RTD meant it in terms of the next companion was inevitably to be second best in the Doctor's eyes
That's what I think is causing it - and that might of been how it came across, and even how RTD wanted it to, but to old school fans that is horrible. Absolutely horrible. The Doctor doesn't work in grades of second best or even first best, and it's one thing if the Doctor doesn't realize he's doing it, and it's another if he does it and doesn't care.
There is nothing "awful" about the Doctor moving on, nothing *awful* about him loving his time with the next one, nothing *awful* about loving everyone. He loves them all, they are all different for a reason, and he loves them all because of who they are and their differences - that's why he loves them, he enjoys and thrives on it. That's who the Doctor is. That's what the Doctor does. If people are outraged it's probably due to them seeing an icon they love in the hands of a man who IMO after reading that? does not get it AT ALL. That's my problem with the whole making every companion sexualized anyway - I don't think there is the need or even want by most fans to have that sort of "ranking" going on. All it ends up being is *insulting.*
Each companion is different, each companion serves their own purpose, and each is special to the Doctor and to fans in different ways. Subtext can be whatever it is, and that's fine, any Who-shipper who wants to run with that, I don't see an issue with. But that's just that - it should be, IMO, subtext. Not text-text because you get into these situations -- people who prefer older school education based type of companions (which are merely hold overs from when it was an educational based program) get called snobs, people who like newer identifiable companions get called idiots, and everything ends up being boiled down to a ship war.
I'm not asking for RTD's head on a stick, but I definitely won't miss him when he (and his Lana Langificated companion in Rose Tyler) go far, far away.
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That's what I think is causing it - and that might of been how it came across, and even how RTD wanted it to, but to old school fans that is horrible. Absolutely horrible. The Doctor doesn't work in grades of second best or even first best, and it's one thing if the Doctor doesn't realize he's doing it, and it's another if he does it and doesn't care.
There is nothing "awful" about the Doctor moving on, nothing *awful* about him loving his time with the next one, nothing *awful* about loving everyone. He loves them all, they are all different for a reason, and he loves them all because of who they are and their differences - that's why he loves them, he enjoys and thrives on it. That's who the Doctor is. That's what the Doctor does. If people are outraged it's probably due to them seeing an icon they love in the hands of a man who IMO after reading that? does not get it AT ALL. That's my problem with the whole making every companion sexualized anyway - I don't think there is the need or even want by most fans to have that sort of "ranking" going on. All it ends up being is *insulting.*
Each companion is different, each companion serves their own purpose, and each is special to the Doctor and to fans in different ways. Subtext can be whatever it is, and that's fine, any Who-shipper who wants to run with that, I don't see an issue with. But that's just that - it should be, IMO, subtext. Not text-text because you get into these situations -- people who prefer older school education based type of companions (which are merely hold overs from when it was an educational based program) get called snobs, people who like newer identifiable companions get called idiots, and everything ends up being boiled down to a ship war.
I'm not asking for RTD's head on a stick, but I definitely won't miss him when he (and his Lana Langificated companion in Rose Tyler) go far, far away.