And I couldn't help but compare Donna's back-talk, hanging from the lift cage ("Hang on !" "I AM.") to some of Rose's sassier moments in danger. Rose was always quick to comment on the Doctor's habit of leaving you hanging until the last minute- see The End of the World, Tooth and Claw, etc. I think the best thing for the Doctor at this point is a companion who doesn't follow him blindly, but calls him on his shit and has a down-to-earth, totally ordinary viewpoint and manner. Somebody who doesn't see him as a "romantic lost prince," in his own words. Somebody who will argue with him, challenge him.
Quoted for truth+truth^2. Donna is pretty much exactly what the Doctor (and the show) needs.
And the use of the word "lost" I found interesting as well. Not "gone," not something final, but "lost." That implies continuance and, like you said, the haunting, the teasing, the confounding. I hadn't thought about the "found" bit before, though. I doubt he has that hope, but still, intriguing... And possible foreshadowing. And I'm again hoping "The Stowaway" has some sort of greater significance.
I would like to end this on a mature note, but I think that SUCK IT, ROSEHATERS will substitute for that in a pinch.
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Quoted for truth+truth^2. Donna is pretty much exactly what the Doctor (and the show) needs.
And the use of the word "lost" I found interesting as well. Not "gone," not something final, but "lost." That implies continuance and, like you said, the haunting, the teasing, the confounding. I hadn't thought about the "found" bit before, though. I doubt he has that hope, but still, intriguing... And possible foreshadowing. And I'm again hoping "The Stowaway" has some sort of greater significance.
I would like to end this on a mature note, but I think that SUCK IT, ROSEHATERS will substitute for that in a pinch.
I grin. XD