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Post by da professor on Feb 17, 2010 17:12:18 GMT
Also, even if you take the romance idea on board, the average human, so I've heard, falls in love twice in his/her life. Twice in eighty years is more than 20 times in over 900. Just a thought.
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rev503
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Post by rev503 on Mar 12, 2010 8:16:43 GMT
Also look at stress in humans post combat or post accident...lots of people have said surviving serious danger with someone forms a bond deeper than many marriages. I can see almost all of the Doctors companions forming that kind of bond considering what their travels tend to be like - its not romantic, just knowin from experience you can trust someone with your life. That being said...the 10th doctor definately seemed to be a bit of a tart right out of the box (I think he was throwing pickuup lines at Rose about 5 lines of dialog in) - The 8th Doctor I thought handled the whole romance angle much better.
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Post by Stormcrow on Mar 12, 2010 18:01:21 GMT
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Post by whichdoctor on Mar 27, 2010 3:33:31 GMT
Honestly, I think the new series has definitely changed the character of the Doctor with regards to romance. In the original series it was a deliberate choice on the part of the creators not to allow the Doctor (at least from Pertwee onwards) to have any romantic entanglements. This was not a problem with the First and Second Doctors, given Hartnell's age and Troughton's interpretation of the character. The thing is, the TV movie and the current series have considerably loosened that restriction. "School Reunion" was, I think, an attempt to retcon the original series by implying that Sarah Jane and the Doctor had deeper feelings for each other. It's understandable given the very different eras in which the original and current series are aired.
Personally I'm going with a 'live in the now' perspective, that being that the Doctor has always had romance in him, but it was just never shown in the original series. That may not be the intent of the original show's creators, but given the choice between a neutered Doctor and a romantic one, the romantic version just makes more sense.
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Post by ugavine on Mar 28, 2010 22:17:26 GMT
So.... River Song? Getting married to Elizabeth I? Renette? He certainly had a thing for Renette.
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Post by lordjagged on Apr 18, 2010 7:15:27 GMT
Personally I'm going with a 'live in the now' perspective, that being that the Doctor has always had romance in him, but it was just never shown in the original series. That may not be the intent of the original show's creators, but given the choice between a neutered Doctor and a romantic one, the romantic version just makes more sense. I think you're right about the way peoples attitudes change being reflected in the way the program makers interpret the character of the Doctor and his interplay with his companions. Even so I don't feel comfortable with a Doctor that romances his assistants. He's a centuries old alien genius who surrounds himself with 20 or 30 year old human females, most of whom are nowhere near him intellectually. Add the romance element and you get a situation somewhat akin to a 55 year old college professor who surrounded himself with and regularly dates 18 year old girls. Not pretty!
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