I love rec'ing stuff - I really ought to get myself a pimp icon.

at least it never was in the old days
I should have made it clear that I only meant the most recent series. Sadly I've never seen any of the old ones [/deprived].

I got the impression that Russell T. Davies was playing with the shippiness to see how far he could go with it
I think you're right - and it's another relationship that could never work practically. Not that I think Rose will settle down with Mickey and have lots of babies, but Rose/Doctor is as doomed as Buffy/Angel.