On the Cut Scene from “Journey’s End”
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Here’s a transcript of a cut bit from “Journey’s End.”
I love "This universe is in need of defending." and "The Doctor. In the TARDIS. With Rose Tyler. Just as it should be." Because, yay! It confirms that they're off having adventures and saving the universe, not settling down and breeding tiembabies or whatever. I didn't really need this, because, duh, they're the Doctor and Rose, of course they'll never stop having adventures. But it's nice to end their story on that emphasis, since so many people interpreted it as pushing domesticity (which I think is an error on the part of the people interpreting it, putting cultural expectations of what it means to "end with a kiss" over the personalities of the characters we've known for years).
Anyway, but that cool part is ruined by this: "Human with a Time Lord brain, perfect combination! We can travel the universe forever. Best Friends! And equals, just what old skinnyboy needs, an equal!"
EW.
If Rose isn't "equal," what's the implication other than that she's inferior?
Okay, it's true that only another Time Lord is the Doctor's equal in brain power. But people can be equals when they excel in different ways. Like Sam and Gene--Sam with the logic and Gene with the gut instinct. I think Rose and the Doctor were equals because they brought different but equally important strengths to the relationship--his giant Time Lord brain and her giant human heart. I think we saw over and over how she has strengths that he lacks--she "gets" people, she notices things he doesn't because she's more tuned in to regular people, she never gives up when she's passionate about something...
I'm seriously disturbed by the idea that you should take one aspect of a person and elevate it above all others, and by the idea that you can only love people with the same specific level of intelligence as you. There's just something really gross about that, ranking the value of a person based on one measure of "intelligence" (it's certainly not emotional intelligence or social intelligence--if we ranked on those the Doctor would be counted as a moron!).
Sorry, it's creepy. I'm glad they cut the scene.
On the plus side: X-Files movie tonight at midnight! Given the way the show went, this could be awesome or a total nightmare. *crosses fingers*
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