Doctor Who/Torchwood Essays that I Want to Write:

[butterfly]

a. On the terrible leadership abilities of Captain Jack Harkness and how things are better all-around when he's a follower, not the leader.

b. On Doctor/Rose and the Doctor and the Master, and similarities in their emotional impact on the Doctor.

c. Daleks and the Doctor and all the comparisons between them existing in the series, both explicit and implied.

d. On the subject of the Lonely God and its narrative purpose.

e. A full-out exploration of all of the steps that went into making Doctor/Rose work as a romance (short answer: time, chemistry, writing).

f. Regarding the evolution of Rose's clothing choices and what they mean (this may or may not dip into other characters).

g. On how Gwen and Ianto don't hate each other even the slightest bit and why they don't.

h. On the differences in how the Doctor treats each of his companions and why he does (may bring in Old School comparisons).

Comments

[a-white-rain.livejournal.com]

I WANT TO READ THEM ALL!111

The narrative purpose of Lonely God the most - because I'm not sure how I feel about it and I'd like to read more opinions on it.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

I actually find the 'Lonely God' thing very interesting on a thematic level (even if I, personally, view the Doctor more the way that Rose does). It's both an enabling story tool and also something that is used to limit the Doctor and cage him.

[a-white-rain.livejournal.com]

The limiting part is why I'm starting to get bored with his character. But I'd like to see someone who finds it's interesting talking about it

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

I actually find the limitations that it places (how it cripples much of his relationship with Martha for example) more interesting than the ways that it helps him.

[a-white-rain.livejournal.com]

I liked it in season three, and parts of it in season four, but it is getting old for me.