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I've been doing Saturday morning cleaning, but have had some Torchwood thoughts running through my head. And Doctor Who thoughts. And RTD thoughts.
If I'd have sat and thought about it (which I didn't), I probably could have guessed that things wouldn't go well for Jack and his relationships.
RTD has a very dire view of relationships that happen between immortals and mortals. There's a sort of tragic fatalism there with him. In S2 of Doctor Who (and especially episodes like "School Reunion") we saw many of the same elements of Jack and Ianto (and Jack and his daughter). Things just won't end happily in RTD's mind. Ever.
It makes much more sense now that he'd create a part-human Doctor to solve this problem with the Doctor and Rose. In RTD's mind, the original Doctor and Rose couldn't ever work. (Something I don't really agree with.) He said that he always planned on creating a part-human Doctor to go off with Rose, and now I see why. To him, all immortal/mortal relationships are doomed. And now I'm especially glad he came up with the whole Ten II thing, since he could have ended it like he ended Torchwood. Jack and Ianto don't get another universe to run off to.
And here again I get the feeling RTD doesn't like other people playing with his toys after he's gone. He put a "THE END" on Torchwood, a "THE END" on the Doctor and Rose, and it wouldn't surprise me if he put a "THE END" on Donna. Not that I think he'll kill her off, but he'll end her story.
All right. I've avoided cleaning long enough.
If I'd have sat and thought about it (which I didn't), I probably could have guessed that things wouldn't go well for Jack and his relationships.
RTD has a very dire view of relationships that happen between immortals and mortals. There's a sort of tragic fatalism there with him. In S2 of Doctor Who (and especially episodes like "School Reunion") we saw many of the same elements of Jack and Ianto (and Jack and his daughter). Things just won't end happily in RTD's mind. Ever.
It makes much more sense now that he'd create a part-human Doctor to solve this problem with the Doctor and Rose. In RTD's mind, the original Doctor and Rose couldn't ever work. (Something I don't really agree with.) He said that he always planned on creating a part-human Doctor to go off with Rose, and now I see why. To him, all immortal/mortal relationships are doomed. And now I'm especially glad he came up with the whole Ten II thing, since he could have ended it like he ended Torchwood. Jack and Ianto don't get another universe to run off to.
And here again I get the feeling RTD doesn't like other people playing with his toys after he's gone. He put a "THE END" on Torchwood, a "THE END" on the Doctor and Rose, and it wouldn't surprise me if he put a "THE END" on Donna. Not that I think he'll kill her off, but he'll end her story.
All right. I've avoided cleaning long enough.