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A Noble end

10:45pm Sunday 6th July 2008

By Dan M »

Russell T Davies certainly knows how to put the boot in.

While I was a little disappointed with the last two episodes of Doctor Who - it seemed like too much had been squeezed in - I was struck by the fate of Catherine Tate’s character Donna Noble.

Although Tate’s performance and the character itself had been criticised in a number of quarters I really enjoyed her time in the TARDIS, and would have been more than happy to see her continue her journey with the Doctor.

I had become pretty certain, even before the penultimate episode, Journey’s End, that she was going to die by the end of the series.

But I was shocked that instead of meeting her end in a conventional manner she instead had her mind wiped by the Doctor.

Her realisation that it was going to happen and her begging not to be returned to the person she was before she met the Time Lord made the scene all the more upsetting.

I hope the fact that she isn’t dead means that perhaps, just perhaps, we’ll see her return. My subconscious certainly seems to want that - I woke up from a dream this morning where I was sure I had watched an episode showing Donna recover.

On a happier note, I’m glad to see that David Tennant is going to continue as the Doctor for a while longer, and I’m looking forward to seeing the Cybermen return. I’ve always preferred them as a villain to the Daleks.

What did you think of the end of Doctor Who’s fourth series? Use the comment feature below.

Comments (1)

3:13pm Tue 8 Jul 08

Tigs says...

Hi Dan

My best mate was speculating all sorts before the second part of this story on Saturday. Her theory was that somehow that beetle thing was still on Donna's back and was making her imagine all that we'd seen. I said that I reckoned it had something to do with the hand and that I reckoned he would regenerate himself from that. However, I had also joked with her that there could of course never be a female doctor and then when Donna touched the hand she sort of did!

I have to watch the second part again though as I thought I had 5 mins before it started to go to the loo and found out to my cost that the BBC's clock was not in sync with the other channels and had already started when I came back! I literally missed the part as to why he did not regenerate! So annoyed with myself.

Of course there was a happy ending in a way for Rose and I was so jealous!!

I think Catherine Tate would have grown on people more if her time had been longer. I especially enjoyed the episode with the library.

What do you think of the rumour that Robert Carlysle or John Simm could take over in future? I think Robert has the ability to be either hero or villan as he has a very versatile face.

Hi Dan My best mate was speculating all sorts before the second part of this story on Saturday. Her theory was that somehow that beetle thing was still on Donna's back and was making her imagine all that we'd seen. I said that I reckoned it had something to do with the hand and that I reckoned he would regenerate himself from that. However, I had also joked with her that there could of course never be a female doctor and then when Donna touched the hand she sort of did! I have to watch the second part again though as I thought I had 5 mins before it started to go to the loo and found out to my cost that the BBC's clock was not in sync with the other channels and had already started when I came back! I literally missed the part as to why he did not regenerate! So annoyed with myself. Of course there was a happy ending in a way for Rose and I was so jealous!! I think Catherine Tate would have grown on people more if her time had been longer. I especially enjoyed the episode with the library. What do you think of the rumour that Robert Carlysle or John Simm could take over in future? I think Robert has the ability to be either hero or villan as he has a very versatile face. Tigs