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?
Well, first of all, it's got to be WITH Ten because Moffat made the point of RS having recognized THIS Doctor, just thinking his eyes were older, etc. As for her coming back period, it would be stupid, first of all, because we KNOW her complete story. We know how it ends and because we didn't spend 4 years watching the build-up of the story, we won't go into it caring about the "tragedy" of it all. Furthermore, if we do ... well, I fear for Moffat's DW even more because it shows completely that he'll put his own ego before what works for the show. Because, again, even taking the shippers out of the equation who hated the episode on that level alone, overall it just got a 'meh' response and while I do really like Alex Kingston, the character did NOT work, nor did she mesh well with Tennant at all.
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.
Or maybe he just liked Piper with Eccleston a LOT more than her with Tennant? Who knows? But he was aware of it, so I have no clue. I mean, the end of his Nine two-parter basically had the Doctor staking his claim on Rose as "his!" and he and Rose dancing around the TARDIS, and then his episode with Ten basically had Ten ignoring Rose's existence for the most part and by his actions, basically saying 'Okay, Mickey ... she's available!" (Yes, yes, I know there was much more to each episode, but you get where I'm coming from ...)
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
Hmm, if it's Ten, I may do that. I don't know. I WANT to watch the show, but I don't want Rose/Doctor shat all over, and again, I think Rusty set it up that even if there is a love interest, or chick of the week, it will play as the Doctor desperatly trying to cover up the pain over what he's lost, what the other him is having, so I'll see.
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.
Oh, I'm at the point where I just hated all of it, period. Grrr. It was just SO WRONG on every level. It really was.
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Well, first of all, it's got to be WITH Ten because Moffat made the point of RS having recognized THIS Doctor, just thinking his eyes were older, etc. As for her coming back period, it would be stupid, first of all, because we KNOW her complete story. We know how it ends and because we didn't spend 4 years watching the build-up of the story, we won't go into it caring about the "tragedy" of it all. Furthermore, if we do ... well, I fear for Moffat's DW even more because it shows completely that he'll put his own ego before what works for the show. Because, again, even taking the shippers out of the equation who hated the episode on that level alone, overall it just got a 'meh' response and while I do really like Alex Kingston, the character did NOT work, nor did she mesh well with Tennant at all.
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.
Or maybe he just liked Piper with Eccleston a LOT more than her with Tennant? Who knows? But he was aware of it, so I have no clue. I mean, the end of his Nine two-parter basically had the Doctor staking his claim on Rose as "his!" and he and Rose dancing around the TARDIS, and then his episode with Ten basically had Ten ignoring Rose's existence for the most part and by his actions, basically saying 'Okay, Mickey ... she's available!" (Yes, yes, I know there was much more to each episode, but you get where I'm coming from ...)
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
Hmm, if it's Ten, I may do that. I don't know. I WANT to watch the show, but I don't want Rose/Doctor shat all over, and again, I think Rusty set it up that even if there is a love interest, or chick of the week, it will play as the Doctor desperatly trying to cover up the pain over what he's lost, what the other him is having, so I'll see.
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.
Oh, I'm at the point where I just hated all of it, period. Grrr. It was just SO WRONG on every level. It really was.