The Doctor and Romance

[drydem]

So, I know a fair number of people have expressed some reticence at the romantic aspect of Tennant. See, I love it, but it's mostly because I consider a lot of the doctor's prior companions to have had a definite romantic undertone. I mean, c'mon, do you think nothing was going on between The Doctor and Romana or for that matter Leela? Why the hell would the Doctor keep Peri around if he wasn't hittin that? Jo? Tegan? I mean, hell, the romantic tension between Patrick Troughton and Frazer Hines was downright palpable. I mean, it wasn't always two sided. Turlough's unrequited crush comes to mind as a good example, but seriously, there's always been romance in Dr. Who, it's just always been deeper in the Tardis. Metaphorically speaking, that is.