[ SECRET POST #4038 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4038 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I disagree so strongly but I'm keeping my shit cool

obviously, tastes vary, but for me, the character worked for a number of reasons. First, because Catherine Tate is charming and has amazing chemistry with David Tennant. Second, because Donna's point of view was usually right, or at the very least incredibly justified. Third, because Donna's correctness didn't feel (to me) like it was magical or cheap - it felt like it was the logical result of her personality and her experiences. The fact that this person with this deeply moral set of views comes from a really well-depicted place of loneliness, isolation, and helplessness - and not just in terms of being personally lonely, but a loneliness that comes out of a specific social milieu - really grounds the character, makes her believable, and makes her sympathetic.

I also disagree with the idea that it was unreasonable for her to want the Doctor to change his behavior, or generally to be critical, because I really don't see how. Because the Doctor is pretty deeply flawed and amenable to change, and because Donna and every other companion is a meaningful character in their own right with their own, justifiable point of view, and I think that Doctor Who is generally at its best when it's comfortable with that. I think the least interesting version of Doctor Who, by far, is the version of Doctor Who where it's basically an untrammeled power fantasy about the Doctor being rad all the time always. So I fundamentally disagree with that sense of what Doctor Who is.

Now I'm definitely not saying that Donna is perfect, or that her season is perfect, or anything like that - she has flaws, and there are things that I would change. Also, I think you can clearly go way too far with the fallibility and flaws of the Doctor, as both RTD and Moffat did at various times, so just having those themes isn't justified in itself. But still, on the whole, Donna was an amazing character and I love her.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't disagree with everything you said here, but this point?

Donna's point of view was usually right, or at the very least incredibly justified.

Ugh, no, I didn't think so. Sometimes, yes, but most of the time it wasn't.

[(Anonymous)]

do you mind expanding on that / giving specific examples