the context of their genetic bond did make a difference
What I was missing was some evidence of their genetic bond beyond simply being told that it existed. The two hearts scene did that a little, but I wanted Jenny's personality, as well as her biology, to reflect her father's. At the beginning of the episode, I thought we'd see her questioning her programming as her innate Doctor-ness rebelled against it, but that turned out to be something all of the people on the planet were capable of, and Jenny no more than any other.
at the same time she's wowed by the experience of travelling in the Tardis, and wowed by the Doctor himself.
But more by the former than the latter. Martha was the other way around, which is why I never cared for her relationship with the Doctor though I like the character in her own right. This episode didn't do much with her, though - she fared better than she did in the Sontaran two-parter, but in the end she was still incidental to the plot. All she did was take another route to where the Doctor and Donna were headed. Aside from using her scenes as filler I'm really not sure why she needed to be along for the ride.
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Date: 2008-05-11 08:45 pm (UTC)What I was missing was some evidence of their genetic bond beyond simply being told that it existed. The two hearts scene did that a little, but I wanted Jenny's personality, as well as her biology, to reflect her father's. At the beginning of the episode, I thought we'd see her questioning her programming as her innate Doctor-ness rebelled against it, but that turned out to be something all of the people on the planet were capable of, and Jenny no more than any other.
at the same time she's wowed by the experience of travelling in the Tardis, and wowed by the Doctor himself.
But more by the former than the latter. Martha was the other way around, which is why I never cared for her relationship with the Doctor though I like the character in her own right. This episode didn't do much with her, though - she fared better than she did in the Sontaran two-parter, but in the end she was still incidental to the plot. All she did was take another route to where the Doctor and Donna were headed. Aside from using her scenes as filler I'm really not sure why she needed to be along for the ride.