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Sep. 16th, 2022 01:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dolari"The Doctor Falls" is trending on Twitter right now, and the one thing I took away from it was how spot on Bill's predicament hit the trans experience for me.
Bill knows who she is. The Doctor knows who she is but also knows what everyone else sees, which changes that relationship. The people around her only see the Cyberman. Some are trying to be understanding, but it's still not Bill they're seeing. Others are afraid because all they see is the Cyberman and won't even consider Bill's in there.
And through it all, Bill just wants to be seen as Bill.
It's a great episode I can't watch again.
Bill knows who she is. The Doctor knows who she is but also knows what everyone else sees, which changes that relationship. The people around her only see the Cyberman. Some are trying to be understanding, but it's still not Bill they're seeing. Others are afraid because all they see is the Cyberman and won't even consider Bill's in there.
And through it all, Bill just wants to be seen as Bill.
It's a great episode I can't watch again.
