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⌈ Secret Post #2564 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

Ten was punished in the sense that his actions had consequences, but the narrative was still that he was right (and he certainly thought so). And while I don't think he was wrong to think she was wrong, he certainly was wrong in his response. Very wrong.

With the creation of Ten II, even if it wasn't a wasted regeneration, it was still him having issues with something he'd already done at least 9 times and wasting the regeneration energy because he couldn't let go. And the point where he almost wanted to let Wilf die and talked about how he was more important was really gross.

I'll give you Water of Mars, though the fact that he even got to the point of acting that way was pretty bad.

He told Martha every trip was just one more, taking a while to take her on as a full companion and leading her on. Her feelings were obvious, but he didn't have the decency to let her down easy. She had to realize on her own that he'd never return the feelings. He said really insensitive things. He took her to all the same places as Rose and basically treated her as a second-best substitute for who he really wanted (which isn't bad to feel that way given his romantic feelings for Rose, but its wrong to make it so obvious to Martha).

I'm referring to him taking her choice away. She specifically said no. She would rather have died. He wouldn't let her make the choice. Which seems pretty equal to Eleven taking choice away from his companions and shows that the Doctor in general does that.

[fauxkaren]

lol. I don't think not wanting to die (which is how Ten thought of regeneration, whether you agree with it or not) is a bad thing. And the point is that while he was angry at the situation, HE STILL DIED TO SAVE WILF.

After losing Rose and getting shot down by Donna in TRB, Ten was reluctant to make an effort to connect with someone again. So yes, at first he was just like "one more trip", but then Martha said "that's not gonna work for me" and then he gave her a key to the Tardis.

He said a couple of insensitive things and yes, instead of 'letting her down easy' he chose to just ignore the situation in order to avoid awkwardness, but that's hardly 'treating Martha horribly'. He took her to ONE same place as Rose. And he didn't really treat her as second best. People like to cite 'Rose would know' as an example, but he's not even talking to Martha. Martha takes it personally, but the Doctor is just trying to figure out what is going on and wishing that Rose were there to help him figure things out like she'd done in the past. Ten had a few dickish moments, like calling Martha a novice in "The Shakespeare Code". But tales of him mistreating her are greatly exaggerated.

He DID appreciate her and he says so on a couple of occasions in series 3. And then in "Partners in Crime" he tells Donna that he handled things badly.

As far as Donna goes, she was PANICKING. I think that if she calmed down and they had a nice chat where the Doctor affirmed that she was wonderful all on her own and didn't need memories of travels with him to be great, she could have agreed to what he said. But RTD sacrificed that in the name of creating a dramatic moment.

I mean, I REALLY don't think that the take home message of Donna's story is "BETTER DEAD THAN NEVER HAVING TRAVELED WITH THE DOCTOR". So.

Yeah.

[(Anonymous)]

I think its really a matter of interpretations that favor what you like and disfavor what you don't on both our parts because I disagree with pretty much everything here. I think the situations you mention with Martha are worse than you are making out, that saying what he did right in front of Wilf was a pretty bad thing, that regeneration is not death and Ten should have known better and that either way thinking you are more important than another person is pretty gross (I so much better like Eleven's never having met an unimportant person line).

And while Ten lost Rose and Donna said no, the Doctor had lost companions before. Some had died in fact (its pretty telling that Donna first assumes that Rose died). Even if Ten was in love with her in a way he never was with anyone else (which I don't buy), it still doesn't justify his treatment of Martha.

And for the record, I do think RTD bears most of the burden for the sexism of Donna's end (that is equal to or worse in my mind to the worst of Moffatt's if certainly not as prolific), taking the choice away was still wrong. Its okay to choose not to lose memories. For some people, losing important parts of your personality and becoming the person you used to be (especially if you don't like that person) would be worse than dying, and its okay to choose that. It should have been Donna's choice. The right answer is not "Better dead than never having traveled with the Doctor" but rather "both are horrible choices, and she gets to choose which is worse for her".

[(Anonymous)]

I just want to say, I agree so much with your last sentence that it hurts. It beautifully sums up everything that I hated about how the show treated Donna.