Spoilers! Beware!

[pencil_gal]

So, the third season of Doctor Who started here tonight. And I cannot contain my excitement! Both over it and over Torchwood. :D

I'm putting everything under cuts because I know Lady Unicorn would kill me if I spoiled anything for her. *looks at Lady Unicorn* You've been warned. Don't look *winks*

Doctor Who Christmas Special, The Runaway Bride:

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[cuznhottie]

DOCTOR WHO!! WHEE!! *does not look under the cut*

[sallysquirrel]

I hope this is vague enough to not be spoilery:

Because the US scheduling sucks and I just watch whatever Doctor Who I can get, I saw most of Season 3 before finally seeing the Season 2 finale last week. I like the new Season 3 companion okay, but gah, that Season 2 finale just reminded me how good together the Doctor and Rose were. I wished there were more Rose references throughout Season 3, but I guess the show needed to move on from her. Also, the 2nd half of Season 3 is AMAZING! :) Not that the 1st half is bad or anything, but yeah, 2nd half, amazing.

[shadowravyn]

First, I must agree, the second half of Season 3 is WONDERFUL. Blink honestly had me in shivers, and I screamed and cheered throughout Utopia. I haven't yet seen Last of the Time Lords, but I'm looking forward to it with nail-chewing intensity.

However, on the subject of Rose and Martha, I'm afraid I must disagree there. Rose was excellent with Nine. His personality was much darker than Ten (although I think Ten is much darker overall--again, the ending of Family of Blodd had me shivering), and she was very good at lightening him up, and reminding him what it was to be human--sort of. ~_^ Nine had just reincarnated after the Time War, and carried his wounds very openly.

Ten didn't need Rose the same way. He's a lot more manic, far more cheeky, and much less brooding. Their relationship dynamic didn't gel the same way. I cried buckets after Doomsday, but not quite the way I would have if that was the way the first season ended

[sallysquirrel]

Ten didn't need Rose the same way.

Maybe not, but she needed him. It's only my personal preference, but I tend to like melodrama and angst, so I ate up the Doctor/Rose dynamic. With Doctor/Martha, you don't get the same connection and that sense of absolute mutual trust/reliance/understanding. I know it's not supposed to be the same and Doctor/Martha is supposed to be a much less needy relationship, and I totally understand why people would like that better. I agree that in many ways, Martha makes a "better" companion, in that she's more intelligent and independent and so on. But again, it's a personal preference thing, and I just happen to like the angst and drama.

[shadowravyn]

Please forgive me for e-stalking you. I clicked on your screenname to see if you put your email on your profile so I could include you in my list of themes and the like to send to Alicia, and then I saw your post and felt that I should reply to one of the comments. I hope you don't mind.

Also, please let me know when you've seen more of Torchwood. There is SO MUCH I've been looking forward to talking to people about.