I know this has been said like a million times already, but I feel like people outside of the Rose fandom really downplay how the loss of Rose was so devastating for The Doctor. Even without the romantic elements of their relationship. She was the first person he let himself get attached to after he lost everything in the time war, so of course he would be in ruins all over again once he lost her. I feel like you don't have to be a Rose enjoyer to realize that when it was literally on our screens showed to us.













