I think of the Master and Rose as a bit like matter and anti-matter... if they actually came into contact, the universe might well implode.
It wouldn't have worked as well if Rose had been there the whole time--the fact that the Doctor was so emotionally disconnected from everyone else made his desperate need for the Master even more intense and powerful.
Exactly. They needed Rose to be gone to tell the Master's story because having her there would have distracted the Doctor from the Master and they needed the Master in S3 to show how deeply the Doctor was still capable of feeling about someone without Rose there.
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Date: 2008-07-21 10:38 pm (UTC)I think of the Master and Rose as a bit like matter and anti-matter... if they actually came into contact, the universe might well implode.
It wouldn't have worked as well if Rose had been there the whole time--the fact that the Doctor was so emotionally disconnected from everyone else made his desperate need for the Master even more intense and powerful.
Exactly. They needed Rose to be gone to tell the Master's story because having her there would have distracted the Doctor from the Master and they needed the Master in S3 to show how deeply the Doctor was still capable of feeling about someone without Rose there.