It's good to hear from an old school fan who approves of New Who! I think a lot of times fans get set in their ways and react with negativity when anything changes, but with a fandom this old of course things are going to change. You have to evolve with the times. There are so many wonderful things about the new series that it makes me sad how many supposed fans refuse to appreciate it.

Yep, I totally remember you from the Spike days! I still have you on my FL, actually, I just hardly ever comment. It's really cool that you're writing fic in this fandom too.

I really enjoyed the Doctor/Rose relationship in canon; Billie Piper had great chemistry with both actors, and she's an excellent actress. I really loved their whole "traveling around having adventures" thing; they didn't get bogged down in any of that silly "why can't we settle down and be normal" angst that so often afflicts such ships. I love that Rose chose to stay with the Doctor even though it meant losing her family, and that he accepted it, and it was fate--rather than their decisions--that tore them apart. (Such a nice contrast to Buffy's "I want to be normal!" and Angel's "This decision is final and I'm making it for your own good.")

I'm not really a shipper, though, and I don't get into Doctor/Rose in fanfic. I'm pretty exclusively into slash these days, and the only ship I've gotten into is Doctor/Master. >:)