he's utterly thrown by the notion that he was her 'life' and that she couldn't move on without him
Do we not see the same thing when Rose is crying her eyes out at the end of Doomsday? Granted, it's been a much shorter time, but our last image of Rose is similar to Sarah Jane - devastated without the Doctor.
whether or not Martha was necessary to accomplish the goals that RTD appears to have
An unrequited love arc? Well, yes, it is generally helpful to have someone with an unrequited love.
The idea that Grace is the "ramp up" for the Doctor's sexuality, and RTD is using this as a coherent arc makes very little sense.
Yes, part of the TVM is Grace, and Eight's affection for her. However, it aired in 1996. It's hardly a ramp up when the next piece of the Doctor's characterization as a sexual being comes long after the average viewer has forgotten about Grace. RTD didn't write the TVM, and nor have we seen any major thematic continuations from it, save the themes that are in every incarnation of Who.
Occam's Razor. Grace has nothing to do with RTD's show.
In any case, Rose is hardly the standout companion you want her to be. She was - and is - very important to the Doctor. However, "the difference between Rose and the rest of the Doctor's companions" is primarly that of romantic love.
In other comments, you have asserted that you don't think friendship is less important that love, why does your point about Rose rest on the difference between the type of love?
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he's utterly thrown by the notion that he was her 'life' and that she couldn't move on without him
Do we not see the same thing when Rose is crying her eyes out at the end of Doomsday? Granted, it's been a much shorter time, but our last image of Rose is similar to Sarah Jane - devastated without the Doctor.
whether or not Martha was necessary to accomplish the goals that RTD appears to have
An unrequited love arc? Well, yes, it is generally helpful to have someone with an unrequited love.
The idea that Grace is the "ramp up" for the Doctor's sexuality, and RTD is using this as a coherent arc makes very little sense.
Yes, part of the TVM is Grace, and Eight's affection for her. However, it aired in 1996. It's hardly a ramp up when the next piece of the Doctor's characterization as a sexual being comes long after the average viewer has forgotten about Grace. RTD didn't write the TVM, and nor have we seen any major thematic continuations from it, save the themes that are in every incarnation of Who.
Occam's Razor. Grace has nothing to do with RTD's show.
In any case, Rose is hardly the standout companion you want her to be. She was - and is - very important to the Doctor. However, "the difference between Rose and the rest of the Doctor's companions" is primarly that of romantic love.
In other comments, you have asserted that you don't think friendship is less important that love, why does your point about Rose rest on the difference between the type of love?