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 * Russell T Davies has stated that he sees Donna as how the [[First Doctor]]'s [[companion]] [[Barbara Wright]] would be presented today: "an equal to the Doctor, a friend, a mate, a challenge". ([[REF]]: ''[[The Writer's Tale]]'')
 * [[Russell T Davies]] mentions in ''[[The Writer's Tale]]'' that [[Catherine Tate]] was very interested in appearing on ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' as her daughter loved watching it. * Davies had no idea how to reconcile Donna's fate in ''Doctor Who'' with a guest appearance, so it got declined.
-* The setting of Donna's present day in [[Series 4 (Doctor Who)|series 4]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' is [[Aliens of London dating controversy|inconsistent]], and her later appearance in the [[Christmas Special]] and [[New Year Special]] {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)}} is not dated on screen 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 ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]'' and {{cs|Midnight (TV story)}},<ref>Donna recalls seeing talking skeletons in ''Beautiful Chaos'', and in the television story {{cs|The Stolen Earth (TV story)}}, [[Wilfred Mott]] tells [[Rose Tyler]] that Donna last phoned him from the planet [[Midnight (planet)|Midnight]].</ref> 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 ''[[The Giggle (TV story)|The Giggle]]'' places the present day in 2023, heavily implying a 2008 setting for series 4.
+* The setting of Donna's present day in [[Series 4 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 4]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' is [[Aliens of London dating controversy|inconsistent]], and her later appearance in the [[Christmas Special]] and [[New Year Special]] {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)}} is not dated on screen 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 ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]'' and {{cs|Midnight (TV story)}},<ref>Donna recalls seeing talking skeletons in ''Beautiful Chaos'', and in the television story {{cs|The Stolen Earth (TV story)}}, [[Wilfred Mott]] tells [[Rose Tyler]] that Donna last phoned him from the planet [[Midnight (planet)|Midnight]].</ref> 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 ''[[The Giggle (TV story)|The Giggle]]'' places the present day in 2023, heavily implying a 2008 setting for series 4.
 ** Off-screen, in the commentary{{which?}}<!--DVD or BBC website?--> for {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)}}, the story's writer Russell T Davies stated that Donna's wedding to Shaun Temple takes place in spring [[2010]], which still raises issues due to implicitly setting ''The End of Time'' before the [[Easter Special]] ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'' according to the chronology in ''Beautiful Chaos''.