Here's the thing. Jack has no reason not to tell Ten. Great. So the end of the week or however long, and bam, no Doctor. Jack says, "Oh, I guess I don't tell him... why? That makes no sense." So long as Jack intends to tell, the Doctor will show up at some point during the time Rose is there. However, if the Doctor shows up a day too late (and in doing so, establishes the timeline), Jack has to tell the Doctor so that he can get it wrong, or else cause a paradox. The Doctor will shut off and pretend like it's okay and he might not even hate Jack, because he'll understand, on some level, why it had to be done.
I'm not sure he would stay away, though. I don't know that he would have sought out Sarah Jane, but staying away from Rose? I'm really wibbly on that. Besides, I don't really want this to be about Doctor/Rose, or really the Doctor at all. I want this to highlight Rose's continued life's journey without the Doctor and having him pop back in to say "She's done well" cheapens the whole enterprise. (Because it's still the Doctor justifying and approving of a Companion, which Rose isn't any longer.) I'm already struggling with a tragic epilogue that puts him front and center. I'll stew on the idea of a lurking Doctor, really, I will. It's just... right now, unless I can rework it, it's not the direction I want to go with the story.
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Date: 2007-08-18 07:02 am (UTC)I'm not sure he would stay away, though. I don't know that he would have sought out Sarah Jane, but staying away from Rose? I'm really wibbly on that. Besides, I don't really want this to be about Doctor/Rose, or really the Doctor at all. I want this to highlight Rose's continued life's journey without the Doctor and having him pop back in to say "She's done well" cheapens the whole enterprise. (Because it's still the Doctor justifying and approving of a Companion, which Rose isn't any longer.) I'm already struggling with a tragic epilogue that puts him front and center. I'll stew on the idea of a lurking Doctor, really, I will. It's just... right now, unless I can rework it, it's not the direction I want to go with the story.