... entertain myself imagining them miraculously surviving...

*wibbles* If only. I couldn't even do that immediately after the film, all my circuits were occupied with processing grief.

I dunno. The Doctor did it. The Heart of Gold passed too close to their reality. Q had a Moment. It's Batman's fault. Whatevs.

And lo, there was a flurry of crossover fic plotbabies, and they were good.