2x03 School Reunion

[fauxkaren]

Another repost of a review I did a few months ago. I really adore this episode. <3 <3 I love seeing Sarah Jane and K-9, and I am a huge sucker for angst. Also, Mickey!! :D

2x03 - “School Reunion”
Grade: A

Comments

[cassandra_elise]

This brings me to the other reason Sarah Jane was brought back: to give Rose a bit of a shock. I mean, Rose knows that the Doctor is old. She knows he’s been around for a while, but I think that it honestly never occurred to her that he traveled with other people before. I think that she felt what she and the Doctor had was special (and I would argue that what Rose and the Doctor had WAS different from the relationships he had had with previous companions) and was so caught up with the excitement of life in the Tardis that she never thought about the possibility that there had been others before her.

This so much. Nine never gave any indication that he was used to travelling with companions. For all Rose knew, this was his first time traveling abroad since his home planet was destroyed.

So meeting Sarah Jane was a bit of a slap in the face. So of course when Rose first meets her, she’s going to be a bit rankled. And Rose isn’t the only one at fault here. Sarah Jane snipes just as much as Rose does. Also, Sarah Jane is a bit jealous of Rose. The tone in her voice when she asks if Rose was with the Doctor on Christmas Day is a bit heart breaking. This tension results in some amusing dialogue.

I think Old Who fans tend to take the side of Sarah Jane. She's part of their childhood, and people have a tendency to soften their past, overlooking the bad in people and situations. Therefore, Sarah Jane couldn't possibly be at fault. *rollseyes*

So is Rose just another person he's picked up along the way? The answer to that is “no”. The Doctor doesn’t ever plan to leave Rose. And as we see in The Army of Ghosts, Rose doesn’t ever plan to leave the Doctor. Now people say that Rose is clingy, but I would say that the Doctor is just as “clingy”. And besides, no one calls married people clingy. Committing to stay with someone is not clinginess.

Great point!

[saiyako]

Nine never gave any indication that he was used to travelling with companions. For all Rose knew, this was his first time traveling abroad since his home planet was destroyed.

You thought so? I thought it seemed pretty obvious he'd been around a bit... I suppose if you take that view, her reaction makes a bit more sense.