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

[millylicious.livejournal.com]

Really interested in all of them, but especially b, e, f, g and h.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

I'm definitely hoping to get around to them all.

I'm planning on rewatching the series and taking notes on things like costuming, whether each episode passes the Bechdel test (do two female characters talk to each other about something other than a man? I already know that "Rose" and "The End of the World" both do, with the Rose and Jackie scenes if nothing else.), and (since I'm taking Storyboarding and Intro to Editing at school right now) how the camera is being used and what the editing emphasizes.