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https://itcouldbesaid.substack.com/p/it-could-be-said-34-doctor-who-did For anyone who's interested Jonn's review finally kicked me to write down why I really hated the ending of Journey's End. Fun fact - this began as an attempt at microblogging rather than doing twitter threads, yet it became a more standard article because I really hate the end of this episode.

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Come to think of it, Moffat totally refuted both Rose and Donna’s exits with Amy and Clara’s respectively. They were the ones in control, not the Doctor.

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Good insight! Had obviously spotted the way Clara's exit inverts Donna's, because I have eyes and stuff, but hadn't noticed that Amy's does the same for Rose's - that she chooses to be trapped without the Doctor, and that it's a romantic attachment to someone else that does it.

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(Tennant and Piper snog in New Earth)

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ah yes but they're not themselves, this is the first time Rose kisses the Doctor I think?

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no wait Parting of the Ways never mind

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