Bad Romance

So, David Tennant and Georgia Moffett are getting hitched; old news I know, but I've spent the past week rocking in the corner of my darkened room... Well, not quite,but I have been thinking about it a lot, no surprises there, and have come to the sad conclusion that this marriage Will Be A Farce; no surprises there then either huh?  Now, I'm not being all bitter and twisted about this, actually screw that, I am, but that's not what's driving me here.  I believe I have formed a very convincing argument as to why these two star-crossed lovers are not destined to be together, and this is it:

Let us start at the beginning, and probably finish somewhere near the end.  On the 16th of November, 2007, the BBC broadcast a special episode of Doctor Who, as part of their annual Children in Need festivities.  This episode, titled Time Crash, saw the 10th Doctor's TARDIS colliding with that of the fifth (Peter Davison), resulting in eight minutes of Tennant being all adoring-fanboy over his former self, even crediting him for his trademark trainers and glasses (fortunately he drew the line at wearing vegetables on his lapel), and his squeaky-when-excited voice.  When Tennant utters the brilliantly moving line 'you were my Doctor', in that brilliantly moving way that only he can, you know for a fact that it is David saying these words, and that he deliberately picked up these influences and habits as tribute to his favourite Doctor.  Then, lo and behold, the daughter of said idol; Georgia Moffett, appears in Doctor Who some 6 months later.

Now, if you're the daughter of The Doctor, your childhood's gonna be pretty full of Who I imagine.  Particularly as the year that Moffett was born, 1984 - making her two years older than me, but I Am Not Bitter - was the year that Davison left the show, so his legacy would've been newly established, and he would still have been recognised, adored and, if my pinings for 10 are anything to go by, very sorely missed.  Thus, Moffett would have soaked up all this admiration as a babe, and must have ate, slept and drank Doctor Who (no sexual connotations intended) for a fair few years.  When you're that small, your pa's your hero, and if he's played an onscreen hero with two hearts for four years, worshipped by the masses (and David Tennant), then that feelings only gonna escalate. Who hasn't imagined/wished that Superman, Spiderman, Batman or whoever else-man was their dad?  Moffett didn't need to imagne; her dad was, and still is by many, regarded as a legend.

For 23 years, Moffett was full of admiration for her father, The Doctor, and basked in his shiny limelight.  Then in 2007 she acquired the perfect role, as The Doctor's daughter (typecasting or what?) in the imaginatively named episode, The Doctor's Daughter.  Without going into the intricacies of the plot, the 10th Doctor initially pushes Jenny (Moffett) away, as he is scared to get too close in case he loses her; like he loses everyone else.  However, he eventually warms to her - who knew how much - and accepts her as his own.

Right, recap time.  Georgia Moffett is the daughter of the much-loved fifth Time Lord Peter Davson, and probably grew up watching endless repeats of Doctor Who, rather that the usual CBeebies, and playing with her dad's sonic screwdriver - sorry, that just sounds so wrong.  She made her appearance on Doctor Who with this legacy behind her, and an innate passion for the show, and for the heroic, protective father-figure of The Doctor, who ultimately must connote feelings of security and love.  Meanwhile, David Tennant, who is known to have been completely obsessed with Who since he was a wee lad, and who has based his look and performance on that of Davison, not only got to work alongside his idol in the TARDIS, but now gets the chance to work with his daughter.

The way I see it is this: Tennant loves Davison, and is honoured to work with his daughter Moffett, playing her father whom he worships.  Moffett loves Davison (natch), and so automatically loves The Doctor.  Moffett and Tennant both love Doctor Who, The Doctor and Davison, and I think this is what their relationship is based on.  Moffett sees Tennant as like another father, helped by the fact that he is 13 years older than her.  She is in love with The Doctor; with the idea of this wiser, older man looking out for her.  I do believe that Moffett loves Tennant, but not in that way, rather, she loves him for what he represents; The Doctor.  Her dad.

While there is arguably a certain amount of sexual attraction on Tennant's part; he has a history of liking younger women, particularly blondes *adds peroxide to shopping list*, he sees Moffett as like an extension of Davison.  Tennant respects Davison to the upmost degree, and is obviously gonna project this loyalty onto Moffett, a) so as to gain mutual respect from daddy, and b) maybe because he feels he owes Davison; he did pinch bits of his act after all.

Basically then, I don't believe that Tennant and Moffett are in love with each other, but with what each other signifies.  And that, my friends, is how I see it.  See?  Course, I could be completely wrong; maybe I've become a sceptical old bint at the grand age of 24... But I Am Not Bitter.

BW xxx