S01E04 - "Aliens of London"
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: ?
the Doctor endangered to affect Rose: ?
other women endangered to affect the Doctor: ?
other men endangered to affect the Doctor: ?
other women endangered to affect Rose: ?
other men endangered to affect Rose: ?
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: ?
Rose: ?
both together: ?
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: 51 (?/min)
Rose: 22 (?/min)
- of those at or with the Doctor: 15 (?/min)
- gets an answering smile / in reaction to his smile / laughing together: 13
The Doctor makes intentional jokes or puns: ?
The Doctor sings or dances around for a bit: ?
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: 0
hand-holding: 2 (Rose; Toshiko)
- self-initiated or initiated at the same time: 2
kisses: 0
other physical contact (self-initiated; not related to combat): 8
- with men: ?
- with Rose: 2
(here I only count gentle/positive/protective touches, not manhandling her or gripping her roughly)
all self-initated body contact with Rose added up: 3
Rose initiates body contact with the Doctor: 2
(including reaching out unsuccessfully or standing close enough to touch for no reason)
The Doctor's guilt-complex
"I'm sorry": 1
- pity: 0
- apology: 1
- preemptive: 0
- polite: 0
1) to Jackie and Rose, for bringing Rose home 12 months later than planned (He grins inappropriately as he apologises, but his panic when he first realises what happened indicates that he really does regret it.)
other admissions of responsibility / lying / making a mistake: 3
1) D: "Um... It's not twelve hours, it's twelve months." (Admitting that he did get the landing wrong. I count this double with the "I'm sorry" that accompanies this admission of his mistake, because the former count is about seeing whether the Tenth Doctor really says "I'm sorry" more often than the Ninth and in what kinds of situations, whereas the latter count is more about actual remorse and willingness to admit mistakes and misbehaviour.)
2) D: "Actually, it's my fault. I've sort of... uh... employed Rose as my companion."
3) D: "Alright, so I lied. I went and had another look." (He's not particularly remorseful about it, but he does own up to his lie without Rose needing to say anything.)
The Doctor's empathy and interest in other people
The Doctor actively invites: none
watches Rose have fun / if she's alright: 0
inquires about somebody's wellbeing: 0
inquires about somebody's name: 0
(not the enemy)
inquires about somebody's personal history: 0
(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: 3 (1x UNIT; 1x Mickey)
(gushing about humanity in the abstract doesn't count)
- towards Rose: 1
1) D: "I don't go anywhere without her."
(He says this in front of Rose, and his tone implies the reason is her competence, not his need to protect her. So it counts as building up her self-esteem, even if he was lying to keep from losing track of her in the middle of a building full of military troops.)
other positive behaviour:
1) He gives her a key to the TARDIS - a bit unceremoniously and mainly to reassure her that he's not runnning off, but with a comment implying that she's earned it in his eyes. (D: "Tell you what: TARDIS key. About time you had one.") Rose clearly receives it like a precious gift and is happy about the trust he puts in her.
mocks / insults somebody, grins at their misfortune, or tells them to shut up: 15
(this includes mockery of villains or insults against humanity in general)
- towards Rose personally: 1 (and that's kind of reaching)
insults:
1) D: "Don't get in any trouble." (This implies that she can't take care of herself. He says it in a relatively gentle tone, though.)
other rudeness:
1) D: (scoffing tone) "Well, if it's this much trouble, are you gonna stay here now?"
(He's being rather passive aggressive, probably because he still feels guilty about messing up. But to be fair, she had just mocked and insulted him.)
2) D: "Don't you dare make this place domestic!"
(I can't decide if that's meant as an insult or if it's a genuine fear of his.)
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: 10
mockery:
1) R: "Your face!"
D: "It hurt!"
R: "You're so gay."
2) R: (sarcastic) "I'm so glad I've got you." (Mocking his lack of knowledge of what's going on.)
legitimate criticism:
1) R: "Every conversation with you just goes mental."
2) R: "So, history's happening, and we're stuck here?" (Expressing her disappointment at his insistence to keep the TARDIS away from the action.)
3) R: "You're so useless."
4) R: "And don't you disappear!"
5) R: "And where do you think you're going?!"
6) R: "Right, there's a spaceship in the Thames, and you're just wandering." (Calling him on his lie.)
7) R: "Promise you won't disappear!"
8) R: "Don't go anywhere!"
The Doctor's violent tendencies:
actual personal kills of sentient beings: 0
- attempted: 0
- prepared to do it: 0
incapacitated / defeated enemies the Doctor still wants to kill: none
still dangerous enemies killed by the Doctor personally: none
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: none
Doctor smiles or mocks enemy as they die: none
Doctor shows anger about non-aggressive aliens being threatened/killed by humans: about the pig 'alien'
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: ?
the Doctor endangered to affect Rose: ?
other women endangered to affect the Doctor: ?
other men endangered to affect the Doctor: ?
other women endangered to affect Rose: ?
other men endangered to affect Rose: ?
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: ?
Rose: ?
both together: ?
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: 51 (?/min)
Rose: 22 (?/min)
- of those at or with the Doctor: 15 (?/min)
- gets an answering smile / in reaction to his smile / laughing together: 13
The Doctor makes intentional jokes or puns: ?
The Doctor sings or dances around for a bit: ?
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: 0
hand-holding: 2 (Rose; Toshiko)
- self-initiated or initiated at the same time: 2
kisses: 0
other physical contact (self-initiated; not related to combat): 8
- with men: ?
- with Rose: 2
(here I only count gentle/positive/protective touches, not manhandling her or gripping her roughly)
all self-initated body contact with Rose added up: 3
Rose initiates body contact with the Doctor: 2
(including reaching out unsuccessfully or standing close enough to touch for no reason)
The Doctor's guilt-complex
"I'm sorry": 1
- pity: 0
- apology: 1
- preemptive: 0
- polite: 0
1) to Jackie and Rose, for bringing Rose home 12 months later than planned (He grins inappropriately as he apologises, but his panic when he first realises what happened indicates that he really does regret it.)
other admissions of responsibility / lying / making a mistake: 3
1) D: "Um... It's not twelve hours, it's twelve months." (Admitting that he did get the landing wrong. I count this double with the "I'm sorry" that accompanies this admission of his mistake, because the former count is about seeing whether the Tenth Doctor really says "I'm sorry" more often than the Ninth and in what kinds of situations, whereas the latter count is more about actual remorse and willingness to admit mistakes and misbehaviour.)
2) D: "Actually, it's my fault. I've sort of... uh... employed Rose as my companion."
3) D: "Alright, so I lied. I went and had another look." (He's not particularly remorseful about it, but he does own up to his lie without Rose needing to say anything.)
The Doctor's empathy and interest in other people
The Doctor actively invites: none
watches Rose have fun / if she's alright: 0
inquires about somebody's wellbeing: 0
inquires about somebody's name: 0
(not the enemy)
inquires about somebody's personal history: 0
(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: 3 (1x UNIT; 1x Mickey)
(gushing about humanity in the abstract doesn't count)
- towards Rose: 1
1) D: "I don't go anywhere without her."
(He says this in front of Rose, and his tone implies the reason is her competence, not his need to protect her. So it counts as building up her self-esteem, even if he was lying to keep from losing track of her in the middle of a building full of military troops.)
other positive behaviour:
1) He gives her a key to the TARDIS - a bit unceremoniously and mainly to reassure her that he's not runnning off, but with a comment implying that she's earned it in his eyes. (D: "Tell you what: TARDIS key. About time you had one.") Rose clearly receives it like a precious gift and is happy about the trust he puts in her.
mocks / insults somebody, grins at their misfortune, or tells them to shut up: 15
(this includes mockery of villains or insults against humanity in general)
- towards Rose personally: 1 (and that's kind of reaching)
insults:
1) D: "Don't get in any trouble." (This implies that she can't take care of herself. He says it in a relatively gentle tone, though.)
other rudeness:
1) D: (scoffing tone) "Well, if it's this much trouble, are you gonna stay here now?"
(He's being rather passive aggressive, probably because he still feels guilty about messing up. But to be fair, she had just mocked and insulted him.)
2) D: "Don't you dare make this place domestic!"
(I can't decide if that's meant as an insult or if it's a genuine fear of his.)
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: 10
mockery:
1) R: "Your face!"
D: "It hurt!"
R: "You're so gay."
2) R: (sarcastic) "I'm so glad I've got you." (Mocking his lack of knowledge of what's going on.)
legitimate criticism:
1) R: "Every conversation with you just goes mental."
2) R: "So, history's happening, and we're stuck here?" (Expressing her disappointment at his insistence to keep the TARDIS away from the action.)
3) R: "You're so useless."
4) R: "And don't you disappear!"
5) R: "And where do you think you're going?!"
6) R: "Right, there's a spaceship in the Thames, and you're just wandering." (Calling him on his lie.)
7) R: "Promise you won't disappear!"
8) R: "Don't go anywhere!"
The Doctor's violent tendencies:
actual personal kills of sentient beings: 0
- attempted: 0
- prepared to do it: 0
incapacitated / defeated enemies the Doctor still wants to kill: none
still dangerous enemies killed by the Doctor personally: none
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: none
Doctor smiles or mocks enemy as they die: none
Doctor shows anger about non-aggressive aliens being threatened/killed by humans: about the pig 'alien'