Doctor Who: Some Rose Tyler Quotes

[rabid1st]

I was off looking for a quote about Rose for a buddy of mine and I came across a whole sheaf of them. Since, I love having my OTP acknowledged...I thought I would share these again, I'm sure I've shared most of them before...but those who say Moff hates Rose...need to see the last one.

“From the moment they meet, the Doctor and Rose are soul mates. They understand and complement each other.” – Russell T Davies
“What Rose brings to the Doctor’s life is completion. It’s completing a circle – he’s male, he’s alien, he’s a traveler. Between the two of them together they complement each other and discover each other. And are in love with each other – absolutely, unashamedly, unreservedly.” – Russell T Davies
“It’s a love story…it’s like love at first sight, in a way.” – Christopher Eccleston
“The Doctor is literally thrown into this bizarre new circumstance before he’s properly gotten himself together after saying farewell to Rose, who was the love of his life.” – David Tennant
“I think Rose was unique in the sense that she loved him and he loved her back. And it was more than just a hint, it was deeply emotional.” – Freema Agyeman
“The Doctor and Rose love each other. I think it’s that simple.” – Euros Lyn
“She’s the one woman, the one human, that can make him better – that can make him a bigger character, a better man.” – Julie Gardner
“From first holding the Doctor’s hand to a farewell on a beach, Rose is the Doctor’s reason to fight, to endure, to ensure there’s light in the darkness. Together they can achieve anything. As Episode 9 describes it, they are the stuff of legends.” – Julie Gardner
"If Rose is over there and she's all you want in the universe, and you're desparate to get to her, you want to be able to run flat out" - David Tennant
"There they are on a Dalek ravaged street, the furthest distance apart, her with a big gun, him with the TARDIS and they run toward one another...like the biggest romance you've ever seen in your life." -- Russell T Davies

“Obviously and quite overtly, really, the subtext of this show is that the Doctor is hopelessly in love with Rose.” – Steven Moffat

And to Moff's credit, he never tries to make the Doctor hopelessly in love with anyone else. He does have a bad case of my companion is fancier and more dazzling and capable than any other, but (and perhaps this is simply because he can't write epic love stories)...he never lets his Doctor emotionally engage beyond a passionate sort of interest in others. Eleven is fascinated by the quirky charming mystery of River (and Amy and Clara, as well) but he doesn't love any of them in the way that Nine and Ten loved Rose. There is no danger of his becoming desparate to reach them if they appear on a distant street corner.

Comments

[wickedgillie.livejournal.com]

What can I say but Amen?

[rabid1st.livejournal.com]

Yep! They are the heart of New Who. And I think the show should stop fighting that, trying to recreate a magic that they were lucky to have the first time around.

[nonlinearmusing.livejournal.com]

*sigh* They are so EPIC! Yep, no other ship measures up to the FEELS. It's been years and I still miss seeing them onscreen.

[rabid1st.livejournal.com]

Yes. They are epic. And the show has been fighting that Epic-ness for a long time. I do believe the very best thing for the show, would be to bring it to a close with a Rose/Doctor ending. Something truly epic and satisfying for the 50th.

Let it rest for a time, then bring it back with a new idea for the Doctor's default position. My bet would be as Clara's actual grandfather. That is, let him fully experience his love...and get that out of his system...so that when Doctor Who returns, we have a new direction for the character of the Doctor. Something to do that isn't all about being the last Time Lord or finding a soulmate. Because...he found her...she's Rose.

[dragon-bait21.livejournal.com]

The funny thing is that Moffat knows the Doctor loves Rose-and he hates that fact. He has spent two full seasons trying to make that fact go away. He has rebooted the universe, married the Doctor off to River, and kept River around long past her "sell by" date to try and get the fandom to accept his view of the Doctors "twu wuv" Now he is only letting River go so he can try again with Clara. I fully expect him to use this anniversary special to try and degrade the relationship yet again. I used to think it was some buried animosity between him and RTD that caused this malice, but after seeing the season finale and how derivative it was I have another theory.

I think Moffat at least skims the fan fiction websites. I think he has run out of creative ideas and really does troll around to get some. It has to really tick him off that here, even after three years of his characters, most of the stories feature RTD's world. Even more infuriating many of the stories pair his Eleven with Rose. Nobody seems to find Ten/River compelling. Not only that, but the more experienced a writer is the more likely they are to be Rose fans, with that comes some of the better and more creative stories Part of it comes with age and the fact that most romance writers are female. I think this has given rise to a vindictive streak in Moffat. I don't think he will be content to leave well enough alone he will want to burn down RTD's storyline and sow the ashes with salt.

Maybe I come across a little harsh but I don't see any checks at all on Moffat's behavior. I actually seems to me to be ratcheting up as he becomes more and more insecure.

[rabid1st.livejournal.com]

I have always done Moff the favor of allowing that his passion to put his fingers all over Doctor who stems from his own fandom days. That he watched as a child and imagined what HE would do with the show...that is...the childish fandom thing that so many fanboyz do...make it all about himself. David Tennant has a streak of this in him as well, which is why he saw nothing wrong with the "I don't want to go" line. It was about HIM, David...not the Doctor, but he failed to appreciate that.

Now, we see Moff causing no end of canon headaches for whatever writer takes over from him. Assuming that the BBC doesn't just cancel the show as unwatchable before Moff is finished. I feel he has already warped the show beyond recognition since he has added Clara and River to every Doctor's time line. I mean, not only are they very limited, sexist characters...but we can't be rid of them...or him. So, I am going with my I&B solution. And maybe I should apply to the BBC as headwriter. I have no experience, but they will need someone who can turn the tide on Moff's ego binge at the end of it.

Rae

[dragon-bait21.livejournal.com]

I guess you're kinder and more charitable than I am. I feel a sort of vindictiveness coming from him in some of his scripts and his interviews, an attitude of "if I can't have it no one can" RTD was guilty of that with that line you mentioned but Moffat seems to revel in it.

Maybe if we all started talking up Sherlock and flattering him about that show he will decide he can get his ego stroked there and will quit DW. You know, the carrot approach.

[rabid1st.livejournal.com]

I think Moff is bitter, but it is the same narcissism story that it always was, I think. Basically, he's upset because nobody appreciates his genius. Nobody understands him. I get that he is lonely and feels entitled, but he needs to stop messing up this show. He's just out of control now. River knows every Doctor. Amy has a time lady daughter who IS River. Clara has been helping every Doctor. And we have the Doctor's resting place and his entire time line up for manipulation. Can't Moff just write a story of his own?

I do think he goes to the fanfiction sites and mines them for ideas. Sadly, he always ends up back in his own idea about rewriting all of time to suit his own ego. Le Sigh!

[taylorlx.livejournal.com]

Amen to this!