*applauds* Thank you! That's so much more of a positive way of reading the last series finale and fits so much better with my reading of the incredible kick-arse just-plain-awesome that Martha so obviously is.
To me another thing that just goes to prove your point about Martha being apprentice-not-acolyte is a) the way she chooses to leave the Doctor rather than just falling in behind him and choosing to leave her responsibilities behind to go worship at his altar, and b), in consequence, the way she'll go back. I seriously don't believe we'll see her wide-eyed in awe of him when she returns (unless he reveals some other miraculous talent she wasn't aware of, akin to being able to regrow a limb) - we'll be seeing a confident professional after a stint at Torchwood who sees the Doctor as somebody worth admiration and respect but also will see him as a friend.
I've always been more of a mythical/faerie tale gal than a religious allegory one anyway, though apparently I need to brush up on my Norse gods! I know my Greek and my Roman ones but Loki and Thor are the only Norse ones I remember - though I have a copy of the Edda I never read that I really should pick up ...
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Date: 2007-08-24 09:30 am (UTC)To me another thing that just goes to prove your point about Martha being apprentice-not-acolyte is a) the way she chooses to leave the Doctor rather than just falling in behind him and choosing to leave her responsibilities behind to go worship at his altar, and b), in consequence, the way she'll go back. I seriously don't believe we'll see her wide-eyed in awe of him when she returns (unless he reveals some other miraculous talent she wasn't aware of, akin to being able to regrow a limb) - we'll be seeing a confident professional after a stint at Torchwood who sees the Doctor as somebody worth admiration and respect but also will see him as a friend.
I've always been more of a mythical/faerie tale gal than a religious allegory one anyway, though apparently I need to brush up on my Norse gods! I know my Greek and my Roman ones but Loki and Thor are the only Norse ones I remember - though I have a copy of the Edda I never read that I really should pick up ...