I think "second best" was a poor choice of words by Rusty. He's saying that Rose was more special to Doctor than Martha got to be, because they were closer. And you explained everything that played into that. I don't think Martha's intelligence has anything to do with that whole story. He lost everything, met Rose, then lost her too. He was still grieving when he met Martha, it could have been anyone and the end result wouldn't have been any better.
Probably the rudest the Doctor was to Martha was early on when he kept saying it would only be one trip, not a full-time companion. One could argue that he didn't want to go thought the whole "get close and lose them again" thing again so soon? But while I was annoyed with his blindness at first, and how he kept saying the wrong thing often I can't blame him too much because he just doesn't function like us, he doesn't "get it". For me the rudest thing he did was in Sound of the Drums when they were turning those TARDIS keys into perception filter things and he said something like "Oh I know - it's like when you fancy someone and they don't know you exist!" First I though "OMB how can he still be so blind!", but in Last of the Timelord he knew why she was leaving him, so I figured he realized some time ago, and that makes his previous comment in SoD kinda cruel.
Than again I'm so sick of ships tainting Doctor Who. I'm glad Martha left to get over him and get on with her life. And I hope we won't see anything too shippy on Doctor Who again, when it comes to him. Little stuff like Girl in the Fireplace, or Smith/Joan arc I don't mind. But no series long romances please. Shippers ruin pretty much every fandom, so I'm staying away from Doctor Who one, I got too annoyed.
And all this from someone who likes Martha just a bit more than Rose. ;)
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Date: 2007-12-16 05:55 pm (UTC)I don't think Martha's intelligence has anything to do with that whole story. He lost everything, met Rose, then lost her too. He was still grieving when he met Martha, it could have been anyone and the end result wouldn't have been any better.
Probably the rudest the Doctor was to Martha was early on when he kept saying it would only be one trip, not a full-time companion.
One could argue that he didn't want to go thought the whole "get close and lose them again" thing again so soon?
But while I was annoyed with his blindness at first, and how he kept saying the wrong thing often I can't blame him too much because he just doesn't function like us, he doesn't "get it".
For me the rudest thing he did was in Sound of the Drums when they were turning those TARDIS keys into perception filter things and he said something like "Oh I know - it's like when you fancy someone and they don't know you exist!" First I though "OMB how can he still be so blind!", but in Last of the Timelord he knew why she was leaving him, so I figured he realized some time ago, and that makes his previous comment in SoD kinda cruel.
Than again I'm so sick of ships tainting Doctor Who. I'm glad Martha left to get over him and get on with her life. And I hope we won't see anything too shippy on Doctor Who again, when it comes to him. Little stuff like Girl in the Fireplace, or Smith/Joan arc I don't mind. But no series long romances please.
Shippers ruin pretty much every fandom, so I'm staying away from Doctor Who one, I got too annoyed.
And all this from someone who likes Martha just a bit more than Rose. ;)