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airie_fairy June 22 2008, 06:45:31 UTC
He needed to tone down the Rose as a scientific genius stuff like WHOA. She seemed very busy bee in the episode, so I'm desperately hand-waving the salute as her not wanting to get bogged down in formalities because she's not the Doctor, even if I liked her she would not be the Doctor. But the scientific expertise...um...no. The Doctor doesn't clue people in that much, and there's nobody else who could've taught her.

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persiflage_1 June 22 2008, 06:49:35 UTC
Exactly! I could understand if it had been other companions (eg. Martha, Sarah Jane, Liz) who all have some sort of scientific background (or in SJS's case, a past working with UNIT, hence her ability to build a "Cloudbursting" machine in "Warriors of Kudlak"), but for Rose? Nope, so very not convinced...

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airie_fairy June 22 2008, 06:53:21 UTC
Rose presumably has alt!Torchwood training -- they did manage to build universe-hoppers -- but what's the Time Lord tech knowledge about? Even if she's "just saying stuff the Doctor might say," it's suspiciously spot on...

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persiflage_1 June 22 2008, 07:02:58 UTC
I can buy alt!Torchwood training, but yes, the Time Lord tech knowledge is just OOC!

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persiflage_1 June 22 2008, 12:10:52 UTC
That's the conclusion I came to elsewhere - that she's got Time Lord knowledge from eating the TARDIS in PotW...

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persiflage_1 June 22 2008, 12:16:26 UTC
Aye !!

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airie_fairy June 22 2008, 23:58:44 UTC
It's odd that she wouldn't have exhibited it through s2, though...

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