LOVE THIS REVIEW! So much so, in fact, that I'm going to try to respond, somewhat articulately, to certain points.
-Catherine Tate was all kinds of wonderful, as was Billie Piper--the beach scene, damn!--and Freema Agyeman's acting just wasn't up to the challenge. I felt there was way too much emphasis on her whole arc with the Osterhagen key, because we didn't need all that German and we didn't need all that build-up when it went essentially nowhere.
-We were absolutely cheated of the Doctor/Rose reunion hug in Stolen Earth. When I watch it, it makes me want to stop before the Dalek appears and skip ahead to the hug, because it's just so frustrating. I think your suggestion for them getting the hug and then the Doctor pushing Rose out of the way and getting shot by the Dalek would have been so much better. (Besides, then the bluesuit!Doctor would have gotten the hug, too, before the whole beach scene. That bothered me, a little, that Rose had very little interaction with him before having to stay with him.)
-Tennant's performance. Well, the brownsuit Doctor did come off a bit harsh and cold on the beach, because his insistence, right away, that Rose stay with his counterpart completely overrode her right to make her own decisions about her life. During the 'question' and the kiss, there were some great subtleties, such as brownsuit swallowing very hard, and then he walked away so quickly without looking back that you knew it was because he just couldn't watch, anymore.
-And I do think we should have gotten the brownsuit Doctor's moment of pain and grief at losing Rose, again. There should have been a moment in the TARDIS when he was staring into space or down at the floor, struggling to control himself, and then Donna interrupts...and then that whole scene between him and Donna. It would have taken only a second and given us so much more.
-My only problems with bluesuit Doctor is that once they were back in the TARDIS, he didn't have the chance to speak. The brownsuit Doctor took charge of everything, was the one who did the talking and assigned people to the stations, and he was the one who said goodbye to everyone--all of which seemed to indicate (at least to so many fans) that he was the real Doctor, as opposed to just the original, full Time Lord Doctor. Bluesuit's passivity felt a little jarring, although it was understandable given that Tennant was playing both roles, and trying to get coverage on that TARDIS scene with Tennant switching roles constantly would have been too hard, so they tried to limit it by having the dialogue all be by the one Doctor. (Incidentally, I think that might be what was going on with the performance not quite being up to Tennant's usual calibre.)
-The moment of Doctor/Rose inappropriate giddiness. YES! Because that's who they are, the old team back in action again, and they have always been just so ridiculously happy to be together and be experiencing life together. There was a joy to the Doctor, particularly Ten, when he was with Rose, that there wasn't when he was with anyone else. Oh, he could be happy, and definitely manic, without her, but you never see this kind of unfettered joy and giddiness from him with anyone but Rose. It's part of why she was so good for him, because the Doctor's life is pretty much unrelenting drama and action and continual heartbreak. He sees the most horrible things all the time, because he always seems to be running into trouble, and there almost isn't a good time for him to be giddy--inappropriate times or not, Rose gives him the opportunity to have that lightheartedness and joy.
Part 1/2 (because I wrote too much)
-Catherine Tate was all kinds of wonderful, as was Billie Piper--the beach scene, damn!--and Freema Agyeman's acting just wasn't up to the challenge. I felt there was way too much emphasis on her whole arc with the Osterhagen key, because we didn't need all that German and we didn't need all that build-up when it went essentially nowhere.
-We were absolutely cheated of the Doctor/Rose reunion hug in Stolen Earth. When I watch it, it makes me want to stop before the Dalek appears and skip ahead to the hug, because it's just so frustrating. I think your suggestion for them getting the hug and then the Doctor pushing Rose out of the way and getting shot by the Dalek would have been so much better. (Besides, then the bluesuit!Doctor would have gotten the hug, too, before the whole beach scene. That bothered me, a little, that Rose had very little interaction with him before having to stay with him.)
-Tennant's performance. Well, the brownsuit Doctor did come off a bit harsh and cold on the beach, because his insistence, right away, that Rose stay with his counterpart completely overrode her right to make her own decisions about her life. During the 'question' and the kiss, there were some great subtleties, such as brownsuit swallowing very hard, and then he walked away so quickly without looking back that you knew it was because he just couldn't watch, anymore.
-And I do think we should have gotten the brownsuit Doctor's moment of pain and grief at losing Rose, again. There should have been a moment in the TARDIS when he was staring into space or down at the floor, struggling to control himself, and then Donna interrupts...and then that whole scene between him and Donna. It would have taken only a second and given us so much more.
-My only problems with bluesuit Doctor is that once they were back in the TARDIS, he didn't have the chance to speak. The brownsuit Doctor took charge of everything, was the one who did the talking and assigned people to the stations, and he was the one who said goodbye to everyone--all of which seemed to indicate (at least to so many fans) that he was the real Doctor, as opposed to just the original, full Time Lord Doctor. Bluesuit's passivity felt a little jarring, although it was understandable given that Tennant was playing both roles, and trying to get coverage on that TARDIS scene with Tennant switching roles constantly would have been too hard, so they tried to limit it by having the dialogue all be by the one Doctor. (Incidentally, I think that might be what was going on with the performance not quite being up to Tennant's usual calibre.)
-The moment of Doctor/Rose inappropriate giddiness. YES! Because that's who they are, the old team back in action again, and they have always been just so ridiculously happy to be together and be experiencing life together. There was a joy to the Doctor, particularly Ten, when he was with Rose, that there wasn't when he was with anyone else. Oh, he could be happy, and definitely manic, without her, but you never see this kind of unfettered joy and giddiness from him with anyone but Rose. It's part of why she was so good for him, because the Doctor's life is pretty much unrelenting drama and action and continual heartbreak. He sees the most horrible things all the time, because he always seems to be running into trouble, and there almost isn't a good time for him to be giddy--inappropriate times or not, Rose gives him the opportunity to have that lightheartedness and joy.