Oh,
Donna… It’s not easy picking a mere five from the tons of wonderful things
Donna does during her time as a companion.
She’s brave, clever, tenacious, compassionate, and spectacularly human –
these are, for me, Donna’s greatest hits.
(Spoilers, of course.)
Solo Investigation (“Partners in Crime” –
Series 4, Episode 1)
After
turning down the Doctor’s invitation in “The Runaway Bride,” Donna doesn’t just
regret her decision. She takes matters
into her own hands, looking for Doctor-worthy mysteries to investigate. She hopes to find him again, but she also
throws herself into the mysteries, sneaking into buildings, concocting cover
stories, and doing some fabulous detective work. Gotta love it!
Pushing the Lever (“The Fires of Pompeii” –
Series 4, Episode 2)
A
horrible choice: let the Pyroviles take
over the world, or destroy them at the cost of Pompeii? This is the terrible decision facing the
Doctor, and though he knows what he has to do, the weight of it crushes
him. Time War memories crowd his head
as, once again, he’s the one staining his soul to save others… and Donna places
her hands on the lever. She’s never
faced anything remotely like this, and the last thing she wants is to see
Pompeii destroyed, but in that moment, she bears some of the burden so the
Doctor doesn’t have to carry it alone, not again.
Saving Someone (“The Fires of Pompeii” –
Series 4, Episode 2)
How
much does Donna rock in “The Fires of Pompeii?”
So much it gets two separate entries!
Throughout the episode, she vehemently opposes the Doctor’s insistence
that Pompeii is a fixed point in time and they can’t save the people doomed to
die. She argues with him, repeatedly
tries to go around him and change things herself, and even as the air fills
with ash, she screams at the people to get out.
And in the end, as the Doctor collapses under the enormity of what
they’ve done, she sees what he needs – to save someone. Not everyone, he can’t, but just
someone.
Supertemp (“The Sontaran Stratagem” – Series 4, Episode 4)
What a
fun moment. In this midst of a wild
conspiracy, a bunch of UNIT soldiers, and some obviously alien technology,
Donna’s office knowhow leads her to a vital clue. At the personnel department for the factory
they’re investigating, she discovers that the sick-day folder is empty, meaning
something is off about the workers. (And
while she describes them as not getting sick, her examples – “hangover, man
flu, sneaky little shopping trip” – hit on a bigger point. It’s not just that the workers don’t get
sick; it’s that they don’t act human.
I love that she sees that.)
Changing the Past (“Turn Left” – Series 4,
Episode 11)
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