Just rewatched Series 4

[donna_noble]

Oi, "Yankee-Doodle Girl",

This has got to be the stupidest thing you've ever done. 'Ow long as it been? Hum? An' you think you can just pick me up again as if nothin' happened? You do realise that's worse than the Doctor did to me... Will do to me... Whatever!

[Donna pauses, realising...]

Timing. Right. Always was rubbish with that. Sorry.

Well, if you're insistent on this, you need to pick a 'canon point' - again. And let's not do any of that headcanon stuff, well, I suppose if someone wanted to play off that, we could, but doesn't really work for every day type stuff, does it? You need to pick a point in the actual canon.

And for the love of the TARDIS, picking that point is unacceptable.

But if you want somethin' that has potential, there's always this point over here...


{Cross-posted to dear_player}

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[madman_in_abox]

Hello, Donna! Long time, no see. Are you still travelling around with my spiky past self?

And canon point chosen :D

[donna_noble]

[Excuse her, it's going to take her a minute. And she's going to look over the funny man very carefully. It's not until she looks into his eyes - really looks that it hits her...]

Doc-tor?

[She had seen the Doctor start his regeneration and what grew from the hand. It's still a little odd to her though.]

Oh. My. God!

This is worse! You don't lop a bit off and grow a new one. I should've guessed that'd be too easy for an alien. No, you... completely change!

[Well, that explains why Rose was so upset.]

[madman_in_abox]

Yes, I'm a bit more than a hand-less man now. I died and have come back to life with this face and hair. What do you think? I rather love the hair and the bowtie was all me.

[Yep, he's rather happy with his new youthful face.]

[donna_noble]

[Donna just glares for a moment. Then a realisation hits her.]

Oh God. The Daleks. Dab-ros... Did any of us survive?

[Because, well, the Human-Doctor had seemed convinced they could destroy known reality. But then she holds up her hand.]

You can't tell me, right? Spoilers?

[madman_in_abox]

Donna, please. Calm down. Try not to think about any of that. You might hurt yourself. [Genuine concern covers his face. He remembers the day he had to wipe your mind after the metacrisis. He doesn't want to lose you again.]

Just think of me as a new man. I am a new man. [He placed an arm around her and offered her a boyish smile.]

[donna_noble]

[She gives him a friendly bump with the side of her body when he puts his arm around her.]

Well, now I know it's still you. Too skinny for words.

[Though, his eyes told her so much more. Then his first phrase catches up with her.]

"I might hurt myself?" Why? Because I'm a stupid weak human?

[Yeah, that brief conversation with Human-Doctor never quite finished and she still has all the doubts in the world.]