Which is funny because Rose also has a TON of material in The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances, most of which is quite charming and fun. Like I said, this is one of the few episodes where I buy her as big-hearted as RTD claims she is - being big enough to make space for Mickey to join the adventure speaks well of her, as does her treatment of Reinette.

And Donna Noble also has a MASSIVE subplot in the Library episodes which, like it or not, we meet her as a person desperate to wed and have a family, so her story of getting her fantasy and then having it ripped away is in fact, really appropriate to her character.

Also, I am biased: I think he's ultimately correct in his criticism of Rose Tyler. Saying one companion was the love of the Doctor's life, in a show where the Doctor(s) and Companions(s) are recast every season or two? That IS a bad precedent to set for the show and undermines the premise.