Doctor Who: Fear Her

[butterfly]

First off, it's way too hot in Oregon right now.

Second, I really enjoyed this episode (The Girl in the Fireplace retains its title as the only New Who episode that I haven't liked). The Doctor and Rose were so incredibly adorable. And we got to see Rose being wonderful and competent without the Doctor, but the Doctor still got to help, and he's still managing to cram a whole lot of happiness into the smallish amount of time that they have. Also, they were so flirty in this episode. That 'are you deducting' scene was just... wow. And he assumed that she was calling him a 'beautiful boy' and was put out that she was talking to the cat! Adorable.

And, of course, even without the whole 'we know that Billie won't be there in S3' thing, the Doctor knows that the natural human lifespan is a whole lot shorter than his is (see: School Reunion). He wants to enjoy having Rose in his life while he can, because she'll die or leave (or he'll regenerate and things will change again). They have a finite amount of time together, so I don't understand why they shouldn't enjoy every moment that they can.

Of course, I was feeling this way back in Tooth and Claw when I was baffled that people found Rose and the Doctor smug and annoying (there are moments when they can be either/both of these things, but I have found them, by far, to be balanced by their moments of helpfulness and kindness and compassion). Up until they were separated, they had no clue that people were being held prisoner or that anyone might have died. For them, there was no reason to think that it was anything but a lark, because they don't know that this is one of their 'eventful enough to be filmed' adventures (but it always frustrates me when the audience expects the characters to know what's happening when they aren't on-screen).

Comments

[nostalgia-lj.livejournal.com]

See, I would have liked seeing that scene.

But then we know what's happening before he appears and we go "omg."


lost a bit of faith in the Doctor being a person rather than some clever animatronic mock-up. The faith came back when he acted like himself again in the next episode

I'd say he *was* acting like himself. *shrug* But I think the loss of faith on Rose's part is intended. She has to see what he's like when he's not being all about her.


there was a week there where I wondered if I'd ever like the Doctor again.

With me that was after 'The Long Game'. :(



Well, the Doctor would have to deal with the consequences of flirting with someone new once he already has someone in the TARDIS

The sad part is the others would get the emo. He'd probably think it was all fine.

[doyle_sb4.livejournal.com]

He'd probably think it was all fine.

Like Steve Moffatt says on the commentary, he would expect them to be best girl friends, and when Rose threw a strop he'd complain "but I let you bring Mickey!" and Mickey would have to sit him down and explain why you "can't run off with someone's girlfriend then bring another girl into your camper van"...

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Or maybe Rose would sit the Doctor down and explain the part where she didn't want Mickey to come along and shot him a look to that effect when Mickey asked to come along.

[nostalgia-lj.livejournal.com]

"I thought you'd like some female company, Rose!"

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Hah, don't get me started on Stephen Moffat. I liked Coupling. I still think that it's a funny show. But everything that he's been saying recently seems to imply that he thinks Coupling is really the way the world works and is the way that every man and woman thinks, and I still haven't gotten over the colossal stupidity of that.