For 3.5 seasons so far, Bridgerton has been a fertile garden for romantic fantasies — for heterosexual couples.
Still, fans have been yearning to see the beloved Netflix series branch into queer romance, potentially through the irreverent Eloise Bridgerton. Well, while Peneloise isn’t happening, and an Eloise/Cressida frenemies to lovers arc might be around the corner with Part 2 of Season 3, Doctor Who dipped into a Bridgerton-inspired episode and didn’t make queer audiences wait for representation in Regency-era romance.
That’s right, the Doctor found his Diamond of the Season in “Rogue.”
In 1813 Bath, England, posh folk are enjoying a ball, lively with dancing, gossip, and romantic intrigue. But just under the surface of these courtly dramas lurk alien shape-shifters, whose form of Bridgerton cosplay involves murder and body-snatching.
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