Firefox wrote:Let's take a moment to review the potential companions for the Doctor we've seen so far:
Gwyneth
Killed by blue gas creatures in the cellar of a funeral parlour.
Suki
Frozen to death on the top floor of a space station by the ceiling monster.
Lynda
Blown out of a space station window by the Daleks.
Reinette
Dead in a wooden box, being towed through the rain by horses.
Scootie
Blown out of a space station window by Satan.
You see, I'm telling you, there's a misogynistic edge to some of this writing.
But, ironically, not from RTD - who seems to absolutely adore Rose - despite being gay (or maybe because of?).
This is "writer projection", isn't it?
A writer has to get inside their characters and RTD's experiencing what can be described as "autogynaphilia" (e.g. liking the idea of himself as a woman).
While some of the other writers are enacting what seems to be a "rejection revenge fantasy" because the fitter the bird, the more horribly they must die.
In the now "metrosexual", "new lad" and effeminate era, it seems "vagina envy" is coming to replace "penis envy".
No, I'm only jesting.
Moffat clearly was as enamoured of Reinette - and who can blame him, when Sophia Myles graces the part? - as the audience were and it's just "Armin Tamzarian syndrome" that necessitated her speedy demise.
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