Holy crap!

[drakyndra]

Was lurking around a few threads on the OG, when I stumbled upon a recent - and rather unexpected post from Teh Moff.

(From here)

In response to a previous commenter's "Writer Steven Moffat has all but admitted that The Doctor & Rose were sexually active as of the 'Doctor Dances' episode"

Teh Moff:
"I say, no I didn't! The whole scene was about the fact they WEREN'T at it - indeed, it was the Doctor being slightly hurt that Rose hadn't even considered him in that light.

There's precious little evidence they ever got up to anything, I'd have said - that it doesn't stop it being a love story, of course (it clearly was) but unrequited surely?

Oh, it's all sex with you lot, isn't it? And when the writer of Coupling says you're banging on about sex too much, it's time to start listening.

Steven Moffat"

Did mine eyes just decieve me, or was the word "unrequited" just used to describe the Doctor/Rose relationship by someone in the know?

Comments

[nostalgia-lj.livejournal.com]

Like if he'd finished "someone you [love]." There's just no way that conversation could end well for all concerned, so the easiest thing is to stop before it gets said and move the conversation away from "Feelings I May Or May Not Have About People Who Are Around Right Now."

Though mostly I just find the idea that he's scared of saying a bit... shallow, somehow. It seems to demand way too much emotional naivety from the Doctor. Did I tell you it annoys me that they draw attention to it in Doomsday? The reasons he doesn't/can't say it are external, there's no in-story need for anything other than "Oops, he didn't have time after all. That's ironic, isn't it?" The easiest is "he just doesn't say it, for some untold reason" but it needs to throw (at least the possibility of) it in there at the last minute, and that rambling "Well, if there's no way you can call me on it..." thing is sort of, err, drawing attention to how out-of-character it's all getting.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

You have an interesting point there, about that bit in Doomsday. I'm not entirely sure I completely agree - I still reckon it's possible he was drawing things out on purpose, though am not certain on this - but yeah, it's one way to look at it.