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I could understand her being upset when Nine regenerated because she hadn't experienced it before.
I'm not a huge Doctor/Rose fan. For one thing I was rolling my eyes with Rose acting like she was the first Companion ever when Martha was mentioned "I was there first". Nope, not really, especially with Sarah Jane there.
Hey, I just saw an ad for Life on Mars on WTTW - i.e., Chicago PBS. It was fun - because they ran an ad for Doctor Who with the Master right before it.
Does that make sense? She was so upset when he was going to regenerate it seems that it was Ten specifically she wanted.
OK. Walk the question backward a bit: You're in love with someone and, in a heartbeat, they're about to look different and undergo a personality shift, which could very well entail that person not having feelings for you. Yeah, I'd think that would be distressing.
You're in love with someone and, in a heartbeat, they're about to look different and undergo a personality shift, which could very well entail that person not having feelings for you.
But the first time it happened it didn't ruin things. And he's shown his devotion to people runs through regenerations.
It still takes a bit of getting used to, though.
Actually, Trek (TNG) covered the same ground rather well too, I thought, in the episode where Dr. Crusher falls in love with a Trill.
Finally weakened and found my way to a copy of Waters through unapproved means. Quite worth the effort!
I did keep urging the characters to put on those handy spacesuits that they had sitting around, but they never listen to me.
I just re-watched Journey's End last night. I had forgotten enough details about the hybrid doctor that I now want to re-watch Waters of Mars particularly, with the foreshadowing and whatnot. I don't feel any particular need to watch Next Doctor or the desert one.
But the first time it happened it didn't ruin things. And he's shown his devotion to people runs through regenerations.
It did, and he has. But remember, Nine also very clearly said goodbye to her, too:
The Doctor: Yeah. Doin' it now. See, Time Lords have this little trick, it's sort of a way of cheating death. Except.... it means I'm gonna change. And you're not gonna see me again... Not like this. Not with this daft old face. And before I go-
Rose: Don't say that!
The Doctor: Rose... before I go, I just wanna tell you: you were fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. And d'you know what? [Pause] So was I!
I think it's natural to think of death as an either/or proposition, but with the Doctor, that might not entirely be the case. It seems more as though an aspect of him is dead with each regeneration. A point of view, perhaps, for fear of paraphrasing "Sandman." But I think it's clear that, whatever happens when he regenerates, it's a bit more than a makeover.
I would have thought that what didn't happen with Nine would have served as a bit of a balm. Sure, it's unnerving, but it hardly rerouted things.