Things and links.

[elisi]

Dogtor Who. (All 12 Time Lords (and the War Doctor) as dogs.) Adore this to absolute pieces. With many thanks to curiouswombat.

This Guy Gets 10 Formal Office Complaints, What He Gets Them For Will Make You Laugh, A Lot.

Society's New Rules (according to the internet). Make sure to read the WHOLE disclaimer.

BBC Gallery - The Girl in the Fireplace: Behind the Scenes. A mixture of rare and familiar shots from the making of this 2006 episode.

ETA: I... have no words. (Although if you're at work, turn the volume down.)

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[elisi]

I found Rose more relatable than interesting, in some ways. Weirdly, Martha is a lot more like me--middle child, academically ambitious, closer to her mother than to her father--than Rose will ever be. I think if I ever met someone like Rose, I probably wouldn't like her very much. But in terms of the characters, Rose generally felt more fleshed-out to me.
I've not really got anything to add. Rose *was* more fleshed out - and relatable - partly because she was our guide to the Doctor. We (the audience and Rose) discovered him together, so she needed to be someone instantly familiar.

I actually had a half-written parody fic in my head for a while called "Poker Night on the Valiant," where everyone was sitting around the long table waiting for Martha to show up and get the plot moving. ; ) The Joneses would say things like, "We have no existence without Martha."
LOL.

LOL!! I'm glad I never got too attached to anyone on Torchwood.
Ianto's death is the worst [fannish] thing to ever have happened. Before him I didn't know that you could mourn fictional characters.

It seriously took me three or four years to get over Oz leaving Buffy (I held out hope until the bitter end that Seth Green might come back at least for a block of guest episodes, but no such luck). : /
:(

Ten-Rose was actually the first TV pair I'd shipped since the Buffy days, and I was glad that by the time I started watching the show, I already knew Rose was leaving. So she was gone before I hit the point of obsessive personal investment.
Also companions are by their nature transient. The whole show works on continued change, so that helps.

Plus, they have their separate lives. River's not in every episode. So there's none of the over-familiarity of a character who's there all the time.
That's it. And she stays a bit of a mystery. They're out of synch, so 'When are they' becomes a feature.

If you 'ship them, you can have them as happy or as miserable or as messed up as you want them to be. There's a lot of room to play around. (Moff is really a clever bastard with River--he gets to have his cake and eat it, too)
Thisssss.

I can't wait to see if she pops up again during Twelve's tenure. It would certainly throw her comments about Ten looking "so young" into a whole new light. : )
Heeeeee. Although I'm torn. Part of me says MOAR RIVER, YES, and another says BUT SHE BELONGS WITH ELEVEN! (See the header I made...)

Sunglasses, more like, to keep from being blinded. : )
LOL