Okay. Here I go. Yes the Doctor did love all of his companions. Rose is the first one we see him be IN love with. Yes he was in love with her. How do I know this? I've got two different kind of answers for you.
The simple truth: Russel T. Davis calls Rose the love of the Doctor's life. He wrote it, that makes it true. We sort of have to deal with it.
My analytical opinion: The Doctor didn't have a great big gaping hole in his soul when he met Romana, Sarah Jane, or any of the other companions. He did when he met Rose. He was war weary, and lonely, and broken. She helped to heal him a little bit. I agree that at first he tried to treat her with the paternal affection he used with all his other companions, but it didn't last long because she filled a space in him he needed filled. According to RTD (again, he wrote it) when nine breathes the time vortex back into the TARDIS it symbolizes him giving up a lot of his guilt, letting go of some of the pain. Ten reflects this attitude, and yes he is more compatable with Rose, but whether or not that was on purpose isn't important. He loved her, he loved her family, she gave him a place to belong. Losing her was like losing Gallifrey all over again.
Honestly I could talk about this all day, couldn't we all? But it seems sort of pointless. No matter what we say everyone is going to retain their own opinons and desires. Mine is that he was in love with her, because despite all their differences they were the same. Their story is beautiful, even if it was breif.
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Date: 2007-05-08 05:36 pm (UTC)The simple truth: Russel T. Davis calls Rose the love of the Doctor's life. He wrote it, that makes it true. We sort of have to deal with it.
My analytical opinion: The Doctor didn't have a great big gaping hole in his soul when he met Romana, Sarah Jane, or any of the other companions. He did when he met Rose. He was war weary, and lonely, and broken. She helped to heal him a little bit. I agree that at first he tried to treat her with the paternal affection he used with all his other companions, but it didn't last long because she filled a space in him he needed filled. According to RTD (again, he wrote it) when nine breathes the time vortex back into the TARDIS it symbolizes him giving up a lot of his guilt, letting go of some of the pain. Ten reflects this attitude, and yes he is more compatable with Rose, but whether or not that was on purpose isn't important. He loved her, he loved her family, she gave him a place to belong. Losing her was like losing Gallifrey all over again.
Honestly I could talk about this all day, couldn't we all? But it seems sort of pointless. No matter what we say everyone is going to retain their own opinons and desires. Mine is that he was in love with her, because despite all their differences they were the same. Their story is beautiful, even if it was breif.