I think every companion comes to love the Doctor, in different ways, because there's a lot of different kinds of love. Hell, the smartest thing Homestuck ever did was recognise that there's at least four (and it cribbed that from a GCSE RS lesson). It's there when they keep coming back to him, it's there when Sarah Jane and Jo waited and waited, it's there in people who barely even met him want to come away with him. You live him. And if the stars are coming right, and the wind's in the west, then he might just love you back.

Time Lords touch the world lightly. They have to. They're like Tolkien's elves; immortal, save by the hand of another or themselves. They're also like Greek gods, in a way; proud and strong, but flawed, and not always right, and not always even good. We're all aware of what Greek gods did repeatedly to mortals (in a variety of positions and with dubious regard for consent), too, so it fits that way as well. The Doctor needed someone to love, because a pet theory of mine is that he sees Earth as a Gallifrey that doesn't have to go wrong, even more so in NuWho; he fell in love with the planet, and especially after losing everything, he wants to love someone. That someone is Rose, and I can't think of anyone more suitable.

Of course it doesn't last. Things don't. But things aren't always beautiful because they last, to correct the line from Age Of Ultron. Sometimes they're beautiful because they're a girl stuck in a loop waiting for something to happen, and then it does. Rose is normal. Rose is a London girl who worked in a department store. Rose is just as messed up as the rest of us, and she's needy, and a little clingy at times... and she's smart, and she's courageous, and she wins. In a small way. She gets the life she wants.

Time Lords touch the worlds they visit only lightly.

Worlds are allowed to touch them back.

Was "The Impossible Planet", over my dad's shoulder. I scared the living lights out of me, and I didn't even watch it at night or something.

After the 50th Anniversary Special Episode, their timeline gets a little messed up, but, at the beginning - until season 7 I believe - Chris was the Ninth Doctor. Personally, my favorite, as of now, is Twelfth :D

Anyway, have a great marathon - maybe?. I am also very curious about your reactions to future episodes :D
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He's the tenth incarnation of the Time Lord commonly known as 'the Doctor'. Besides, Hurt's character is usually referred to as the War Doctor... which is still calling him a Doctor. He's either a Doctor or not; you can't have it both ways.
(This always gets me annoyed, sorry.)

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Use the Ceasar Cipher to talk about spoilers! :3