In an exciting move signifying a new era of inclusion on the streaming series, Netflix’s enormously popular Bridgerton is looking to the current season of Doctor Who for creative guidance on telling an authentic, engaging LGBTQ love story for the world of 1800s Britain.
As Bridgeton continues for a fourth season, it’s taking notes from Doctor Who’s daring romantic exploits of love and life in the 1800s.
In the most recent episode of Doctor Who, “Life Rewind,” the BBC series boldly charted new territory, skillfully crafting an LGBTQ romantic storyline during a period of dramatic social upheaval and change. With “Life Rewind,” the sci-fi family saga captured the magic of the era and the struggles born amid a seismic transition of cultures, power dynamics, and societal shifts.
As Bridgerton looks to build upon its breakout success, it finds inspiration in how Doctor Who created an engaging love story about outcasts coming into their own. For the phenomenally popular period drama that has become a global sensation through its first three seasons on Netflix and with the romantic period-piece Bridgerton: From the book to the ball
NFLX, the streamer expects to continue the boldly progressive storytelling approach showcased in Shondaland’s groundbreaking works for years to come.
With sex education, LGBTQ representation and bringing what were once unthinkable to the masses through television and stories like The Ms., The Opt, and what could come next from Netflix and Shonda Rehmen Kel-the world and what is to come the possibility of telling stories like this on a global scale is limitless.