ped provide positive representation for LGBTQ+ audiences. In a prior article for Radio Times, Moss believed that while the relationship could be seen as "tokenistic" due to its late introduction, she highlighted that the fact the series was even willing to go through with it at all, stating that it helped to avoid the ship becoming queerbaiting. Adi Tantimedh, writing for Bleeding Cool, praised the relationship for the depth it gave to both Yaz and the Thirteenth Doctor's characters. Tantimedh stated that while it was criticized for failing as a lesbian romance, she saw it as helping to pioneer an asexual relationship on-screen in the form of the Thirteenth Doctor, citing the Doctor's lack of gender nonconformity and how the Doctor reciprocated Yaz's love in a non-sexual manner. Opie, writing in another article for Digital Spy, criticized the final scene between the two, believing that, despite the scene being the culmination of Whittaker's time on the show, the romance was not fully enacted upon. He stated that while he was aware that it was designed as a "doomed romance", he felt its inclusi