In an exclusive interview with Digital Spy, the Doctor Who star discusses her groundbreaking character Bill Potts and the importance of LGBTQ+ representation. “Getting the job and being catapulted into this amazing world and this huge fandom and also opening up this whole world of LGBTQ fandom that had been there in the Doctor Who community but hadn’t had, apart from Captain Jack, like a solid companion to channel and represent them essentially,” she says.
Pearl made history on Doctor Who as the titular hero’s first-ever LGBTQ+ companion. She made her debut in the 10th season of the critically-acclaimed fantasy/sci-fi drama and appeared in 13 episodes in total.