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Even more Doctor Who...
Well, since I just wrote this long comment on "The Girl in the Fireplace" and don't want to lose it, here it is, my thoughts on Reinette and the Doctor and Rose. Why am I so obsessed...?
The Doctor is an alien. Yes, I realize this is stating the complete obvious, but he is. He comes from a rather emotionally stuffy society, so he's not exactly comfortable in the emotional realm. He's also shown us time and time again that oblivious doesn't even begin to cover it (*cough*Martha*cough*) and that he very much lives in the moment. He thinks on his feet when saving the world, and he thinks on his feet when living his life. So when he meets Reinette, this beautiful strong admirable woman who kisses him, he's infatuated.
And then, albeit rather inadvertently, she "sees" into him more than anyone has thus far, even Rose. She just... knows him, and for the Doctor, a man who keeps so much close to his chest, a man who has more walls up than a paranoid emperor, this is a relief. And he's impressed. And Reinette is just this amazing woman. And so…
The Doctor is known from going from one emotional extreme to another. As such, I can totally see him falling in love during that very short time with Reinette, especially after the "mind-meld", for lack of a better term.
Now, this is where us shippers flip out, because we say, “Wait, what about Rose?” As I’ve mentioned, the Doctor is oblivious and lives in the moment. Plus, Reinette and Rose aren’t exactly in active competition with one another, making it absolutely obvious for the Doctor as it was with Sarah Jane. He basically disconnects them in his mind, although whether this is a conscious or unconscious decision is up to interpretation (granted, all of this is, but y’all know what I mean :P). Hence, he doesn’t think about what his relationship with/feelings for Reinette will do to Rose. He just… goes with it. Another interpretation I recently saw (or just something that can be factored in) is that the Doctor is trying to escape the growing closeness with Rose--he invites Mickey along against her protests, then comes Reinette... This could also be part of the Doctor's motivation.
Now, I don’t think the Doctor loves them equally (he’s been with Rose for over a year now, they’ve been through so much together, he’s grown naturally closer to her, etc.; besides, he doesn’t mourn for a year after losing Reinette) but he definitely did love Reinette. He just loves Rose more.
As for what was actually asked in your post… (sorry, I ramble when it comes to TGitF) well, the Doctor knows what he can change and what he can’t, so I’m sure he’d be able to make it work with history. From another perspective, he didn’t offer Reinette an indefinite trip. It’s very possible he was planning on dropping her back off after a few weeks aboard the TARDIS. We can’t know, since he mucked about with time lines and spoke to the king and got that letter and the like… but either way, the Doctor could’ve made it worked, in terms of timelines anyway. Now, whether having Reinette and Rose on the TARDIS together would’ve worked… well, that’s what fanfiction is for.
Oh, and leaving Rose and Mickey behind: since time is all screwy, he probably figured he could get back eventually. Also, as Moffat points out somewhere, the TARDIS must have an “Emergency Program 1” that Rose no doubt knows about. It could take them back to London, and there we go.
The Doctor is an alien. Yes, I realize this is stating the complete obvious, but he is. He comes from a rather emotionally stuffy society, so he's not exactly comfortable in the emotional realm. He's also shown us time and time again that oblivious doesn't even begin to cover it (*cough*Martha*cough*) and that he very much lives in the moment. He thinks on his feet when saving the world, and he thinks on his feet when living his life. So when he meets Reinette, this beautiful strong admirable woman who kisses him, he's infatuated.
And then, albeit rather inadvertently, she "sees" into him more than anyone has thus far, even Rose. She just... knows him, and for the Doctor, a man who keeps so much close to his chest, a man who has more walls up than a paranoid emperor, this is a relief. And he's impressed. And Reinette is just this amazing woman. And so…
The Doctor is known from going from one emotional extreme to another. As such, I can totally see him falling in love during that very short time with Reinette, especially after the "mind-meld", for lack of a better term.
Now, this is where us shippers flip out, because we say, “Wait, what about Rose?” As I’ve mentioned, the Doctor is oblivious and lives in the moment. Plus, Reinette and Rose aren’t exactly in active competition with one another, making it absolutely obvious for the Doctor as it was with Sarah Jane. He basically disconnects them in his mind, although whether this is a conscious or unconscious decision is up to interpretation (granted, all of this is, but y’all know what I mean :P). Hence, he doesn’t think about what his relationship with/feelings for Reinette will do to Rose. He just… goes with it. Another interpretation I recently saw (or just something that can be factored in) is that the Doctor is trying to escape the growing closeness with Rose--he invites Mickey along against her protests, then comes Reinette... This could also be part of the Doctor's motivation.
Now, I don’t think the Doctor loves them equally (he’s been with Rose for over a year now, they’ve been through so much together, he’s grown naturally closer to her, etc.; besides, he doesn’t mourn for a year after losing Reinette) but he definitely did love Reinette. He just loves Rose more.
As for what was actually asked in your post… (sorry, I ramble when it comes to TGitF) well, the Doctor knows what he can change and what he can’t, so I’m sure he’d be able to make it work with history. From another perspective, he didn’t offer Reinette an indefinite trip. It’s very possible he was planning on dropping her back off after a few weeks aboard the TARDIS. We can’t know, since he mucked about with time lines and spoke to the king and got that letter and the like… but either way, the Doctor could’ve made it worked, in terms of timelines anyway. Now, whether having Reinette and Rose on the TARDIS together would’ve worked… well, that’s what fanfiction is for.
Oh, and leaving Rose and Mickey behind: since time is all screwy, he probably figured he could get back eventually. Also, as Moffat points out somewhere, the TARDIS must have an “Emergency Program 1” that Rose no doubt knows about. It could take them back to London, and there we go.