By way of a change from abusing and insulting women, the BBC slobbers lovingly over a man who pretends to be a woman.

After her breakout role in Heartstopper, Yasmin Finney is back on our screens playing trans character Rose Noble in Doctor Who, as the show celebrates its 60th anniversary.

The 20-year-old trans actress tells BBC Newsbeat being part of the cast has given her “a kooky, amazing family”, an experience she feels she missed out on.

Trans character, trans actress – so he identifies as a woman acting a character who identifies as a woman, yes? It’s easy to lose track of the meta in these situations.

Using TikTok, where she has almost two million followers, Yasmin has been open about her experience of being a transgender black woman as well as making it as an actress.

Look at all the points he gets! He’s black and a woman and trans! Yes you do too so get to count both being trans and being a woman at the same time – you do you do you DO.

But that added pressure of being aligned with such a beloved character, as well as her trans identity, meant that for Yasmin there has been a downside to being cast in a dream role: online trolls.

What is her trans idenniny though? Is that the same rule? He has a woman idenniny and a trans idenniny? I guess so; see above.

“I want people to laugh, I want people to smile, I want people to cry. And also I just want to be good representation for people that haven’t had it.”

Men who pretend to be women haven’t had good representation until now. It’s heartbreaking.