Oh I actually prefer Martha too believe it or not *g* At least to series 2 Rose anyway. I guess I just spend more time defending Rose because I see her getting bashed so much more often in this fandom. People say that Martha gets bashed a lot too, but I certaintly haven't seen it going on to the same extent, unless it's at the D/R shippy comms maybe, which I don't really visit any more. At the general comms it's always Rose and Donna that come off the worst for character hate
And in that vein, I don't think the Doctor treated Martha badly by overlooking her attraction - what I find odd is his special treatment of Rose in comparison to all other companions, but on the other hand, she is probably the first person he opened up to after the Time War.
But then for all the "he'd never treat Rose like that" you hear, he pretty much did in more than one episode, and has never been emotionally asute. Early on he was yelling at Rose in The Unquiet Dead about either get used to this new way of doing things, or you can go home. Not to mention bringing Rose to the day that her father died (twice in fact!), and then yelling at her for being a "stupid ape" for trying to save him, when what did he think was likely to happen? It's not like he even explained about the actual risks beforehand, just said we can only look at the moment of his death. Acting on instinct, of course Rose was going to attempt to push her father out of the way, for better or worse that's just Rose.
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Date: 2007-12-16 07:02 pm (UTC)And in that vein, I don't think the Doctor treated Martha badly by overlooking her attraction - what I find odd is his special treatment of Rose in comparison to all other companions, but on the other hand, she is probably the first person he opened up to after the Time War.
But then for all the "he'd never treat Rose like that" you hear, he pretty much did in more than one episode, and has never been emotionally asute. Early on he was yelling at Rose in The Unquiet Dead about either get used to this new way of doing things, or you can go home. Not to mention bringing Rose to the day that her father died (twice in fact!), and then yelling at her for being a "stupid ape" for trying to save him, when what did he think was likely to happen? It's not like he even explained about the actual risks beforehand, just said we can only look at the moment of his death. Acting on instinct, of course Rose was going to attempt to push her father out of the way, for better or worse that's just Rose.