Love the story and I'd love to see more Sarah Jane and Jack (she needs and deserves a fun, flirty Jack in her life *grin*). I'm glad you kept working on the concept until you got a story you like. It works for me, Sarah Jane being very suspicious of Jack and holding him at arm's length, and then becoming much more warm towards him by the end.
Hope you don't mind me jumping in to agree with you (mostly) both. I freaking hate the FoB "revelation", the Doctor's high-handedness (makes me really, really wish I hadn't seen that footage on youtube.com back in Feb./March, because I totally read it wrong... I thought the Doctor was giving Jack a way to keep in touch, not breaking the Vortex Manipulator, taking away the time travel and teleportation capabilities again), his lack of concern and compassion for Jack (Jack's deaths in front of the Doctor, and no reaction, didn't try to make Jack's coming back to life more comfortable), and yes, his lack of faith in Jack, which I think Jack more than earned (trust and faith on the Doctor's part) when Jack literally died for the Doctor.
RTD has killed my love for Doctor Who, with that one episode (which I prefer to refer to as The Episode That Never Was). I really don't care if I see the Christmas special this year, or next year's episodes (although I probably will, because I want to see Felicity Kendal in an episode). I won't be watching them as soon as I can, after watching them.
I really wonder if RTD likes/enjoys writing Jack, the way Jack was sidelined in the finale, and the way the Doctor treats him. I wouldn't be at all surprised if RTD just wanted Jack to be Muscle Man in the 1st series finale, and didn't care about ever using the character again, after that, and just used Jack to get his show, Torchwood on the air, that the BBC would be interested in having it with a popular character. Maybe the Beeb weren't/wouldn't have been, without Jack?
I'm so ticked off with the Doctor currently that I wouldn't have completely forgiven him if he'd treated Jack decently, but I would have been more happy with him and I'd be looking forward more than I am (ie., not at all, right now) to see more DW. I think that the show has done a real disservice to all of the companions since it came back - Rose became incredibly dislikeable with 10, with their little clique attitude and I was really glad to get rid of her; Martha was made to feel like she couldn't possibly live up to the awesomeness of Rose (and oh lord did I ever get tired of all the Rose references in the 3rd series!); Jack, the horrible way 10 treated him; Mickey, how Rose and 10 treated him, and even Adam, the explanation was cut from the episode, why he needed and wanted the information from the future.
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Date: 2007-10-20 05:03 am (UTC)Hope you don't mind me jumping in to agree with you (mostly) both. I freaking hate the FoB "revelation", the Doctor's high-handedness (makes me really, really wish I hadn't seen that footage on youtube.com back in Feb./March, because I totally read it wrong... I thought the Doctor was giving Jack a way to keep in touch, not breaking the Vortex Manipulator, taking away the time travel and teleportation capabilities again), his lack of concern and compassion for Jack (Jack's deaths in front of the Doctor, and no reaction, didn't try to make Jack's coming back to life more comfortable), and yes, his lack of faith in Jack, which I think Jack more than earned (trust and faith on the Doctor's part) when Jack literally died for the Doctor.
RTD has killed my love for Doctor Who, with that one episode (which I prefer to refer to as The Episode That Never Was). I really don't care if I see the Christmas special this year, or next year's episodes (although I probably will, because I want to see Felicity Kendal in an episode). I won't be watching them as soon as I can, after watching them.
I really wonder if RTD likes/enjoys writing Jack, the way Jack was sidelined in the finale, and the way the Doctor treats him. I wouldn't be at all surprised if RTD just wanted Jack to be Muscle Man in the 1st series finale, and didn't care about ever using the character again, after that, and just used Jack to get his show, Torchwood on the air, that the BBC would be interested in having it with a popular character. Maybe the Beeb weren't/wouldn't have been, without Jack?
I'm so ticked off with the Doctor currently that I wouldn't have completely forgiven him if he'd treated Jack decently, but I would have been more happy with him and I'd be looking forward more than I am (ie., not at all, right now) to see more DW. I think that the show has done a real disservice to all of the companions since it came back - Rose became incredibly dislikeable with 10, with their little clique attitude and I was really glad to get rid of her; Martha was made to feel like she couldn't possibly live up to the awesomeness of Rose (and oh lord did I ever get tired of all the Rose references in the 3rd series!); Jack, the horrible way 10 treated him; Mickey, how Rose and 10 treated him, and even Adam, the explanation was cut from the episode, why he needed and wanted the information from the future.
Damn, I should stop venting about that episode.