Maybe, I can help you put the relationship thing in perspective through a Heroes analogy. Think of the Doctor and his Companions as centuries old HRG with an assortment of Claires. The Doctor, like HRG, wants his Claires to find their maximum potential, and he's freakishly proud when they do. Also like HRG, the Doctor is frightened for his Claires, because he loves them all in his way, and he fears for them and fears the mind numbing voids they leave him with when they're gone, because he's codependent. Like HRG, the Doctor is also the height of morally gray in a universe that routinely hands people shit along with diamonds. The Companions, like Claire, react to the shit the way they do, because they want diamonds. The Doctor, like HRG, takes and occasionally makes the shit, because he wants diamonds for them, too.
As with HRG and Claire, affection as commonly defined in these stories is not in the cards. HRG and Claire could be together that way if they were willing to ignore the technical incest and adultery issues, just as the Doctor and his Companions could be more open with each other, but for the psychological hurdles they face. But that's okay, because the love is still there, still necessary, still karmic, still forever.
Btw, Check these out...
Doctor Who: The Commentaries The Doctor Who cast and crew discuss episode 2 of the TV series, The Fires of Pompeii. Episode 2 of 13. http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/listenagain/sunday/
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Date: 2008-04-13 07:33 pm (UTC)As with HRG and Claire, affection as commonly defined in these stories is not in the cards. HRG and Claire could be together that way if they were willing to ignore the technical incest and adultery issues, just as the Doctor and his Companions could be more open with each other, but for the psychological hurdles they face. But that's okay, because the love is still there, still necessary, still karmic, still forever.
Btw, Check these out...
Doctor Who: The Commentaries
The Doctor Who cast and crew discuss episode 2 of the TV series, The Fires of Pompeii. Episode 2 of 13.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/listenagain/sunday/
DT visits Pompeii:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hLnP28ycmZg