S01E02 - "The End of the World"
I might add more stuff to this when I watch the episode again.
Fridged people
(When the storyline hurts, threatens or kills one character not to show them suffering or overcoming their situation, but mainly to show another character's emotional reaction and to give them the opportunity to heroically rescue the other. Most of the time it's female characters who get hurt to affect the main, male hero. I'm trying to find out if my feeling that the first season was at least trying to subvert that to some degree is true.)
Rose endangered to affect the Doctor: 1
the Doctor endangered to affect Rose: 0
other women endangered to affect the Doctor: 1 (Jabe)
other men endangered to affect the Doctor: 0
other women endangered to affect Rose: 0
other men endangered to affect Rose: 0
Onscreen time
(Here I count the cumulative length of scenes the characters have been in, while conscious and not possessed or something like that. I didn't time the actual amount of time the character actually spent in the frame. So a scene with just 2 characters will still mean relatively more reaction shots than a conversation with 5 participants. This is mainly so I can compare roughly the same amount of screentime for season 1 and 2 in the end.)
Doctor: 27.5 minutes
Rose: 24.5 minutes
both together: 18 minutes
Happiness-meter
(As measured in the amount of smiles and laughs. I've counted smiles twice if the camera cuts away from the character and then back, and the character is still smiling. Or if the character smiles, says a line, then smiles some more. I've also counted all smiles, no matter if they look sarcastic or fake to me, just to be fair. (With Tennant, a lot of his smiles look fake to me or sometimes I only realise from the context that he's supposed to be smiling, because of his theatre-based acting technique and the way his facial muscles work. (Sometimes, either the smile doesn't reach his eyes, or it does, but the corners of his mouth stay downturned.) And from Ten's behaviour when he's alone I could interpret most of his cheerfulness when in company as a sham. Eccleston, on the other hand, fakes cheerfulness so well that I sometimes can't tell if it's supposed to be actor-acting or character-acting. Which is probably why they filmed him turning away from Rose and dropping the smile several times, to make it more obvious. Still, Nine's happiness when with Rose seems so genuine that it seems wrong not to count it.)
Doctor: 38 (1.38/min)
Rose: 35 (1.43/min)
- of those at or with the Doctor: 22 (1.22/min)
- gets an answering smile / in reaction to his smile / laughing together: 17
The Doctor makes intentional jokes or puns: ? (from memory, have to recount)
The Doctor sings or dances around for a bit: 1
The Doctor's openess to physical intimacy, especially with Rose
hugs: 0
keeping an arm around Rose longer than necessary after catching her: 0
walking arm in arm with somebody: 2 (Jabe; Rose)
self-initiated: 1 (Jabe)
hand-holding: 2 (Jabe; Rose)
- self-initiated or initiated at the same time: 1 (Rose)
kisses: 0
other physical contact (self-initiated; not related to combat): 3
- with men: 2 (consoling Jabe's male companions)
- with Rose: 0
(here I only count gentle/positive/protective touches, not manhandling her or gripping her roughly)
all self-initated body contact with Rose added up: 2
Rose initiates body contact with the Doctor: 1
(including reaching out unsuccessfully or standing close enough to touch for no reason)
The Doctor's guilt-complex
"I'm sorry": 1
- pity: 1
- apology: 0
- preemptive: 0
- polite: 0
1) condolences towards Jabe's companions (It's very low and not in the script, but Eccleston does say "I'm sorry." I could count it as an apology for getting her killed, but since it was her choice to sacrifice herself, I count it as pity - i.e. expressing his regret for someone else's pain, which he isn't responsible for.)
other admissions of responsibility / lying / making a mistake: 0
The Doctor's empathy and interest in other people
The Doctor actively invites: none
watches Rose have fun / if she's alright: 5
inquires about somebody's wellbeing: 1 (Rose)
inquires about somebody's name: 0
(not the enemy)
inquires about somebody's personal history: 1 (Jabe)
(not the enemy)
The Doctor's general rudeness and verbal abuse vs. positive reinforcement of Rose's self-esteem
thanks (not sarcastically), compliments or praises somebody on a personal level: 4 (3x Jabe; 1x Moxx)
(gushing about humanity in the abstract doesn't count)
- towards Rose: 0
But non-verbally: The Doctor smiles with approval while Rose recites what she learned from Newsround Extra.
mocks / insults somebody, grins at their misfortune, or tells them to shut up: 10
(this includes mockery of villains or insults against humanity in general)
- towards Rose personally: 4
mockery:
1) D: "Good thing I didn't take you to the Deep South."
2) D: "Bundle of laughs, you are."
other rudeness:
1) The Doctor laughs when the Moxx of Balhoon spits in Rose's eye.
2) D: "Anyone in there?"
R: "Let me out!"
D: "Oh, well. It would be you."
(I can't decide if that's an insult or not, but it's definitely not a nice comment.)
legitimate criticism: 0
(This doesn't count towards the rudeness and verbal abuse count above. I just keep track of anything negative the Doctor says to Rose to compare with her behaviour below.)
Rose's willingness to criticise and potentially anger the Doctor, her ability to see his flaws, as well as her reciprocation of his mockery
(It's only teasing if it's mutual. And I got the feeling that in the second season Rose was much less confident about calling the Doctor out on his bad behaviour.)
Rose criticises or mocks the Doctor: 9
mockery:
1) R: "You think you're so impressive!"
2) R: "Is that a technical term - 'jiggery pokery'?"
3) R: "What sort of date are you? Come on then, tightwad, chips are on me."
legitimate criticism:
1) R: "Your machine gets inside my head. It gets insides and it changes my mind, and you didn't even ask?!"
2) R: "You were too busy thinking up shots about the Deep South!"
3) R: "I'm here, too, because you brought me here [...]" (This is said with an accusing tone.)
4) R: "Stop mucking about!"
5) D: "Stay there! Don't move!"
R: "Where am I gonna go? Ipswitch!?"
other negative comments or disagreement:
1) R: "I just sort of hitched a lift with this man... I didn't even think about it... I don't even know who he is... He's a complete stranger..." (Said about the Doctor to Raffallo, the plumber. With a fearful undertone of "For all I know, he could be a rapist axe-murderer". Which shows a level of insight in the female POV of the world and the way women have to be wary that the show hasn't done ever since.)
The Doctor's violent tendencies:
actual personal kills of sentient beings: 0
- attempted: 1 (Maybe, if you want to say that the Doctor intentionally called Cassandra back to die, and/or could have done anything to save her.)
- prepared to do it: 0
incapacitated / defeated enemies the Doctor still wants to kill: Cassandra, sort of. (Depending on your viewpoint he either planned for her to die by calling her back into the heat, or he just wanted to keep her from escaping scot-free, but then didn't want to save her when she pointed out that the justice system wouldn't punish her for her murders.)
- Rose argues against killing: Cassandra
- Rose agrees and/or helps: none
- villain actually killed: Cassandra (For the purpose of the Doctor not listening to Rose, she ends up dead. Of course she turns out to survive after all.)
still dangerous enemies killed by the Doctor personally: half a dozen robots (though they're not sentient beings): also Cassandra (By calling her back into the heat, if he planned that she would dry out. If the Doctor hadn't killed her, she would have got away with her crimes and stayed dangerous. As she did, in the end.)
still dangerous enemies the Doctor tries to reason with and hesitates to kill: none
enemies killed by proxy or accident: none
(the Doctor is okay with it and/or provides the weapon or necessary knowledge)
enemies talked into comitting suicide: none
assisted suicide: none
innocent people knowingly left to die: Jabe (On her own wish; the Doctor tried to talk her out of it.)
Doctor smiles or mocks enemy as they die: Cassandra
Doctor shows anger about non-aggressive aliens being threatened/killed by humans: none