I was one of those who would have liked the Dalek as a Companion, or at any rate a temporary alliance between Doctor and Dalek to escape van Statten's clutches before they resumed their own duel.

I agree that the Doctor's previous history would make it impossible for him to work with a Dalek, but the idea did intrigue me when I saw it in a comment on a Who post in somebody's LJ (and maybe it was a comment by you in astrogirl2's LJ, but it's too much work to track it down). And looking at a few of your Who posts just now, I see you didn't like the dea-ex-machina of Parting of the Ways either. I can see why you didn't like it, yet at the same time, I was caught up in the drama and angst and wonder of it all; I did like it. I liked the thematic resonance of it, the contrast between the "false god" of the Emperor Dalek, and the "angel" of Rose. Transcendence versus corruption.

However, it may be thanks to you that I'm now currently writing a Bad-Wolf-less AU, inspired by somebody's remark that it would have been much more interesting if Rose had spent years figuring out how to fly the TARDIS... Well, perhaps "interesting" is not the word; the word is probably "challenging". In more than one sense.

Dang it, it's after midnight. That's what I get for trying to transcribe more bits of "Parting of the Ways".