The Doctor and Rose: Romantic or just plain creepy?

[Hex2]

Hey everyone,

I love New Who, warts and all. I loved Rose. I don't object to The Doctor being in love. But, c'mon, did anyone else think that the 'romance' between Rose, an eighteen year old girl and The Doctor, a man who looked fortysomething (with a lot of extra years on the clock) was more then a little creepy?

[Takeshi Kovacs]

Well, it was Billie Piper. She's kind of got form for that sort of thing. But yeah, a 900 year old alien, that's all sorts of wrong.

[mozz]

To be fair to The Doctor, with the Time Lords extinct, he was always gonna be hard pushed to find a partner of his own age. More to the point is, a Time Lord and a chav? He really lowered his standards.

[Takeshi Kovacs]

Also, Rose's Doctor is half Donna Noble! Won't anyone think of the children?

[Son of Solo]

RTD in a nutshell.

[Clown Asylum]

Ergh, the Doctor is a paeeedophile!!! = Doctor Who fandom at its finest.

While we're on the subject, why not bring up that whole Buffy/Angel thing again?

[glunark]

I'm sorry, but the OP's first post about an 18 year old girl being with a 40 year old man being creepy is really offensive to anyone with a partner that has a significant age gap.

And in terms of the show, while Rose fell for the 9th Doc, I never got the feeling he was in love with her until he regenerated.

[Boo]

Originally Posted by glunark

And in terms of the show, while Rose fell for the 9th Doc, I never got the feeling he was in love with her until he regenerated.

Yeah I agree. Also, was Rose definitely only 18?? I thought Billie Piper was playing a character around about the same age she was, making Rose in her early/mid twenties at the time with the Doctor looking to be in his mid thirties. I never found it creepy anyway. I did like the romance, it suited Ten being the emo character he was. I'd like if the romance angle was given a rest for a bit now though.

[Kudos]

Buffy - Angel.

Buffy - Spike.

Bella - Edward

Sookie - Bill

Sookie - Eric.

Etc... etc...

[Sensei Ping]

creepier than the first Doctor's relationship with "granddaughter" Susan Foreman?

never adequately explained to my liking

or the 4th Doctor's time lady Romana in school uniform!

or the 5th Doctor's trio of teenage companions with another one in school uniform?

get that time-travelling alien paedo off our screens now! will no-one think of the children?

[for the record I thought Rose and 9th/10th doctor were quite cute]