So it's not really a hug, but it's my favorite. It's a manip made by angdelia.
As for SM...I don't know much about UK newspapers, but from what I understand, "The Sun" is more "National Enquirer" than "Washington Post". Designed to stir up at every opportunity. From what I've read from others, it was cleverly taken out of context and made to sound serious.
I also don't always trust print quotes. They have entire courses on how the media reports, particularly with how they think the public will take the information, and to be honest, I'm not entirely impressed. I've seen quotes taken straight out of context - in one article, a man (who, if anyone met his mother and his wife, would NEVER have been able to accuse him of dominance or misogyny) who made a crack at his (male) tennis partner got turned into a misogynistic threat.
I would put more in stock in how SM writes episodes than what a tabloid reporter said. Sure, Rose was kind of needy in the Reinette episode; but this was also Rose who saved her and carried a big gun. SM wrote Rose trying to save a little boy, and who, when she discovered she's flying through the London Blitz makes a crack about her tee-shirt and her cell phone, and manages to con the conman temporarily. This is the same guy who said in "Confidential" for "DD" that the subtext of the show was that the Doctor is hopelessly in love with Rose and trying to impress her.
He sounds like he'll just do anything for a laugh; his tongue-in-cheek "explanation" for how the "EC" tape recorder ended up with an English doctor during WWII had me laughing. As Barrowman said afterwards, "Your nose is now a mile long!"
I'm more concerned about his habit of making the Doctor fall in love with everyone who seems to cross his path.
Still, I'm glad RTD gave closure to the Rose storyline. The Doctor isn't RTD's, but Rose is, and I'm not sure I would have trusted Rose with someone else, SM or otherwise.
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Date: 2008-08-04 05:36 pm (UTC)As for SM...I don't know much about UK newspapers, but from what I understand, "The Sun" is more "National Enquirer" than "Washington Post". Designed to stir up at every opportunity. From what I've read from others, it was cleverly taken out of context and made to sound serious.
I also don't always trust print quotes. They have entire courses on how the media reports, particularly with how they think the public will take the information, and to be honest, I'm not entirely impressed. I've seen quotes taken straight out of context - in one article, a man (who, if anyone met his mother and his wife, would NEVER have been able to accuse him of dominance or misogyny) who made a crack at his (male) tennis partner got turned into a misogynistic threat.
I would put more in stock in how SM writes episodes than what a tabloid reporter said. Sure, Rose was kind of needy in the Reinette episode; but this was also Rose who saved her and carried a big gun. SM wrote Rose trying to save a little boy, and who, when she discovered she's flying through the London Blitz makes a crack about her tee-shirt and her cell phone, and manages to con the conman temporarily. This is the same guy who said in "Confidential" for "DD" that the subtext of the show was that the Doctor is hopelessly in love with Rose and trying to impress her.
He sounds like he'll just do anything for a laugh; his tongue-in-cheek "explanation" for how the "EC" tape recorder ended up with an English doctor during WWII had me laughing. As Barrowman said afterwards, "Your nose is now a mile long!"
I'm more concerned about his habit of making the Doctor fall in love with everyone who seems to cross his path.
Still, I'm glad RTD gave closure to the Rose storyline. The Doctor isn't RTD's, but Rose is, and I'm not sure I would have trusted Rose with someone else, SM or otherwise.