Wow - I made it onto a rec list? o_0 The mind - it boggles!

Thank you very much for the kind comments - I'm glad the exposition reads convincingly as there was a lot of research behind it - many months of research and much bouncing of ideas with mainly platypus on how it could work. Needless to say, it's not over just yet - both the Doctor and Rose, as you say, are still tentative toward each other and they'll have to get a bit closer for the conclusion I have in mind to work. I'm hoping it'll be a nice tie-in (no pun intended - really!) to what we see happening at the end of Doomsday and could possibly spawn an omake or two (or a sequel), depending on how we see Series 4 play out on screen.

Thanks again for the lovely comments!