Donna Noble and Lance Bennett's wedding
On 24 December 2007, the wedding of Donna Noble and Lance Bennett was interrupted when she was transported to the Tenth Doctor's TARDIS. (TV: The Runaway Bride)
Engagement[[edit] | [edit source]]
Working as a temporary secretary at H.C. Clements, Donna Noble gradually fell in love with Lance Bennett, whom she pressured into marriage. She planned the wedding, unaware that Lance was dosing her coffee with Huon particles by order of the Empress of the Racnoss, whom he secretly served.
In anticipation of the wedding, Donna was fitted for her wedding dress at Chez Alison. (TV: The Runaway Bride)
The wedding[[edit] | [edit source]]
The wedding was held on 24 December, Christmas Eve 2007, to be officiated by a vicar. Those in attendance included Donna's mother and father, Sylvia and Geoff Noble, and her friend, Nerys. (TV: The Runaway Bride) Her maternal grandfather, Wilfred Mott, failed to attend as he was laid up with Spanish flu. (TV: The Sontaran Stratagem)
While Donna was walking down the aisle with her father, Huon particles reacted with her elevated emotional state and teleported Donna into the TARDIS, where she met the Tenth Doctor. (TV: Doomsday) Rhodri was recording the wedding, and so caught the incident on camera.
Robot Santas prevented the Doctor returning her in time for her wedding, but he got her there for the reception; when she found the wedding party and guests had started without her, she was furious. Some of the guests, such as Sylvia, assumed Donna had played a practical joke on them and started having a go at her for it; they quickly quietened down when Donna pretended to burst into tears, before joining the party. When a robotic Christmas tree fired explosives at the wedding guests, Donna and the Doctor investigated H.C. Clements. The trail led to an abandoned secret Torchwood base under the Thames where Lance and the Empress of the Racnoss revealed their plans. Donna was heartbroken after learning Lance had been toying with her feelings up to this point, especially when he outright called her stupid and felt he deserved a medal for putting up with her for that long; she still pitied his death when the Empress betrayed him and fed Lance to her children. Donna helped the Doctor defeat the Empress and pulled him away from the Empress' death, saving his life. However, she turned down his offer to travel with him, frightened by what he had done and could do (such as making the TARDIS trigger snow). (TV: The Runaway Bride)
