S01E03 - "The Unquiet Dead"
I might add more stuff to this when I watch the episode again.
Fridged people
(When the storyline hurts, threatens or kills one character not to show them suffering or overcoming their situation, but mainly to show another character's emotional reaction and to give them the opportunity to heroically rescue the other. Most of the time it's female characters who get hurt to affect the main, male hero. I'm trying to find out if my feeling that the first season was at least trying to subvert that to some degree is true.)
Rose endangered to affect the Doctor: 1
the Doctor endangered to affect Rose: 0
other women endangered to affect the Doctor: 1 (Gwyneth)
other men endangered to affect the Doctor: 0
other women endangered to affect Rose: 0
other men endangered to affect Rose: 0
Onscreen time
(Here I count the cumulative length of scenes the characters have been in, while conscious and not possessed or something like that. I didn't time the actual amount of time the character actually spent in the frame. So a scene with just 2 characters will still mean relatively more reaction shots than a conversation with 5 participants. This is mainly so I can compare roughly the same amount of screentime for season 1 and 2 in the end.)
Doctor: 25 minutes
Rose: 25.5 minutes
both together: 20.5 minutes
Happiness-meter
(As measured in the amount of smiles and laughs. I've counted smiles twice if the camera cuts away from the character and then back, and the character is still smiling. Or if the character smiles, says a line, then smiles some more. I've also counted all smiles, no matter if they look sarcastic or fake to me, just to be fair. (With Tennant, a lot of his smiles look fake to me or sometimes I only realise from the context that he's supposed to be smiling, because of his theatre-based acting technique and the way his facial muscles work. (Sometimes, either the smile doesn't reach his eyes, or it does, but the corners of his mouth stay downturned.) And from Ten's behaviour when he's alone I could interpret most of his cheerfulness when in company as a sham. Eccleston, on the other hand, fakes cheerfulness so well that I sometimes can't tell if it's supposed to be actor-acting or character-acting. Which is probably why they filmed him turning away from Rose and dropping the smile several times, to make it more obvious. Still, Nine's happiness when with Rose seems so genuine that it seems wrong not to count it.)
Doctor: 41 (1.64/min)
Rose: 45 (1.76/min)
- of those at or with the Doctor: 19 (0.93/min)
- gets an answering smile / in reaction to his smile / laughing together: 15
The Doctor makes intentional jokes or puns: 2 (from memory, have to recount)
The Doctor sings or dances around for a bit: 0
The Doctor's openess to physical intimacy, especially with Rose
hugs: 0
keeping an arm around Rose longer than necessary after catching her: 1
walking arm in arm with somebody: 1 (Rose)
- self-initiated: 1
hand-holding: 2 (Rose; Gwyneth + Mr. Sneed at the séance)
- self-initiated or initiated at the same time: 2
kisses: 1 (Gwyneth)
- self-initiated: 1 (on the brow)
- gets kissed: 0
other physical contact (self-initiated; not related to combat): 15
- with men: 6 (mostly with Charles Dickens) (+ 1x hand-holding with Mr. Sneed during the séance)
- with Rose: 6
(here I only count gentle/positive/protective touches, not manhandling her or gripping her roughly)
all self-initated body contact with Rose added up: 9
Rose initiates body contact with the Doctor: 9
(including reaching out unsuccessfully or standing close enough to touch for no reason)
The Doctor's guilt-complex
"I'm sorry": 5
- pity: 0
- apology: 4
- preemptive: 0
- polite: 1
1) to Charles Dickens, for telling him to shut up (apology - i.e. expressing remorse about something he really is responsible for, implying he wouldn't do it again in a similar situation)
2) to Rose, for getting her into a situation where she's going to get killed (apology)
3) to Gwyneth, for involving her in a plan that got her killed (apology)
4) to Rose, for not listening to her and getting Gwyneth killed (apology)
5) to Rose, because Charles Dickens is going to die soon (polite - i.e. expressing sorrow for something he's not responsible for, and not saying it to the person it's actually going to affect; just an "I'm sorry" because it's social expectation to say it in this situation)
other admissions of responsibility / lying / making a mistake: 5
1) D: "I got the flight a bit wrong."
2) D: "She's only 19 and it's my fault. She's in my care and now she's in danger."
3) D: "I think it's gone a little bit wrong..." (Admitting his trust in the Gelth was a bad judgement call.)
4) D: "You can be born in the 20th century and die in the 19th, and it's all my fault. I brought you here."
5) D: "I think she was dead from the minute she stood in that arch" (Which had been his idea, so it's an admission of responsiblity for Gwyneth' death.)
The Doctor's empathy and interest in other people
The Doctor actively invites: none
watches Rose have fun / if she's alright: 3
inquires about somebody's wellbeing: 1 (Rose)
inquires about somebody's name: 1 (Charles Dickens)
(not the enemy)
inquires about somebody's personal history: 0
(not the enemy)
The Doctor's general rudeness and verbal abuse vs. positive reinforcement of Rose's self-esteem
thanks (not sarcastically), compliments or praises somebody on a personal level: 12 (7x Dickens; 3x Gwyneth)
(gushing about humanity in the abstract doesn't count)
- towards Rose: 2
1) D: "Blimey!"
R: "Don't laugh!"
D: "You look beautiful!"
(He sounds completely honest about that compliment, even if he tries to cover it with a minor insult afterwards.)
2) D: "I'm so glad I met you."
mocks / insults somebody, grins at their misfortune, or tells them to shut up: 3
(this includes mockery of villains or insults against humanity in general)
- towards Rose personally: 2
insults:
1) D: "You look beautiful! ... Considering."
R: "Considering what?"
D: "That you're human."
2) D: "Get out dressed like that, you'll start a riot, Barbarella!"
(This could be interpreted as an insult or slut-shaming, though he most likely didn't mean it that way.)
other negative behaviour:
1) The Doctor grins when Rose angrily attacks Mr. Sneed for drugging, kidnapping and sexually harassing her.
(It's just that there's nothing funny about that, especially considering that she's apparently feeling so rattled and vulnerable that she's armed herself with the poker. Though the scene doesn't read like he's laughing *at* her outrage. Eccleston and/or the director probably just meant it as the Doctor being happy and proud that she can fight her own battles. Neither the poker nor the grin were in the script, so it's probably a case of men just don't understanding how a woman would feel in that situation and how serious this is, whereas Billie Piper does. It's still interesting because this is the only time in NewWho that sexual harrassment is called out as what it is, even if it's couched in a joke.)
2) He grabs Rose roughly by her upper arms (like men typically do with 'hysterical' women) and shouts at her, when she refuses to leave Gwyneth behind and get herself to safety.
3) R: "I'm holding this one down!"
D: "Then hold them both down!"
R: "It's not gonna work!"
D: "Oi! I promised you a time machine and that's what you're gonna get!"
(This is not an insult or mockery of her as such, but he does get somewhat snippy and passive aggressive in his tone.)
legitimate criticism: 2
(This doesn't count towards the rudeness and verbal abuse count above. I just keep track of anything negative the Doctor says to Rose to compare with her behaviour below.)
1) D: "Not decent? Not polite? It could save their lives!" (He's criticising Rose's sense of priorities and latent xenophobia.)
2) D: "It's a different morality. Get used to it or go home!"
Rose's willingness to criticise and potentially anger the Doctor, her ability to see his flaws, as well as her reciprocation of his mockery
(It's only teasing if it's mutual. And I got the feeling that in the second season Rose was much less confident about calling the Doctor out on his bad behaviour.)
Rose criticises or mocks the Doctor: 6
mockery:
1) D: "I love a happy medium."
R: "I can't believe you just said that."
legitimate criticism:
1) D: "Hold that one down!"
R: (frustrated) "I'm holding *this one* down!"
D: "Then hold them both down!"
R: "It's not gonna work!"
2) R: "Leave her alone. She's exhausted and she's not fighting your battles!"
3) R: "You can't let them run around inside dead people!"
4) D: "Charles, get her out of here!"
R: "I'm not leaving her!"
5) R: "She didn't make it." (With a look that prompts the Doctor to defend himself with "I *did* try, Rose.")
The Doctor's violent tendencies:
actual personal kills of sentient beings: 0
- attempted: 0
- prepared to do it: 0
incapacitated / defeated enemies the Doctor still wants to kill: none
still dangerous enemies killed by the Doctor personally: none
still dangerous enemies the Doctor tries to reason with and hesitates to kill: none
enemies killed by proxy or accident: about a dozen Gelth, if they can be killed (by Gwyneth, though the Doctor just wanted to send them back)
(the Doctor is okay with it and/or provides the weapon or necessary knowledge)
enemies talked into comitting suicide: none
assisted suicide: none
innocent people knowingly left to die: none (Gwyneth was dead already, otherwise the Doctor would have taken her place.)
Doctor smiles or mocks enemy as they die: none
Doctor shows anger about non-aggressive aliens being threatened/killed by humans: none