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Replacement Ramblings
OK. Nos' seems awfully worried about Replacement, and I can see her point really.
My thinkage thus far on Replacement and what needs to be taken into account and what it means and some speculation and logics:
Ten'n'Rose had UST and some sort of romantic thing going on, whatever it may have been, however one-sided or two-sided it may have been, and I'm not sure on that one but I'll happily admit that it was there, and it was obviously meant to be there as part of some sort of arc. We don't yet know how that arc will end, but it will end and that'll be it. Putting in a Replacement with the same sort of UST/romantic attachment clearly isn't going to work for several reasons:
1) It demeans Rose and her specialness. I don't agree with Rose's specialness but Rusty obviously wants me to, so there we go.
2) It sets a precedent of the Doctor only taking people he wants to shag along on his batshit adventures in time and space, which makes him look like some sort of alien space hussy, or weird old perv with a time machine, whichever one takes your fancy.
3) It's rehashing a story that has already been told once with Rose. Bored now.
4) The question of how long it takes the Doctor to get over Rose will always be out there, and whatever the answer, it'll probably end up making him look like a bit of a shit, or an alien space floozy again.
So, apparently we need someone with whom the Doctor cannot, in any way, have any UST/romance. It just doesn't seem to be possible to leave in any UST. I can't see it working anyway, there seems to be no way to throw in any romance without throwing in any or all of point 1-4.
Where does that leave us with Replacement possibilities? Well, we could get:
1) A man. But seeing as the Doctor is omnisexual, a man is no guarantee of a lack of UST. Plus: Doctor Who needs a girl. For the dads. You may find this to be sad reflection of the state of television at the moment, but it's true nonetheless.
2) A girl who is definitely 100% a lesbian. Or maybe two girls who are definitely lesbians together? I somehow don't see this one happening. Unless they are also ninja space pirates as well. The dads would like it, but no, not probable.
3) A much OLDER woman. But as Nos has proved conclusively, put Ten in a room with an older woman and the walls will just melt from the ST. Melt I tells ya!
Which leaves us with:
4) A relative. A great great granddaughter perhaps? Someone of whose existence neither we or the Doctor are, at this point in time, aware.
Now that may sound completely batshit but think about it:
*It neatly rules out the possibility of any UST.
*It tackles some of the Doctor's loneliness issues without involving any squicky romance.
*It fits in with the lonely emo last Time Lord foreshadowing thing that's been going on.
*It fits in with the "I'm a dad" hammer we're allegedly about to be hit with.
*It allows a season of unromantic adventures in time and space during which the public can get used to the Lack Of Rose, and maybe forget about her just a bit, without making the Doctor look like an asshole for getting used to the Lack Of Rose and maybe forgetting about her just a bit.
*It neatly opens up a possibility for a third companion, perhaps a boy for Replacement to have UST with? Leaving the Doctor without anyone to have UST with at all, because I'm evil like that.
And so I'm calling the "slightly somehow related to the Doctor companion" for S3, perhaps after a short fake-out companion at x-mas.
Unless of course the Doctor just goes "Rose who?" at Christmas.
Which is a distinct possibility.
I'm going for a lie down now.
My thinkage thus far on Replacement and what needs to be taken into account and what it means and some speculation and logics:
Ten'n'Rose had UST and some sort of romantic thing going on, whatever it may have been, however one-sided or two-sided it may have been, and I'm not sure on that one but I'll happily admit that it was there, and it was obviously meant to be there as part of some sort of arc. We don't yet know how that arc will end, but it will end and that'll be it. Putting in a Replacement with the same sort of UST/romantic attachment clearly isn't going to work for several reasons:
1) It demeans Rose and her specialness. I don't agree with Rose's specialness but Rusty obviously wants me to, so there we go.
2) It sets a precedent of the Doctor only taking people he wants to shag along on his batshit adventures in time and space, which makes him look like some sort of alien space hussy, or weird old perv with a time machine, whichever one takes your fancy.
3) It's rehashing a story that has already been told once with Rose. Bored now.
4) The question of how long it takes the Doctor to get over Rose will always be out there, and whatever the answer, it'll probably end up making him look like a bit of a shit, or an alien space floozy again.
So, apparently we need someone with whom the Doctor cannot, in any way, have any UST/romance. It just doesn't seem to be possible to leave in any UST. I can't see it working anyway, there seems to be no way to throw in any romance without throwing in any or all of point 1-4.
Where does that leave us with Replacement possibilities? Well, we could get:
1) A man. But seeing as the Doctor is omnisexual, a man is no guarantee of a lack of UST. Plus: Doctor Who needs a girl. For the dads. You may find this to be sad reflection of the state of television at the moment, but it's true nonetheless.
2) A girl who is definitely 100% a lesbian. Or maybe two girls who are definitely lesbians together? I somehow don't see this one happening. Unless they are also ninja space pirates as well. The dads would like it, but no, not probable.
3) A much OLDER woman. But as Nos has proved conclusively, put Ten in a room with an older woman and the walls will just melt from the ST. Melt I tells ya!
Which leaves us with:
4) A relative. A great great granddaughter perhaps? Someone of whose existence neither we or the Doctor are, at this point in time, aware.
Now that may sound completely batshit but think about it:
*It neatly rules out the possibility of any UST.
*It tackles some of the Doctor's loneliness issues without involving any squicky romance.
*It fits in with the lonely emo last Time Lord foreshadowing thing that's been going on.
*It fits in with the "I'm a dad" hammer we're allegedly about to be hit with.
*It allows a season of unromantic adventures in time and space during which the public can get used to the Lack Of Rose, and maybe forget about her just a bit, without making the Doctor look like an asshole for getting used to the Lack Of Rose and maybe forgetting about her just a bit.
*It neatly opens up a possibility for a third companion, perhaps a boy for Replacement to have UST with? Leaving the Doctor without anyone to have UST with at all, because I'm evil like that.
And so I'm calling the "slightly somehow related to the Doctor companion" for S3, perhaps after a short fake-out companion at x-mas.
Unless of course the Doctor just goes "Rose who?" at Christmas.
Which is a distinct possibility.
I'm going for a lie down now.
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I was also thinking along the Ian and Barbara lines, I definitely think it will go in the 2 companions having UST with each other direction, that seems to make the most sense to me. I don't think even Russell wants the Doctor to be a Space Slut. Though, sometimes I wonder...