I agree with everything you say here. I think CT herself says something similar in the DWC about Donna's jealousy of River being that it's because she likes travelling with the Doctor and doesn't want someone putting a spanner in the works. And I know that was how it was supposed to come across - it just intrigued me when my ten-year-old daughter, who is at the "eeew! people are kissing!" stage when she sees it on TV actually asked me if Donna loved Ten. Awww... my answer was "of course she does" because, well, it's true, isn't it? Whichever way you see it - whether you ship them (and I sort of do, a bit, but not in a mushy way) or not.
What you say about the love between them not needing to be said goes back to one of the things I've been saying for a while on the subject of SHOW not TELL - because Ten and Donna is the ONE time you can see love on screen (because I saw absolutely nothing to convince me that Ten loved Rose - more about that here (http://caz963.livejournal.com/345407.html)) and I believe if there had been anyone 'forever' for him it would have been Donna. I've likened it to a marriage without the sex, and in my head, that's what it was/is.
The good thing about the EoT scene was that, in the end, it DIDN'T need saying - the Doctor couldn't take his eyes off Donna, and whether that was direction or down to David's knowing his character better than anyone I don't know (I suspect the latter).
Whenever the running gag came up, "No, no, no,...we're not a couple...," I always thought two things, "Of course you are," and "Methinks thou dost protest too much."
Definitely. Same here :-)
And don't apologise for long comments - I love 'em!
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Date: 2010-05-10 08:13 am (UTC)What you say about the love between them not needing to be said goes back to one of the things I've been saying for a while on the subject of SHOW not TELL - because Ten and Donna is the ONE time you can see love on screen (because I saw absolutely nothing to convince me that Ten loved Rose - more about that here (http://caz963.livejournal.com/345407.html)) and I believe if there had been anyone 'forever' for him it would have been Donna. I've likened it to a marriage without the sex, and in my head, that's what it was/is.
The good thing about the EoT scene was that, in the end, it DIDN'T need saying - the Doctor couldn't take his eyes off Donna, and whether that was direction or down to David's knowing his character better than anyone I don't know (I suspect the latter).
Whenever the running gag came up, "No, no, no,...we're not a couple...," I always thought two things, "Of course you are," and "Methinks thou dost protest too much."
Definitely. Same here :-)
And don't apologise for long comments - I love 'em!