Although I counted all three time their lips touch. Rose and the actual Doctor only kiss in The Parting of the Ways when he's attempting to suck the soul of the tardis out of her mouth, because in New Earth he kisses Cassandra in Rose's body and in Journey's End she kisses the meta-crisis doctor.
Just like with Rose I included every kiss, but now I'll sort it out a little bit. Their first kiss in Let's Kill Hitler was her trying to poison and kill him and their kiss in The Angels Take Manhattan was only on the cheek, but the rest of them were entirely authentic.
“What Rose brings to the Doctor’s life is completion. It’s completing a circle – he’s male, he’s alien, he’s a traveler. Between the two of them together they complement each other and discover each other. And are in love with each other – absolutely, unashamedly, unreservedly.” “In the end I sort of thought we created a companion who was so alive and dynamic and so wedded to the doctor that you’d need a whole universe to contain her in. The only way to get rid of her is to send her into a parallel world from which she can never return; otherwise she would stay with the doctor forever.” When he refers to his relationship with Rose that's something very tangible, very real and something that he will absolutely always believe in. He obviously adores her and you sorta don't know what happens when the door is shut. River Song sort of beguiles, infuriates, endears, and turns the doctor on. All at the same time. He loves her and he loathes her. River Song sort of tumbles into his life every so often and you know all hell is going to break loose. And the doctor isn't the doctor unless all hell is breaking loose... So that's his kind of woman. The Doctor: I'm the Doctor, by the way. What's your name? Rose Tyler: [Rose nods, barely able to speak] My head... The Doctor: Come here. Rose Tyler: ...is killing me. The Doctor: I think you need a Doctor. [He leans down and kisses her, and the golden light transfers from her to him through their lips]” “The Doctor: Rose... before I go, I just want to tell you: you were fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. And do you know what? [Pause] So was I![The TARDIS lights up with energy as the Doctor regenerates into his tenth incarnation.] The Tenth Doctor: Hello! Okay— [The Doctor pauses and swallows uncomfortably] New teeth. That's weird. So where was I? Oh, that's right. Barcelona! [Grins]” The Doctor: [to Rose having recovered from his regeneration] Did you miss me? The Doctor: So the year five billion, the sun expands, the earth gets roasted... Rose: I've been to the year 5 billion, right, but this... no, this is really seeing the future. You just leave us behind. Is that what you're going to do to me? Rose: Who's gonna hold his hand now? The Doctor: If I kill you, I kill her. Except that implies, in this big grand scheme of gods and devils, that she’s just a victim. But I’ve seen a lot of this universe. I’ve seen fake gods and bad gods and demigods and would-be gods. And out of all that, out of that whole pantheon, if I believe in one thing, just one thing… I believe in her. The Doctor: Once the breach is closed, that's it! You will never be able to see her again, your own mother! Rose: I... I love youThe Doctor: Quite right too. And I suppose... If it's my last chance to say it... Rose Tyler {He fades away} River: You know when you see a photograph of someone you know, but it's from years before you knew them. It's like they're not quite finished—they're not done yet. Well... yes, The Doctor's here. He came when I called just like he always does. But not "my" Doctor. Now my Doctor, I've seen whole armies turn and run away. And he'd just swagger off, back to his TARDIS. And open the doors with a snap of his fingers. The Doctor. In the TARDIS. Next stop: Everywhere. Amy: You're so his wife.River: Oh, Amy, Amy, Amy. This is the Doctor we're talking about. Do you really think it could be anything that simple?Amy: Yep. River: You're good. I'm not saying you're right. But you are, very ...good. The Doctor: Are you married, River? River: Richard Milhouse Nixon. Vietnam. Watergate. There's some good stuff too. The Doctor: Doctor Song, you've got that face on again. The Doctor: Find her. Find River Song and tell her something for me. River: It was such a big mistake, wasn't it, Madame Kovarian? Take a child, raise her into a perfect psychopath, introduce her to the Doctor. Who else was I going to fall in love with? The Doctor: River, no one can help me. A fixed point has been altered. Time is disintegrating. Grayle: What's that? What's happening? {the TARDIS sounds outside} Is it an earthquake? What is this!?River: Oh you bad boy. You could burn New York. Grayle: What does that mean?! River: It means, Mr. Grayle, just you wait 'til my husband gets home.{the tardis crashes into the dimension} The Doctor: Sorry I'm late, honey. Traffic was hell. River: Doctor, please listen to me. At least hear me.
This was a really hard decision. i figured I could pick Rose and piss off all the River fans, pick River and piss off all the Rose fans, or say something like "he loves them both equally" and piss of everyone. Eventually after careful thought I picked River. I explain why below. I'm a big believer in the theory that while Ten loves Rose, Eleven loves River, but I think he has a very different sort of love for them. He loved Rose as both a lover and friend. They had fun together and never fought and were clearly a dynamic duo if there ever was one. The love he felt for her was passionate love, but what he felt for River was closer to true companion love. Because it's DW that immediately brings up a different image, but the two basic kinds of love are Passionate and Companion. With Rose everything is always passionate and perfect and sweet. With River, they fight and they flirt and at the end of the day they both love and hate each other, but I think what they have is a lot more complex and deeper then what he has with Rose. |