will see moments where you explore it. We don’t deliver a castrated doctor.’