but I can see how the entire season was leading up to Rose getting the axe.

What? Seriously? I thought Billie Piper was signed on for season 3? So, Doctor Ten is getting another companion?

I like Tennant as the Doctor, but I don't like him and Billie Piper together. Eccleston and Piper worked well together, but Tennant and Piper... meh. They're too much alike, or something. (And I thought Rose was turning into a bit of a Mary Sue in season 2.)