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Doctor Who: Rogue review: Just kiss already!

With 'Rogue', Doctor Who embraces its slash fiction era.

Davies was loudly critical of Loki ’s single nod toward the character’s pansexuality, calling it a “craven, feeble gesture.” This, then, is a chance to make amends by embracing all of the modern-day queer-geek touchstones. The nature of a guest-starring role in a running TV series means that there was no chance Groff would not die or be exiled into the ambiguous “if you ever fancy coming back” void. But this isn’t Davies’ first time mining the show’s metatext and paratext to bait fans: 2008’s “ The Next Doctor ” played with audience expectations after David Tennant announced he would be leaving but information about his successor was kept quiet.

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