Before I forget - I think we might get to see River Song again, if only for a brief time to see how they actually met. I'm hoping it will in fact be after Ten has regenerated, but with Moffat in charge, who knows what'll happen?
Maybe he just felt that now that they were sure the show was a total hit, he could be freer with the Doctor or something. But it didn't fit with the character at all, and it's really weird to think that he shipped - even if only to a small degree - Nine/Rose but not Ten/Rose.
I personally am going to read the summaries (as detailed as possible) before I even think about watching the episodes. This, to prevent unpleasant surprises and also, if I read about something Ten/Other shippery, I can always pretend I didn't see it - if I see it on screen, it's more real. Childish perhaps, but damnit, I don't care. :P
I think my biggest problem with actually Reinette wasn't that she was a love interest for the Doctor - it was that it was pushed-pushed-pushed that she was a love interest for the Doctor. Because they only had 40-ish minutes in the whole episode, and not all of those were focused on the Doctor and Reinette. While Rose and the Doctor fell in love more naturally, it's like Moffat just rushed through the whole thing and it just felt wrong. And watching it again - though, honestly, I never really do - it'd feel like it was obvious she'd never last beyond the one episode, because of that rushiness in their so called love story.
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Date: 2008-08-25 02:31 pm (UTC)Maybe he just felt that now that they were sure the show was a total hit, he could be freer with the Doctor or something. But it didn't fit with the character at all, and it's really weird to think that he shipped - even if only to a small degree - Nine/Rose but not Ten/Rose.
I personally am going to read the summaries (as detailed as possible) before I even think about watching the episodes. This, to prevent unpleasant surprises and also, if I read about something Ten/Other shippery, I can always pretend I didn't see it - if I see it on screen, it's more real. Childish perhaps, but damnit, I don't care. :P
I think my biggest problem with actually Reinette wasn't that she was a love interest for the Doctor - it was that it was pushed-pushed-pushed that she was a love interest for the Doctor. Because they only had 40-ish minutes in the whole episode, and not all of those were focused on the Doctor and Reinette. While Rose and the Doctor fell in love more naturally, it's like Moffat just rushed through the whole thing and it just felt wrong. And watching it again - though, honestly, I never really do - it'd feel like it was obvious she'd never last beyond the one episode, because of that rushiness in their so called love story.