Considering the strange sort of symbolic parallelism that seems to be emerging within already revealed plot details for the special, I would have to agree that the subject of "the Doctor and Rose" has not been dropped completely and will likely be rehashed yet again in a different form.

That said, however, I am one of those fans who wonders if we aren't meant to perceive Ten as still in danger of heading down a very dark path if something drastic doesn't happen to divert him from it. Therefore, I hope that this is indeed where RTD is heading with what remains of his story in 2009.