Doctor Who (2005–2022)

Doctor Who consistently portrays its LGBTQ+ characters with dignity, complexity, and agency. Key figures like Captain Jack Harkness, Bill Potts, and Madame Vastra and Jenny Flint are integrated naturally into the narrative, their identities affirmed without being reduced to stereotypes or sources of tragedy. The show's overall stance is supportive and validating of queer lives and relationships.

The show features multiple female characters, such as the warrior Leela and the Silurian detective Madame Vastra, who are depicted engaging in and winning close-quarters physical combat against male opponents using martial arts, melee weapons, and hand-to-hand techniques.

The central character, The Doctor, historically portrayed by male actors, was recast as a female in 2017. Additionally, the recurring villain The Master, traditionally male, was portrayed as female (Missy) starting in 2014. Both instances constitute clear gender swaps.