I think the notion of "Martha is always going to be second best" is severely rubbed in the faces of us all, though, by the wholly unnecessary unrequited love. As you said, can't companions be appreciated in different ways?
Rose: RTD tells us there was requited wub. Martha: Canon unrequited; RTD tells us she's second-best.
Must the Doctor-Companion relationship according to RTD always be interpreted in terms of Who Fancies Who? Even Sarah Jane was reinterpreted as sexual!
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Date: 2007-12-16 05:20 pm (UTC)Rose: RTD tells us there was requited wub.
Martha: Canon unrequited; RTD tells us she's second-best.
Must the Doctor-Companion relationship according to RTD always be interpreted in terms of Who Fancies Who? Even Sarah Jane was reinterpreted as sexual!