It looks like a requirement for posters to comment upon this. ;-) To me, it had the potential to be the cheesiest, most overdramatic line EVER, like something from "Titanic". But Eccleston's tone and lack of overacting, and Billie's expression and the silence in the script (wise move, RTD!) make it just right.
He did what needed to be done; and like the Doctor has had to so many times, he made the tough call because it had to be done. As did Jackie.
My favorite character in the double episode was Mickey (and then Jackie). What I admired most was how real they were - it wasn't that they suddenly became gun-toting Rambos. They WERE frightened, and they didn't want to be alien-fighters, but they bravely soldiered on despite their fear; that's real courage!
I liked how Mickey turned down the Doctor's invitation to come - it showed how much of himself he was sacrificing in those episodes. He doesn't like that exciting life; he wants a quiet, domestic one. But he will do whatever he needs to do when it's right.
After all, it's very similar in situation to why the Doctor asked him in "School Reunion." And that denial brings us to her idea about Mickey joining them.
I believe you're right about why the Doctor asks Mickey. (I also believe that a secondary reason is that Mickey has shown companion-qualities - like selflessness. The Doctor wouldn't keep Adam, even as a buffer, because of his selfishness.) But what's your opinion on why ROSE changes her opinion? She asks Mickey to come in "WW3" without prompting from ANYONE, Mickey included, but she is clearly upset in "SR" after Mickey asks and both Sarah Jane and the Doctor approve Mickey's coming.
I can totally see that, because I could see Nine reacting to Harriet's call to destroy the Sycorax differently.
Your theory on Harriet's truncated Golden Age is an interesting point and (it seems to me) rather valid. I'm with you that Nine would have reacted differently. I'm not sure he would have entirely approved of shooting a retreating group in the back, but I don't think he would have reacted the way Ten did. (To be honest, I was a little surprised.) Whether or not Harriet was right in what she did, she was TOTALLY right in her reasoning.
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It looks like a requirement for posters to comment upon this. ;-) To me, it had the potential to be the cheesiest, most overdramatic line EVER, like something from "Titanic". But Eccleston's tone and lack of overacting, and Billie's expression and the silence in the script (wise move, RTD!) make it just right.
He did what needed to be done; and like the Doctor has had to so many times, he made the tough call because it had to be done. As did Jackie.
My favorite character in the double episode was Mickey (and then Jackie). What I admired most was how real they were - it wasn't that they suddenly became gun-toting Rambos. They WERE frightened, and they didn't want to be alien-fighters, but they bravely soldiered on despite their fear; that's real courage!
I liked how Mickey turned down the Doctor's invitation to come - it showed how much of himself he was sacrificing in those episodes. He doesn't like that exciting life; he wants a quiet, domestic one. But he will do whatever he needs to do when it's right.
After all, it's very similar in situation to why the Doctor asked him in "School Reunion."
And that denial brings us to her idea about Mickey joining them.
I believe you're right about why the Doctor asks Mickey. (I also believe that a secondary reason is that Mickey has shown companion-qualities - like selflessness. The Doctor wouldn't keep Adam, even as a buffer, because of his selfishness.) But what's your opinion on why ROSE changes her opinion? She asks Mickey to come in "WW3" without prompting from ANYONE, Mickey included, but she is clearly upset in "SR" after Mickey asks and both Sarah Jane and the Doctor approve Mickey's coming.
I can totally see that, because I could see Nine reacting to Harriet's call to destroy the Sycorax differently.
Your theory on Harriet's truncated Golden Age is an interesting point and (it seems to me) rather valid. I'm with you that Nine would have reacted differently. I'm not sure he would have entirely approved of shooting a retreating group in the back, but I don't think he would have reacted the way Ten did. (To be honest, I was a little surprised.) Whether or not Harriet was right in what she did, she was TOTALLY right in her reasoning.