I loved Martha a lot, and I actually did enjoy the way her feelings for the Doctor were portrayed (although his continuous references to Rose were so frustrating). She was a bit blinded by her feelings at the start, but then as the series goes on she realised she deserves better and by the end she leaves. And that was great.
I never understood the thing with Mickey. I was so ticked off when they did that. It was like a combination of "Rose and the Doctor's leftovers" and "eh, they're both black", and especially when Martha already had a canon fiance whose relationship with her made sense and was a little but developed... I just don't know why you would do that.
Classic Who is a lot of fun, especially if you keep an open mind about cheap special effects... It's generally less...emotional? than the new series, or it's not trying as hard to make sure you feel the emotional weight of what's going on. You have to do more of that work yourself. But the bits and pieces I've watched have been great, although you never know whether an episode is going to be legitimately good or so bad it's good. Enjoyable either way...
I saw a pair of quotes on Tumblr one time. One of them was RTD talking about the differences in personality between his companions and how that effected their story arc, and the other was Moffat, saying something about how all woman who would travel with the Doctor would be much the same - feisty and a bit adventurous - and it was up to the actresses to bring differences to the roles...
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Date: 2015-01-06 12:40 am (UTC)I never understood the thing with Mickey. I was so ticked off when they did that. It was like a combination of "Rose and the Doctor's leftovers" and "eh, they're both black", and especially when Martha already had a canon fiance whose relationship with her made sense and was a little but developed... I just don't know why you would do that.
Classic Who is a lot of fun, especially if you keep an open mind about cheap special effects... It's generally less...emotional? than the new series, or it's not trying as hard to make sure you feel the emotional weight of what's going on. You have to do more of that work yourself. But the bits and pieces I've watched have been great, although you never know whether an episode is going to be legitimately good or so bad it's good. Enjoyable either way...
I saw a pair of quotes on Tumblr one time. One of them was RTD talking about the differences in personality between his companions and how that effected their story arc, and the other was Moffat, saying something about how all woman who would travel with the Doctor would be much the same - feisty and a bit adventurous - and it was up to the actresses to bring differences to the roles...