Didn't Mel already have a degree? Ace was sixteen, (Only three years wait and he could have courted her, judging by his behavior with Rose!) about to take her "A" levels when she was abducted by the storm and stuck in a waitress job. She was bright enough--obviously if she was going to Time Lord school--but not really mature. The Doctor started out as a Grandparent--taking on the task of teacher with apprentice doesn't seem too out of character to me.
And in those days--he had Assistants and even the persons with educations got learning expereince. Different show--much more relaxed about relationships than now. The Sexual inuendo was there for adults, and tension came about when actors were attracted to each other.
She was brave and bold as a Kang should benostalgia_ljJune 13 2012, 16:25:15 UTC
I am quite glad she never got sent off to be a Time Lord because that would have been a bit crap. Probably.
I tend to think of her as a bit of a mid-life-crisis thingy, where the Doctor is replacing himself before he either dies or becomes the sort of person who won't put in the effort. (See also: killing everything bad while he can.) I don't know why not Mel, unless I want to go all wanky about Ace being somehow "special" and I don't want to do that. Might well have been that he really did know about her connection to Fenric and thought she'd be a useful pawn to have on his side and then kind of fell for her and started her training proper? I don't know, really.
Re: She was brave and bold as a Kang should bekilodaltonJune 13 2012, 16:34:05 UTC
Yeah idk, if you want to go with the potential for the Time Lord thingy to be true, then maybe he had the capability of more of a deep-seated connection with her? Because of whatever capabilities she would naturally have. Or something. IDK lol.
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And in those days--he had Assistants and even the persons with educations got learning expereince. Different show--much more relaxed about relationships than now. The Sexual inuendo was there for adults, and tension came about when actors were attracted to each other.
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I tend to think of her as a bit of a mid-life-crisis thingy, where the Doctor is replacing himself before he either dies or becomes the sort of person who won't put in the effort. (See also: killing everything bad while he can.) I don't know why not Mel, unless I want to go all wanky about Ace being somehow "special" and I don't want to do that. Might well have been that he really did know about her connection to Fenric and thought she'd be a useful pawn to have on his side and then kind of fell for her and started her training proper? I don't know, really.
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