I think the Jackie-Pete reunion is my favourite bit. And the Dalek and Cybermen snark at the start.
Double yes.
I suppose Rose has spent two seasons going on about wanting to see her Dad (though AU Pete isn't her Dad - one of my favourite scenes in that season was when he rejected her). And, I think uniquely among his companions, she keeps going home to see her Mum and friends, or, when she's busy, rings them up. So he does have reason to suppose that, whatever she says, she's never been ready to make that break with her family. This isn't an attempt to justify his decision - I don't like the Tenth Doctor enough to bother - but I can see reasons for it, and by that stage I was so fed up with the Rose situation I'd have accepted any means of getting her out of the way.
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Double yes.
I suppose Rose has spent two seasons going on about wanting to see her Dad (though AU Pete isn't her Dad - one of my favourite scenes in that season was when he rejected her). And, I think uniquely among his companions, she keeps going home to see her Mum and friends, or, when she's busy, rings them up. So he does have reason to suppose that, whatever she says, she's never been ready to make that break with her family. This isn't an attempt to justify his decision - I don't like the Tenth Doctor enough to bother - but I can see reasons for it, and by that stage I was so fed up with the Rose situation I'd have accepted any means of getting her out of the way.