Complicated answer re Doctor (either incarnation)/Rose: I enjoyed them together, and as opposed to the majority actually think the relationship was more - balanced, in lack of a better term - when he was Ten because as Nine he was blatantly manipulative to keep her with him (Aliens in London, World War III) and too exclusively focused on her due to recent Time War trauma, whereas by the time he was Ten they were both sure of each other, and far more relaxed with each other.
I agree completely with that. Ten/Rose was much healthier than Nine/Rose -- largely, I think, because so much of their uncertainty and fear regarding each other was gone after what Rose was willing to do in TPotW.
However, and this being said: I don't miss Rose. She had a good run for a companion, but I don't think there was anything new they could have done with the character, and it has to be the Companion, since there are limits of how much you can do with the Doctor, so even if Billie hadn't decided to leave, I think it would have been a good idea to let her go.
Considering where they went, they probably couldn't have gone further. But if Billie had stayed, they could have taken a bit longer to get there! But I really did love Rose so much (and miss her so much now) that I wouldn't mind if she'd just become as much a part of the show as the Doctor and the TARDIS.
I also thought the Rose references in "Runaway Bride" and "Smith and Jones" were well done, in character and keeping up emotional reality - but in "The Shakespeare Code", at least the first felt artificially inserted and grated.
Whereas I did love the references in TSC as much as the earlier ones. I'd be fine if the Doctor kept mentioning her all season, actually. But I really do miss her fiercely.
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Date: 2007-04-12 07:33 am (UTC)I agree completely with that. Ten/Rose was much healthier than Nine/Rose -- largely, I think, because so much of their uncertainty and fear regarding each other was gone after what Rose was willing to do in TPotW.
However, and this being said: I don't miss Rose. She had a good run for a companion, but I don't think there was anything new they could have done with the character, and it has to be the Companion, since there are limits of how much you can do with the Doctor, so even if Billie hadn't decided to leave, I think it would have been a good idea to let her go.
Considering where they went, they probably couldn't have gone further. But if Billie had stayed, they could have taken a bit longer to get there! But I really did love Rose so much (and miss her so much now) that I wouldn't mind if she'd just become as much a part of the show as the Doctor and the TARDIS.
I also thought the Rose references in "Runaway Bride" and "Smith and Jones" were well done, in character and keeping up emotional reality - but in "The Shakespeare Code", at least the first felt artificially inserted and grated.
Whereas I did love the references in TSC as much as the earlier ones. I'd be fine if the Doctor kept mentioning her all season, actually. But I really do miss her fiercely.