Moffat on what could have happened if David had stayed
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From DWM:
How different (if at all) would the story arc for your first season have been if David Tennant had stayed on for one more year?
"I only had the roughest idea. Had David stayed for one final year, it would certainly have been his last, so my pitch was that it would start with the TARDIS crashing in Amelia's back garden - as now - and a terribly battered and bruised Tenth Doctor staggering out. Amelia finds him, feeds him fish custard (no that was for Matt, it would have been something more Davidy) and generally helps him. But we, the audience, can see he's in a truly bad way. Dying maybe. Eventually he heads back to his TARDIS, and flies off.
But when he returns - many years later for Amy - he seems perfectly fine, and indeed doesn't remember any of those events...And of course over time, we realise what we saw was the Tenth Doctor at the end of his life, about to regenerate.
Events that we return to in Episode 13..."
How different (if at all) would the story arc for your first season have been if David Tennant had stayed on for one more year?
"I only had the roughest idea. Had David stayed for one final year, it would certainly have been his last, so my pitch was that it would start with the TARDIS crashing in Amelia's back garden - as now - and a terribly battered and bruised Tenth Doctor staggering out. Amelia finds him, feeds him fish custard (no that was for Matt, it would have been something more Davidy) and generally helps him. But we, the audience, can see he's in a truly bad way. Dying maybe. Eventually he heads back to his TARDIS, and flies off.
But when he returns - many years later for Amy - he seems perfectly fine, and indeed doesn't remember any of those events...And of course over time, we realise what we saw was the Tenth Doctor at the end of his life, about to regenerate.
Events that we return to in Episode 13..."
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That sounds pretty fantastic. I almost wish this had happened so less people obstinately rejected the show when Moffat took over out of some illogical sense of loyalty to Tennant.
Prior to brain-storming End of Time, Davies had planned a one-part story where the Doctor would save an ordinary alien family from a radiation leak, the idea of Ten dying for something very insignificant in life's grand scheme worked it's way into End of Time as his sarcifice to save Wilf.
And the Rose Tyler obsession confined to the Tennant years?
ZING!
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I have to say that does sound pretty legendary. Not to mention giving Ten a far less self-indulgent, and all round more poignant goodbye. Really like it. Would have probably helped Matt's Doctor settle in a bit better too, rather than relying on the remains of Ten's Brown Suit as the only immediate linking factor between Doctor eras.
Although this does raise the possiblity of the new Doctor only having A Christmas Carol to establish himself, before being gunned down to death in his second episode...!
Moffat's style is a bit fairytale and fantasy compared to RTD. It just wouldn't suit Ten in my opinion.
I don't think anyone could work with Steven's writing better than Matt.
And the Eccleston year
Not really. I was referring to Tennant's years being...
2 - In love with Rose.
3 - Pining for Rose.
4 - Reunion/Constant appearance of Rose.
In series 1 she was just a companion, no obsession.
2 - In love with Rose.
3 - Pining for Rose.
4 - Reunion/Constant appearance of Rose.
In series 1 she was just a companion, no obsession.[/QUOTE]Ignoring the kiss in the finale...
Kiss does not equal obsession.
She wasn't obsessed with him in Series 1, I was watching Father's Day earlier and Rose was getting annoyed that people keep thinking she and The Doctor are a couple.
Geesh she was a little girl. She had an imaginary friend. Anyways it may have been interesting but like 11 told Amy, her face was the first face his face saw, so I don't think it would have been the same, I find 11 to be the kind of doctor to be silly and to say silly things like fish custard. I don't know if 10 would have promised to take Amy along.
I don't mean little Amy she wasn't the sulking type it's big Amy she started to sulk about 10 seconds after we saw her and was still sulking when a Angel got her
Some pretty girls can be perceived as sulky. I often see nice looking girls walking around with faces like a slapped arse - I always think: "for gods sake, SMILE!"
It wasn't just her face it was her attitude she always seemed to be upset over something (even before Melody/River went missing) even when things were going good she was in a mood.
I don't understand that or the previous post you made. She "sulked" when he left after prisoner zero had been captured and brought the aliens back and all that I'm the doctor jazz, but who would blame her she waited all those years and she thought he just left her without much of a goodbye