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|species          = Human
|race= [[Human]]
|origin            = [[Earth]]
|home planet= [[Earth]]
|birth date        = [[5 March]]
|home era= [[21st century]]
|mother            = Eileen Mott
|appearances= <ul><li>[[DW]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride]]''</li><li>[[DW]]: ''[[Partners in Crime]]</li><li>
|father            = Wilfred Mott
[[DW]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]'' / ''[[The Poison Sky]]''</li><li>[[DW]]: ''[[Turn Left]]''</li><li>[[DW]]: ''[[Journey's End]]''</li><li>[[TDA]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos]]''</ul>
|spouse            = Geoff Noble
|actor= [[Jacqueline King]]
|child            = Donna Noble
|grandchild        = Rose Noble
|in-law            = Shaun Temple
|in-law2          = Geoff's father
|in-law3          = Geoff's mother
|first cs          = The Runaway Bride (TV story)
|appearances      = {{appears}}
|main actor       = Jacqueline King
|clip              = Donna and the Fortune Teller (HQ) - Doctor Who - Turn Left - BBC
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'''Sylvia Noble''' (née '''Mott''') was the daughter of [[Wilfred Mott]], the wife of [[Geoff Noble]], and the mother of [[Donna Noble]]. At [[Christmas]] [[2007]] she attended her daughter's unsuccessful wedding to [[Lance Bennett]]. She did not believe Donna when she returned for the reception but the reception was soon attacked by [[Robot Santa]]s and killer Christmas trees. According to her daughter, she cooks enough for twenty every Christmas. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride]]'')
{{counterparts |name=Sylvia Noble|2=Sylvia Noble (Turn Left)|d2=''Turn Left''}}
'''Sylvia Noble''' (née '''Mott''') was the mother of [[Donna Noble]].
 
== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
Sylvia Mott was born on [[5 March]] ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Rose (novelisation)}}) to [[Wilfred Mott|Wilfred]] and [[Eileen Mott]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Partners in Crime (TV story)}}; [[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]'') As a child, Sylvia was never shouted at by her father. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[In the Blood (novel)|In the Blood]]'')
 
In [[1969]], she was on [[Barry Island]] where she met [[Geoff Noble]] for the first time. She helped the [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] defeat an infestation of [[Time fly|time flies]] which had infested the location, driving away visitors to Barry Island. The Doctor did not initially recognize her, calling her and Geoff, "[[Twiggy]]" and "[[Elvis Presley|Elvis]]" respectively until the ordeal was over. ([[GAME]]: ''[[The Silent Streets of Barry Island (video game)|The Silent Streets of Barry Island]]'')
 
=== Family life ===
She married [[Geoff Noble]] circa [[1970]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]'') and had a daughter named [[Donna Noble|Donna]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Runaway Bride (TV story)}}) in [[Southampton]] when she was visiting [[Iris (Wild Blue Yonder)|Iris]], as Iris had refused to come to the family home in [[Chiswick]], leading Sylvia to claim that Donna had been a problem "from the day [she] was born". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)}})
 
When Donna was six, Sylvia refused to take her on holiday, prompting her to get on a [[bus]] and go on her own to [[Strathclyde]]. After realising that Donna was missing, they called the [[police]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Partners in Crime (TV story)}}) Sylvia bought Donna a bottle of [[Odeur Delaware]] as a gift [[Christmas]] gift in [[2001]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Widow's Curse (comic story)|The Widow's Curse]]'')
 
On [[25 June]] [[2007]], she insisted that Donna apply to work as [[Jival Chowdry]]'s [[secretary]], as Sylvia knew him, rather than working as a temp at [[H.C. Clements]]. Donna refused, and got a job at H.C. Clements. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Turn Left (TV story)}}) She would later reminisce about how she had seen [[Cyberman|ghosts]] that year. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Wild Pastures (audio story)|Wild Pastures]]'')
 
=== Early alien encounters ===
Sylvia dismissed the widely-held belief that the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] were [[ghost]]s, never having believed in them. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Wild Pastures (audio story)|Wild Pastures]]''; [[TV]]: {{cs|Army of Ghosts (TV story)}})
 
On [[24 December]] [[2007]], Sylvia attended her daughter's unsuccessful [[Donna Noble and Lance Bennett's wedding|wedding]] to [[Lance Bennett]]. She witnessed Donna disappear from [[St Mary's Church, Chiswick|the church]] and later received a [[phone]] [[call]] from her saying that she was "on [[Earth]]", which Sylvia did not find amusing. She attended the wedding reception, where she was reunited with Donna. However, the party was soon attacked by [[Roboform|Robot Santas]] and killer Christmas trees. Later, Sylvia and Geoff returned [[Nobles' home|home]] and embraced near their [[Christmas tree]] while Donna and the [[Tenth Doctor]] spoke outside; although Donna invited him in for [[Christmas dinner]], as Sylvia always cooked enough food for [[20 (number)|twenty]] people every [[year]], the Doctor declined. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Runaway Bride (TV story)}})
 
Sylvia voted for [[Harold Saxon]]'s party in the general election ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Judge, Jury and Executioner (short story)|Judge, Jury and Executioner]]'') and let Donna return to live with her, believing that it would only be for a few weeks. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Partners in Crime (TV story)}})
 
Sylvia had a difficult year after Geoff died in a filling station on [[15 May]]. They had been married for thirty-eight years. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]'')
 
In the [[2000s]], Sylvia went out to [[De Rossi's Wine Bar]] with [[Suzette Chambers]] and the "[[Wednesday]] girls", where Suzette started producing [[Adipose]] infants. Along with other passers-by, Sylvia saw the [[nursery ship]] [[March of the Adipose|picking up]] and taking away the infant creatures. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Partners in Crime (TV story)}})
 
=== During Donna's travels ===
Sylvia remained unaware for some time of Donna's travels with the [[Tenth Doctor]], as she chose to keep it a secret from her, only telling [[Wilfred Mott|Wilf]]. She met the Doctor again just before she saved her father from suffocating in her car thanks to [[ATMOS]] by smashing the front window with an [[axe]]. She made it clear that she did not like him, blaming him for what happened at the wedding, and thought he had "blown up the car" upon activating the ATMOS placed in it. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)}}/{{cs|The Poison Sky (TV story)}})
 
Sylvia joined the Doctor in his investigations into the [[Wild Pastures Rest Home]] after he arrived at the house looking for Wilf, insisting that she go with him instead after seeing the nursing home's [[brochure]] which promised a tranquil [[holiday]]. She was checked in as a resident and lost track of time, believing that the Doctor disappeared for only a day rather than a week. She realised that something was happening to herself and the other patients, learning that their [[memory|memories]] and life experiences were being harvested by a [[Sarga plant]]. She sprayed the harvested life essences into the [[clone]] [[nurse]]s and killed the plant with [[weed killer]], something that she chose to keep secret from the Doctor. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Wild Pastures (audio story)|Wild Pastures]]'')
 
When Donna returned after the trauma of [[the Library]], Sylvia attempted to return Donna to her old self by reacquainting her with her old school friend [[Natalie Morrison]], signing them both up for [[One's no Fun]] speed-dating, despite knowing that Nat was married to [[Garrison Lord]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Out of this World (audio story)|Out of this World]]'')
 
Unaware that Donna had been replaced with a [[duplicate]] as part of the Collectors' invasion of [[Earth]], Sylvia was impressed with how she had turned her life around and got a job mapping trends in big data. The real Donna had been captured by aliens with Nat and was trying to return to [[Chiswick]] in [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Spinvasion (audio story)|Spinvasion]], [[The Sorcerer of Albion (audio story)|The Sorcerer of Albion]], [[The Chiswick Cuckoos (audio story)|The Chiswick Cuckoos]]'')
 
Sylvia and Wilf appeared on ''[[Haunted Makeovers]]'' alongside the Doctor and Donna, who were investigating the [[haunting]] of [[Morley Mansion]]. She had to pretend to be the Doctor's "mother-in-law". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[No Place (audio story)|No Place]]'')
 
=== Medusa Cascade incident ===
When the [[Earth]] was moved to the [[Medusa Cascade]], Wilf warned Sylvia to stay indoors, as it was always "the [[woman|women]]" that the aliens wanted. Regardless, she went out with Wilf and witnessed the [[Dalek]]s' killing of an entire family in their own house. They were almost killed by a Dalek themselves, but were saved by [[Rose Tyler]] who blew it up. As Rose was looking for Donna, the Nobles took her home where they watched the [[Sub-Wave Network]] broadcast, unable to participate as Sylvia disapproved of [[webcam]]s. Sylvia and Wilf contributed to the Sub-Wave signal using their [[mobile phone]]s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Stolen Earth (TV story)}})
 
Sylvia was relieved when the Earth was returned to the [[solar system]]. She was resentful of the Doctor for wiping Donna's mind following the [[Human-Time Lord Meta-Crisis]] and asked him to leave the house when he brought her. After these events, she had a much healthier relationship with her daughter, as in her eyes, Donna was still the "most important woman in the universe". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Journey's End (TV story)}})
 
=== Life goes on ===
Sylvia and Wilf did not mention the Doctor to Donna per his instructions. Sylvia saw him again at [[Christmas]] when he was chasing {{Simm}}. Like the rest of humanity, she became a member of [[the Master Race]] for a time, after which she watched as [[Gallifrey]] appeared and disappeared in the sky. She finally accepted the Doctor, praying for his help when Gallifrey appeared, and smiled at him when he returned Wilf home. At Donna and [[Shaun Temple]]'s wedding, the Doctor gave her a winning [[lottery ticket]] to give to Donna, having been purchased with £1 lent to him by [[Geoff Noble|Geoff]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)}})
 
Sylvia met [[Christina de Souza|Lady Christina de Souza]] and was proud to be welcomed by [[aristocracy]]. The two went to a party for the [[Amber (species)|Amber]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Skin Deep (audio story)|Skin Deep]]'') She later met [[River Song]], who asked her, Wilf, [[Jackie Tyler]] and [[Francine Jones]] to talk about their history with the Doctor. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Judge, Jury and Executioner (short story)|Judge, Jury and Executioner]]'')
 
=== Growing family ===
Sylvia became a grandmother when Donna and Shaun had [[Rose Noble|a child]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|We Are Family (short story)|page=35}}) who, by [[2023]], had come out as both transgender and non-binary, choosing the name of Rose for herself. While she was supportive of Rose's decision, Sylvia would catch herself making inappropriate statements and accidently referring to Rose using male-assigned pronouns, and would feel guilty for "get[ting] so clumsy" about the topic. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Star Beast (TV story)}})
 
Sylvia [[vote]]d for [[Edward Lawn Bridges]] but Donna did not, leading to a tense [[corned beef]] [[bolognese]] that night. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Giggle (novelisation)}})
 
In [[November]] [[2023]], Sylvia went to [[23 Bachelor Road]] ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Star Beast (novelisation)}}) to cook [[tuna madras]] for her family, but the arrival of [[the Meep]] and the [[Fourteenth Doctor]] put her in a fright, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Star Beast (TV story)}}) knowing that Donna's life was at risk ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|We Are Family (short story)|page=35}}) of remembering the Doctor and becoming the DoctorDonna again. [[File:You! (The Star Beast).jpg|thumb|right|"You!" ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Star Beast (TV story)}})]] Despite her protests, Sylvia found Donna, herself and their family being dragged into the Meep's plot destroy London to fuel an escape ship, which was thwarted by the Doctor and Donna. It was then revealed that Rose had inherited Donna's [[Human-Time Lord Meta-Crisis|meta-crisis consciousness]], and they were were able to safely disperse the energy by [[letting go]], allowing Donna to regain her memories. The next morning, Sylvia agreed to let her go on one last trip with the Doctor, albeit reluctantly, to see Wilf. However, Sylvia, Rose and Shaun watched in fear as the TARDIS suddenly dematerialised and took off uncontrollably. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Star Beast (TV story)}})
 
Within the next few days of Donna's disappearance, Sylvia, Shaun and Rose went into hiding at Wilf's behest after the world fell into the [[The Giggle (event)|madness]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)}}) caused by [[the Toymaker]] and [[the Giggle]]. After the Doctor and his [[fifteenth incarnation]] resolved the crisis, and the Fourteenth Doctor decided to take "[[rehab]]" on Earth to heal his mental state, Sylvia came to a garden party with his family and [[Melanie Bush]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Giggle (TV story)}}) at [[Fourteenth Doctor's home|the Doctor's home]] in the countryside, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Giggle (novelisation)}}) where she accepted being the Doctor's new "evil stepmother", jokingly retorting that she had "barely begun." ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Giggle (TV story)}})
 
=== Other realities ===
==== Parallel World ====
{{Main|Sylvia Noble (Turn Left)}}
In [[parallel world (Turn Left)|a parallel world]], Sylvia's hectoring Donna to work for [[Jival Chowdry]] succeeded. Donna never went to work at [[H.C. Clements]] and the circumstances which led to her meeting the Doctor never occurred; as a result of this, the Doctor didn't survive his encounter with the Racnoss and various catastrophes he had stopped in the original timeline weren't averted.
 
Sylvia despaired when her husband [[Geoff Noble]] became ill and died. While at a hotel for a Christmas country holiday, Sylvia told her daughter how Donna's father would have loved the place they were staying in. Before long, (as the Doctor wasn't alive to prevent it as in the original timeline) the ''[[Titanic (Turn Left)|Titanic]]'' crashed into London and obliterated it, killing everyone in the city. The Nobles were forced to move to [[Leeds (Turn Left)|Leeds]], where a huge relocation scheme was running. Southern England was flooded with radiation and conditions became much harsher as Donna and her family shared a house with [[Rocco Colasanto]]'s family. Sylvia slipped deeper and deeper into depression, thinking each day of someone she knew in London who was now dead, although she managed to occasionally do things like joining in group singing of "[[Bohemian Rhapsody]]". As Sylvia's depression worsened, Donna asked if she had always been a disappointment in her mother's eyes, and Sylvia just answered, "Yeah".
 
This version of Sylvia was erased from history when Donna's parallel world was negated. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Turn Left (TV story)}})
 
== Personality ==
Sylvia was bossy. She liked things her way and was rarely tactful, often insulting or condescending when speaking to her father or daughter. She seemed depressed after her husband's death and did not act as if she valued the rest of her family very much. In particular, the Doctor asserted that she had been neglectful to Donna, never telling her she was important or special, and contributing to Donna developing an inferiority complex, viewing herself as "just a temp". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Journey's End (TV story)}})
 
She tended to be very practical and had a hard time believing in aliens, even when presented with very obvious encounters. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Stolen Earth (TV story)}})
 
Sylvia deeply mistrusted and disliked the Doctor due to his actions at Donna's wedding to Lance. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Runaway Bride (TV story)}}) She was similarly annoyed when the Doctor reprimanded her for her neglectful attitude towards Donna, kicking him out of the house in response. However, her attitude towards him later changed. She prayed for his help when [[Gallifrey]] appeared in the sky. His saving the world again apparently changed her attitude towards him as she gave him a smile when he returned Wilfred home and was very nice to him at Donna's second wedding, even being deeply touched by his actions to help them out. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)}}) When the [[Fourteenth Doctor]] came, Sylvia was concerned about his presence due to the threat to Donna's safety. However, she was also more accepting and happy to see him. After [[Beep the Meep]]'s defeat and the safe return of Donna's memories, Sylvia joyfully told the Doctor that Wilf would be impressed, which she claimed was the highest compliment she could ever give. She was reluctant to let Donna go on a final trip with the Doctor, but ultimately conceded as it made Donna happy, and it was just to see Wilf. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Star Beast (TV story)}}) When the Doctor chose to retire on Earth, Sylvia accepted him into the family and good-naturedly responded to the Doctor calling her the evil stepmother. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Giggle (TV story)}})


In 2008, Sylvia lost her husband. Subsequently, Donna moved back at home with her mother and her grandfather. Sylvia was shown to be trying to persuade Donna to get a job and find a place of their own. During a night out with her friends, one of them ([[Suzette Chambers]]) started to producing [[Adipose]] infants. Along with other passers-by, Sylvia was witness to the [[Nursery Ship]] [[March of the Adipose|picking up the infant creatures]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Partners in Crime]]'')
Sylvia loved and accepted [[Rose Noble|Rose]], her [[transgender]] granddaughter, but could still be clumsy when it came to using the right words and pronouns, something she was very self-conscious of. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Star Beast (TV story)}})


When Donna briefly returned to her family, she opted not to tell Sylvia that she was travelling with the Doctor. However, she met [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] again just before she saved her father from suffocating in her car from the poisonous fog started by the [[Sontaran]]s by smashing the front car window with an axe. When asked where she kept the axe, she said she kept it by the front door in case of burglars. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]''/''[[The Poison Sky]]''.)
== Behind the scenes ==
* The setting of the present day of Donna Noble's family in [[Series 4 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 4]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' is [[Aliens of London dating controversy|inconsistent]], and their later appearance in the [[Christmas Special]] and [[New Year Special]] {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)}} is not dated at all. In the television story {{cs|The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)}}, Donna mentions the Doctor saving her in [[2008]]. In the novel ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]'', set between the television stories {{cs|The Poison Sky (TV story)}} and {{cs|The Stolen Earth (TV story)}}, a newspaper at a newsagent gives the date as [[Friday]] [[15 May]] [[2009]]. During an in-universe episode of ''[[The Blue Box Files]]'' in the audio story ''[[SOS (audio story)|SOS]]'', [[Abby McPhail]] describes the events of the television story {{cs|Partners in Crime (TV story)}} as taking place in 2008. During the [[2023 specials]], Sylvia mentions Donna's memory loss happened "a long time ago, darling. fifteen years" in {{cs|The Star Beast (TV story)}}, while {{cs|The Giggle (TV story)}} places the present day in 2023, heavily implying a 2008 setting for series 4.


In [[Turn Left]] where [[Donna's World]] was altered by the [[Fortune Teller]], Sylvia's persistence of Donna going to work for [[Jival Chowdry]] succeeds in this alternate reality and in result [[Donna]] never goes to work at [[H.C. Clements]] and never gets engaged to [[Lance Bennett]] therefor never being transported onto the [[TARDIS]] on her wedding day to meet the [[Tenth Doctor]] who subsequently dies defeating the [[Racnoss]]. We learn of Sylvia's despair of her husband [[Geoff Noble]] being ill and some time between he sadly passes away. While at a hotel for a country holiday, Sylvia tells her daughter how her father would have loved where they were. But at the same time, the [[Titanic (spaceship)]] crashed down on London completley wiping it out. The Nobles are then forced to move into Leeds were a huge relocation scheme is running. The South of England is now flooded completley with radiation and conditions are becoming much harsher as Donna and her family move into a house shared by [[Rocco Colastanto]]'s family. Sylvia joins in with some of the fun activities the families are playing by singing [[Bohemian Rhapsody]] but sadly slips into depression, thinking each day of someone she knew in London who was now dead. [[Donna]] does try to comfort her mother by telling her everything will turn out alright but it is too late as Sylvia's menatl state has collapsed into deep depression and when [[Donna]] asks if she has always been a disappointment in her mothers eyes, Sylvia says "yeah".
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But [[Donna]] then joins [[Rose Tyler]] with [[United Nations Intelligence Taskforce]] to remove the [[Time Beetle]] from her back but to do so [[Donna]] must travel back in time to the vital moment at the T-Junction and turn left, not right like her mother wants to do so. This alternate [[Donna]] throws herself infront of a van which causes a traffic jam to the right of the junction, encouraging the past [[Donna]] to turn left. The original reality returns and the [[Time Beetle]] is killed as the [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] enters the room but a looming message of [[Bad Wolf entity]] warns that the end of the universe is near and the Doctor and [[Donna]] rush home to [[Earth]] in [[The Stolen Earth]] and find it has been moved across to the other side of the [[Universe]].
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When the was moved to The [[Medusa Cascade]] Sylvia was astonished at what had happened. And her father told her to stay in side as it is "The Woman" the aliens always want. She later followed by Wilf went and witnessed when the [[Dalek|Daleks]] killed an entire family in their own house using total extermination. In a bid to escape, Wilf was armed with a paint gun fled with a hesitant Sylvia away from the Daleks, but were stopped in their tracks by a scout Dalek. Wilf tried to disarm its eyestalk with a paint gun but failed. Sylvia, entirely worried by now said for her dad to leave it and before being exterminated, [[Rose Tyler]] saved them by blowing the Dalek in half. Rose was trying to find them so she could locate Donna. Sylvia and [[Wilfred Mott|Wilf]] took Rose to their house and she was shocked as Wilf said "Donna phoned last time from the planet [[Midnight]]". Being very flippant of the events of the [[Dalek| New Dalek Empire]] invasion around her, Sylvia did not click that Donna was travelling with the Doctor across the stars and it took [[Wilfred Mott|her father]] to help her open her eyes. There was a sub wave network from [[Harriet Jones]] and Sylvia did not let Wilf have a web cam cause she thought they were naughty. Rose was unable to get in touch with the Doctor because of this but were able to see on the laptop [[Francine Jones]] with her Daughter [[Martha Jones|Martha]], the whole of [[Torchwood 3]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]] with her young son [[Luke Smith|Luke]]. [[Harriet Jones]], [[Torchwood 3]], [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[Martha Jones]] were able to send a signal out to the Doctor using the subwave signal to the [[Medusa Cascade]] using a telephone muber as the signal. Sylvia and Wilf contributed to sending the signal out with their own mobile phones and when contact was made with the [[TARDIS]]. Asking for good luck, [[Rose Tyler]] vanished from Sylvia's living room in a bright flash to her astonishment. She later feared for Donna's life but was happy when the Earth was moved to the Sol System. But there was bad news as Donna had to get her memory wiped as she was now part Human part Timelord in a human timelord metecrisis. Sylvia was resentful of the [[Tenth Doctor]], asking him to leave. But after these events, she would have a much healthier relationship with her daughter as in her eyes, [[Donna]] was still the most important woman in the universe. ([[DW]]: [[The Stolen Earth]]/[[Journey's End]])
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Sylvia Noble
Appearances

Sylvia Noble (née Mott) was the mother of Donna Noble.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Early life[[edit] | [edit source]]

Sylvia Mott was born on 5 March (PROSE: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (novelisation)"]) to Wilfred and Eileen Mott. (TV: Partners in Crime [+]Loading...["Partners in Crime (TV story)"]; PROSE: Beautiful Chaos) As a child, Sylvia was never shouted at by her father. (PROSE: In the Blood)

In 1969, she was on Barry Island where she met Geoff Noble for the first time. She helped the Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond and Rory Williams defeat an infestation of time flies which had infested the location, driving away visitors to Barry Island. The Doctor did not initially recognize her, calling her and Geoff, "Twiggy" and "Elvis" respectively until the ordeal was over. (GAME: The Silent Streets of Barry Island)

Family life[[edit] | [edit source]]

She married Geoff Noble circa 1970 (PROSE: Beautiful Chaos) and had a daughter named Donna (TV: The Runaway Bride [+]Loading...["The Runaway Bride (TV story)"]) in Southampton when she was visiting Iris, as Iris had refused to come to the family home in Chiswick, leading Sylvia to claim that Donna had been a problem "from the day [she] was born". (TV: Wild Blue Yonder [+]Loading...["Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)"])

When Donna was six, Sylvia refused to take her on holiday, prompting her to get on a bus and go on her own to Strathclyde. After realising that Donna was missing, they called the police. (TV: Partners in Crime [+]Loading...["Partners in Crime (TV story)"]) Sylvia bought Donna a bottle of Odeur Delaware as a gift Christmas gift in 2001. (COMIC: The Widow's Curse)

On 25 June 2007, she insisted that Donna apply to work as Jival Chowdry's secretary, as Sylvia knew him, rather than working as a temp at H.C. Clements. Donna refused, and got a job at H.C. Clements. (TV: Turn Left [+]Loading...["Turn Left (TV story)"]) She would later reminisce about how she had seen ghosts that year. (AUDIO: Wild Pastures)

Early alien encounters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Sylvia dismissed the widely-held belief that the Cybermen were ghosts, never having believed in them. (AUDIO: Wild Pastures; TV: Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"])

On 24 December 2007, Sylvia attended her daughter's unsuccessful wedding to Lance Bennett. She witnessed Donna disappear from the church and later received a phone call from her saying that she was "on Earth", which Sylvia did not find amusing. She attended the wedding reception, where she was reunited with Donna. However, the party was soon attacked by Robot Santas and killer Christmas trees. Later, Sylvia and Geoff returned home and embraced near their Christmas tree while Donna and the Tenth Doctor spoke outside; although Donna invited him in for Christmas dinner, as Sylvia always cooked enough food for twenty people every year, the Doctor declined. (TV: The Runaway Bride [+]Loading...["The Runaway Bride (TV story)"])

Sylvia voted for Harold Saxon's party in the general election (PROSE: Judge, Jury and Executioner) and let Donna return to live with her, believing that it would only be for a few weeks. (TV: Partners in Crime [+]Loading...["Partners in Crime (TV story)"])

Sylvia had a difficult year after Geoff died in a filling station on 15 May. They had been married for thirty-eight years. (PROSE: Beautiful Chaos)

In the 2000s, Sylvia went out to De Rossi's Wine Bar with Suzette Chambers and the "Wednesday girls", where Suzette started producing Adipose infants. Along with other passers-by, Sylvia saw the nursery ship picking up and taking away the infant creatures. (TV: Partners in Crime [+]Loading...["Partners in Crime (TV story)"])

During Donna's travels[[edit] | [edit source]]

Sylvia remained unaware for some time of Donna's travels with the Tenth Doctor, as she chose to keep it a secret from her, only telling Wilf. She met the Doctor again just before she saved her father from suffocating in her car thanks to ATMOS by smashing the front window with an axe. She made it clear that she did not like him, blaming him for what happened at the wedding, and thought he had "blown up the car" upon activating the ATMOS placed in it. (TV: The Sontaran Stratagem [+]Loading...["The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)"]/The Poison Sky [+]Loading...["The Poison Sky (TV story)"])

Sylvia joined the Doctor in his investigations into the Wild Pastures Rest Home after he arrived at the house looking for Wilf, insisting that she go with him instead after seeing the nursing home's brochure which promised a tranquil holiday. She was checked in as a resident and lost track of time, believing that the Doctor disappeared for only a day rather than a week. She realised that something was happening to herself and the other patients, learning that their memories and life experiences were being harvested by a Sarga plant. She sprayed the harvested life essences into the clone nurses and killed the plant with weed killer, something that she chose to keep secret from the Doctor. (AUDIO: Wild Pastures)

When Donna returned after the trauma of the Library, Sylvia attempted to return Donna to her old self by reacquainting her with her old school friend Natalie Morrison, signing them both up for One's no Fun speed-dating, despite knowing that Nat was married to Garrison Lord. (AUDIO: Out of this World)

Unaware that Donna had been replaced with a duplicate as part of the Collectors' invasion of Earth, Sylvia was impressed with how she had turned her life around and got a job mapping trends in big data. The real Donna had been captured by aliens with Nat and was trying to return to Chiswick in the TARDIS. (AUDIO: Spinvasion, The Sorcerer of Albion, The Chiswick Cuckoos)

Sylvia and Wilf appeared on Haunted Makeovers alongside the Doctor and Donna, who were investigating the haunting of Morley Mansion. She had to pretend to be the Doctor's "mother-in-law". (AUDIO: No Place)

Medusa Cascade incident[[edit] | [edit source]]

When the Earth was moved to the Medusa Cascade, Wilf warned Sylvia to stay indoors, as it was always "the women" that the aliens wanted. Regardless, she went out with Wilf and witnessed the Daleks' killing of an entire family in their own house. They were almost killed by a Dalek themselves, but were saved by Rose Tyler who blew it up. As Rose was looking for Donna, the Nobles took her home where they watched the Sub-Wave Network broadcast, unable to participate as Sylvia disapproved of webcams. Sylvia and Wilf contributed to the Sub-Wave signal using their mobile phones. (TV: The Stolen Earth [+]Loading...["The Stolen Earth (TV story)"])

Sylvia was relieved when the Earth was returned to the solar system. She was resentful of the Doctor for wiping Donna's mind following the Human-Time Lord Meta-Crisis and asked him to leave the house when he brought her. After these events, she had a much healthier relationship with her daughter, as in her eyes, Donna was still the "most important woman in the universe". (TV: Journey's End [+]Loading...["Journey's End (TV story)"])

Life goes on[[edit] | [edit source]]

Sylvia and Wilf did not mention the Doctor to Donna per his instructions. Sylvia saw him again at Christmas when he was chasing the Saxon Master. Like the rest of humanity, she became a member of the Master Race for a time, after which she watched as Gallifrey appeared and disappeared in the sky. She finally accepted the Doctor, praying for his help when Gallifrey appeared, and smiled at him when he returned Wilf home. At Donna and Shaun Temple's wedding, the Doctor gave her a winning lottery ticket to give to Donna, having been purchased with £1 lent to him by Geoff. (TV: The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"])

Sylvia met Lady Christina de Souza and was proud to be welcomed by aristocracy. The two went to a party for the Amber. (AUDIO: Skin Deep) She later met River Song, who asked her, Wilf, Jackie Tyler and Francine Jones to talk about their history with the Doctor. (PROSE: Judge, Jury and Executioner)

Growing family[[edit] | [edit source]]

Sylvia became a grandmother when Donna and Shaun had a child, (PROSE: We Are Family [+]Loading...{"page":"35","1":"We Are Family (short story)"}) who, by 2023, had come out as both transgender and non-binary, choosing the name of Rose for herself. While she was supportive of Rose's decision, Sylvia would catch herself making inappropriate statements and accidently referring to Rose using male-assigned pronouns, and would feel guilty for "get[ting] so clumsy" about the topic. (TV: The Star Beast [+]Loading...["The Star Beast (TV story)"])

Sylvia voted for Edward Lawn Bridges but Donna did not, leading to a tense corned beef bolognese that night. (PROSE: The Giggle [+]Loading...["The Giggle (novelisation)"])

In November 2023, Sylvia went to 23 Bachelor Road (PROSE: The Star Beast [+]Loading...["The Star Beast (novelisation)"]) to cook tuna madras for her family, but the arrival of the Meep and the Fourteenth Doctor put her in a fright, (TV: The Star Beast [+]Loading...["The Star Beast (TV story)"]) knowing that Donna's life was at risk (PROSE: We Are Family [+]Loading...{"page":"35","1":"We Are Family (short story)"}) of remembering the Doctor and becoming the DoctorDonna again.

"You!" (TV: The Star Beast [+]Loading...["The Star Beast (TV story)"])

Despite her protests, Sylvia found Donna, herself and their family being dragged into the Meep's plot destroy London to fuel an escape ship, which was thwarted by the Doctor and Donna. It was then revealed that Rose had inherited Donna's meta-crisis consciousness, and they were were able to safely disperse the energy by letting go, allowing Donna to regain her memories. The next morning, Sylvia agreed to let her go on one last trip with the Doctor, albeit reluctantly, to see Wilf. However, Sylvia, Rose and Shaun watched in fear as the TARDIS suddenly dematerialised and took off uncontrollably. (TV: The Star Beast [+]Loading...["The Star Beast (TV story)"])

Within the next few days of Donna's disappearance, Sylvia, Shaun and Rose went into hiding at Wilf's behest after the world fell into the madness (TV: Wild Blue Yonder [+]Loading...["Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)"]) caused by the Toymaker and the Giggle. After the Doctor and his fifteenth incarnation resolved the crisis, and the Fourteenth Doctor decided to take "rehab" on Earth to heal his mental state, Sylvia came to a garden party with his family and Melanie Bush (TV: The Giggle [+]Loading...["The Giggle (TV story)"]) at the Doctor's home in the countryside, (PROSE: The Giggle [+]Loading...["The Giggle (novelisation)"]) where she accepted being the Doctor's new "evil stepmother", jokingly retorting that she had "barely begun." (TV: The Giggle [+]Loading...["The Giggle (TV story)"])

Other realities[[edit] | [edit source]]

Parallel World[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Sylvia Noble (Turn Left)

In a parallel world, Sylvia's hectoring Donna to work for Jival Chowdry succeeded. Donna never went to work at H.C. Clements and the circumstances which led to her meeting the Doctor never occurred; as a result of this, the Doctor didn't survive his encounter with the Racnoss and various catastrophes he had stopped in the original timeline weren't averted.

Sylvia despaired when her husband Geoff Noble became ill and died. While at a hotel for a Christmas country holiday, Sylvia told her daughter how Donna's father would have loved the place they were staying in. Before long, (as the Doctor wasn't alive to prevent it as in the original timeline) the Titanic crashed into London and obliterated it, killing everyone in the city. The Nobles were forced to move to Leeds, where a huge relocation scheme was running. Southern England was flooded with radiation and conditions became much harsher as Donna and her family shared a house with Rocco Colasanto's family. Sylvia slipped deeper and deeper into depression, thinking each day of someone she knew in London who was now dead, although she managed to occasionally do things like joining in group singing of "Bohemian Rhapsody". As Sylvia's depression worsened, Donna asked if she had always been a disappointment in her mother's eyes, and Sylvia just answered, "Yeah".

This version of Sylvia was erased from history when Donna's parallel world was negated. (TV: Turn Left [+]Loading...["Turn Left (TV story)"])

Personality[[edit] | [edit source]]

Sylvia was bossy. She liked things her way and was rarely tactful, often insulting or condescending when speaking to her father or daughter. She seemed depressed after her husband's death and did not act as if she valued the rest of her family very much. In particular, the Doctor asserted that she had been neglectful to Donna, never telling her she was important or special, and contributing to Donna developing an inferiority complex, viewing herself as "just a temp". (TV: Journey's End [+]Loading...["Journey's End (TV story)"])

She tended to be very practical and had a hard time believing in aliens, even when presented with very obvious encounters. (TV: The Stolen Earth [+]Loading...["The Stolen Earth (TV story)"])

Sylvia deeply mistrusted and disliked the Doctor due to his actions at Donna's wedding to Lance. (TV: The Runaway Bride [+]Loading...["The Runaway Bride (TV story)"]) She was similarly annoyed when the Doctor reprimanded her for her neglectful attitude towards Donna, kicking him out of the house in response. However, her attitude towards him later changed. She prayed for his help when Gallifrey appeared in the sky. His saving the world again apparently changed her attitude towards him as she gave him a smile when he returned Wilfred home and was very nice to him at Donna's second wedding, even being deeply touched by his actions to help them out. (TV: The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"]) When the Fourteenth Doctor came, Sylvia was concerned about his presence due to the threat to Donna's safety. However, she was also more accepting and happy to see him. After Beep the Meep's defeat and the safe return of Donna's memories, Sylvia joyfully told the Doctor that Wilf would be impressed, which she claimed was the highest compliment she could ever give. She was reluctant to let Donna go on a final trip with the Doctor, but ultimately conceded as it made Donna happy, and it was just to see Wilf. (TV: The Star Beast [+]Loading...["The Star Beast (TV story)"]) When the Doctor chose to retire on Earth, Sylvia accepted him into the family and good-naturedly responded to the Doctor calling her the evil stepmother. (TV: The Giggle [+]Loading...["The Giggle (TV story)"])

Sylvia loved and accepted Rose, her transgender granddaughter, but could still be clumsy when it came to using the right words and pronouns, something she was very self-conscious of. (TV: The Star Beast [+]Loading...["The Star Beast (TV story)"])

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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