Yes, suffering. Common typo, thanks. But it doesn't change my point.
Possibly, but the Doctor's reaction to each character was markedly different.
So was the scenario. In Martha's equation, we had the Master, who the Doctor out of extreme desperation was trying to save/spare at all costs. Even enough, that he was sort of putting the attempt to help him above the potential cost to humanity, Martha's family included.
Both Martha and the Doctor were trying to put their "family" first.
So... being underwritten is a positive thing?
In some cases, yes. Viewers saw enough that was likeable in Martha, that even if it wasn't fully fleshed out, with the intent to further her character later, there's enough to work with without fear of stagnation.
Plus, it's adding something to the dynamic. Because her time with Ten and the experience she'll gain at Torchwood, her medical career is being utilized to include xeno-studies. That alone will add to the things she can do once she's beack on the TARDIS.
With Rose... she had so much focus in her two years that she almost eclipsed the Doctor at various points. As I said earlier, nothing wrong with that in the beginning, because it was necessary for viewers to get to know the Doctor again through her eyes. However, by mid-second season, they were ramping up her family, closing off her relationship with Mickey, while playing up her relationship with the Doctor. The writers were trying to give closure and this epic build-up for her departure at the same time, that prior to the finale, she was stuck in a holding pattern that chipped away at the characterization she built in season one.
Basically, they were making her romance with the Doctor the most important, defining thing to her that it becomes the "death" of her character and her defining exit. In order to create the saddest, most epic good-bye, Russel kind of capped-off her character a bit. In my opinion, he tied so much of her heart into the Doctor, that being seperated from him, ripped it out.
It's ironic that, Rose has so much more creative material to work with in the Alt-verse, had Rusty allowed a spin-off, than she does in this universe.
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Possibly, but the Doctor's reaction to each character was markedly different.
So was the scenario. In Martha's equation, we had the Master, who the Doctor out of extreme desperation was trying to save/spare at all costs. Even enough, that he was sort of putting the attempt to help him above the potential cost to humanity, Martha's family included.
Both Martha and the Doctor were trying to put their "family" first.
So... being underwritten is a positive thing?
In some cases, yes. Viewers saw enough that was likeable in Martha, that even if it wasn't fully fleshed out, with the intent to further her character later, there's enough to work with without fear of stagnation.
Plus, it's adding something to the dynamic. Because her time with Ten and the experience she'll gain at Torchwood, her medical career is being utilized to include xeno-studies. That alone will add to the things she can do once she's beack on the TARDIS.
With Rose... she had so much focus in her two years that she almost eclipsed the Doctor at various points. As I said earlier, nothing wrong with that in the beginning, because it was necessary for viewers to get to know the Doctor again through her eyes. However, by mid-second season, they were ramping up her family, closing off her relationship with Mickey, while playing up her relationship with the Doctor. The writers were trying to give closure and this epic build-up for her departure at the same time, that prior to the finale, she was stuck in a holding pattern that chipped away at the characterization she built in season one.
Basically, they were making her romance with the Doctor the most important, defining thing to her that it becomes the "death" of her character and her defining exit. In order to create the saddest, most epic good-bye, Russel kind of capped-off her character a bit. In my opinion, he tied so much of her heart into the Doctor, that being seperated from him, ripped it out.
It's ironic that, Rose has so much more creative material to work with in the Alt-verse, had Rusty allowed a spin-off, than she does in this universe.