Hee - glad you're enjoying it! (especially after the Cyberman duology, which is some of the weakest writing of the show. I love what it does with Mickey's char - such a satisfying end for him to come to! and I was originally thinking he was going to die in the pilot ep - but overall it's just not great TV - which means it can only get better from there, and boy does it!) "School Reunion" is one of my favorite episodes, though, for all the issues it raises. (I love when the Doctor's alienness is emphasized. His is a tragic life! And the, "I'm so old, I used to have so much mercy...")
I think a lot of the debate I was putting to you before was because I have a hard time separating the first two seasons in my mind - I watched them so quickly, and wasn't fanning on the show until 2nd, so the problems I might've had with 1st were covered before I really could get bothered by them! I rather love the show because it does raise issues, the chars are not perfect people; but it doesn't expect you to believe they are. I see it as presenting human beings (or Time Lords) with all our foibles and quirks and flaws, obsessions and ignorance and mistakes, and going, 'look, aren't we fantastic in spite of ourselves?'
I'd also recommend watching some of the Dr. Who Confidentials, because the writers and actors have a lot of insight into the chars. The Confidential for "Boomtown" has both Mickey's actor and the writer talking about how terrible Rose is to Mickey, how she is unfair to him; they don't justify it, and they don't expect the audience to be taking Rose's side there...(I love a show in which the creators analyze things as deeply at the fans! ^^)
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I think a lot of the debate I was putting to you before was because I have a hard time separating the first two seasons in my mind - I watched them so quickly, and wasn't fanning on the show until 2nd, so the problems I might've had with 1st were covered before I really could get bothered by them! I rather love the show because it does raise issues, the chars are not perfect people; but it doesn't expect you to believe they are. I see it as presenting human beings (or Time Lords) with all our foibles and quirks and flaws, obsessions and ignorance and mistakes, and going, 'look, aren't we fantastic in spite of ourselves?'
I'd also recommend watching some of the Dr. Who Confidentials, because the writers and actors have a lot of insight into the chars. The Confidential for "Boomtown" has both Mickey's actor and the writer talking about how terrible Rose is to Mickey, how she is unfair to him; they don't justify it, and they don't expect the audience to be taking Rose's side there...(I love a show in which the creators analyze things as deeply at the fans! ^^)