Alright, here’s something I strangely like telling people, I didn’t start off the show as a Doctor/Rose shipper.
Yeah. Know the feeling. In some ways, I didn’t start shipping them till after “Doomsday.” That’s how long it took me to grok the Doctor’s half of the story.
I started with “The Christmas Invasion” the day it aired, and by Epiphany I’d watched the first season four times. I came out of that marathon thinking two things: 1) Doctor Who was epic fantasy and 2) Rose was the heroine. (Honestly—the story that starts with a character leaving her ordinary world and entering the magical world of the story and ends with her becoming a goddess and saving the world. What else was I supposed to think?)
Rereading my review of season one, I think I did notice the Doctor’s journey—I just didn’t realize how important it was going to be to the story. And that’s what it comes down to, for me. It’s not the banter, or the chemistry, or the hand-holding, or even the Doctor telling Rose, “I could save the world but lose you.” I adored all of that, but I’m not sure I’d be willing to trust it. But seeing “Gridlock,” and thinking that the metaphors in this series ought to come with warning signs (watch out for falling anvils!)… well, all right, then.
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branchandroot
thank you for sharing this
Date: 2007-12-18 04:56 am (UTC)Yeah. Know the feeling. In some ways, I didn’t start shipping them till after “Doomsday.” That’s how long it took me to grok the Doctor’s half of the story.
I started with “The Christmas Invasion” the day it aired, and by Epiphany I’d watched the first season four times. I came out of that marathon thinking two things: 1) Doctor Who was epic fantasy and 2) Rose was the heroine. (Honestly—the story that starts with a character leaving her ordinary world and entering the magical world of the story and ends with her becoming a goddess and saving the world. What else was I supposed to think?)
Rereading my review of season one, I think I did notice the Doctor’s journey—I just didn’t realize how important it was going to be to the story. And that’s what it comes down to, for me. It’s not the banter, or the chemistry, or the hand-holding, or even the Doctor telling Rose, “I could save the world but lose you.” I adored all of that, but I’m not sure I’d be willing to trust it. But seeing “Gridlock,” and thinking that the metaphors in this series ought to come with warning signs (watch out for falling anvils!)… well, all right, then.