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Donna's quick, sharp wit, sarcastic quips and, above all else, fiery temper hid a deep well of compassion. She reached out to [[Agatha Christie]], trying to share her own story of failed marriage. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)}}) She helped free the Ood from mass slavery. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Planet of the Ood (TV story)}}) When the Doctor was forced to make the terrible choice of destroying [[Pompeii]] to save the world, Donna took some of the burden on herself by helping him push the lever to trigger the eruption of Mount [[Vesuvius]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)}}) She also was willing to "burn the world down" if anyone brought harm to her daughter, [[Rose Noble]]. This protection stretched to her forbidding her from traveling with the Doctor in the TARDIS, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Star Beast (TV story)}}) and scolded the Doctor for taking her to Mars against her permission, showing her maturity in the danger of traveling with the Doctor. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Giggle (TV story)}}) | Donna's quick, sharp wit, sarcastic quips and, above all else, fiery temper hid a deep well of compassion. She reached out to [[Agatha Christie]], trying to share her own story of failed marriage. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)}}) She helped free the Ood from mass slavery. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Planet of the Ood (TV story)}}) When the Doctor was forced to make the terrible choice of destroying [[Pompeii]] to save the world, Donna took some of the burden on herself by helping him push the lever to trigger the eruption of Mount [[Vesuvius]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)}}) She also was willing to "burn the world down" if anyone brought harm to her daughter, [[Rose Noble]]. This protection stretched to her forbidding her from traveling with the Doctor in the TARDIS, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Star Beast (TV story)}}) and scolded the Doctor for taking her to Mars against her permission, showing her maturity in the danger of traveling with the Doctor. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Giggle (TV story)}}) | ||
Though most companions were, to some degree, the Doctor's conscience, Donna adopted this role more openly and forcefully than her predecessors. She pleaded with the Doctor to save the inhabitants of [[Pompeii]] — if not all of them, then a single family — and got her way with [[Caecilius]]' family, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)}}) although by the time of the Great Smog of London, Donna had come to accept that the Doctor could only do so much when dealing with established historical events and appreciated his assurance that he would do what he could to save lives. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Creeping Death (audio story)|The Creeping Death]]'') On another occasion, Donna insisted that the Doctor acknowledge [[Jenny]] as his daughter, no matter how she was created or what job she was trained for. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)}}) She also convinced the Doctor to leave the Racnoss and her children after he began to drown them, rather than keep going. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Runaway Bride (TV story)}}) | Though most companions were, to some degree, the Doctor's conscience, Donna adopted this role more openly and forcefully than her predecessors. She pleaded with the Doctor to save the inhabitants of [[Pompeii]] — if not all of them, then a single family — and got her way with [[Caecilius]]' family, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)}}) although by the time of the Great Smog of London, Donna had come to accept that the Doctor could only do so much when dealing with established historical events and appreciated his assurance that he would do what he could to save lives. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Creeping Death (audio story)|The Creeping Death]]'') On another occasion, Donna insisted that the Doctor acknowledge [[Jenny]] as his daughter, no matter how she was created or what job she was trained for. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)}}) She also convinced the Doctor to leave the Racnoss and her children after he began to drown them, rather than keep going. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Runaway Bride (TV story)}}) She was even willing to openly argue with the Doctor, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Runaway Bride (TV story)}}, {{cs|Journey's End (TV story)}}, {{cs|Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)}}) and remarked that, even if others let him, he had no right to tell her to "shut up" ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)}}) and outright stated he was wrong without concern. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)}}) | ||
Likewise, travelling with the Doctor made Donna a better person. He tempered her sharp tongue and brought out a more clever, compassionate aspect of her personality. She acknowledged that in the past, she had been selfish, always putting herself first. Travelling with the Doctor changed that: she started looking out for others, automatically helping where she might not have before. In some instances, she became almost motherly towards the Doctor, telling him to take care, reprimanding him when his actions were found wanting, automatically fixing his tie, etc. He even once stated that "she [Donna] takes care of me!" ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]'', [[TV]]: {{cs|The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)}}) | Likewise, travelling with the Doctor made Donna a better person. He tempered her sharp tongue and brought out a more clever, compassionate aspect of her personality. She acknowledged that in the past, she had been selfish, always putting herself first. Travelling with the Doctor changed that: she started looking out for others, automatically helping where she might not have before. In some instances, she became almost motherly towards the Doctor, telling him to take care, reprimanding him when his actions were found wanting, automatically fixing his tie, etc. He even once stated that "she [Donna] takes care of me!" ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]'', [[TV]]: {{cs|The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)}}) | ||
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The Meta-Crisis Doctor, working from his original template's memories, recognised that Donna's brash attitude arose from her belief that she was unimportant; she was "shouting at the world, 'cause [she thought] no one's listening." The original Doctor attributed this to her mother never telling Donna she was important to her and told Sylvia to tell her that more often. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Journey's End (TV story)}}) | The Meta-Crisis Doctor, working from his original template's memories, recognised that Donna's brash attitude arose from her belief that she was unimportant; she was "shouting at the world, 'cause [she thought] no one's listening." The original Doctor attributed this to her mother never telling Donna she was important to her and told Sylvia to tell her that more often. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Journey's End (TV story)}}) | ||
The Doctor would later remember Donna as being impossibly stubborn, refusing to ever give in. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All Flesh is Grass (novel)|All Flesh is Grass]]'') | The Doctor would later remember Donna as being impossibly stubborn, refusing to ever give in. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All Flesh is Grass (novel)|All Flesh is Grass]]'') He also characterised her as loud and someone who was never quiet. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Runaway Bride (TV story)}}, {{cs|Partners in Crime (TV story)}}, {{cs|Planet of the Ood (TV story)}}) | ||
Even after her memories were wiped, Donna retained some of her old personality, in part due to the subconscious influence of [[the DoctorDonna]] which tried to make her be more like the Doctor. This included her selfless attitude when others were in danger, telling the Fourteenth Doctor that her life was nothing when compared to her family's and the nine million other people in danger in London. Donna was also confused why the Doctor would care about her, once again expressing a belief that she was just no one which the Doctor denied. | Even after her memories were wiped, Donna retained some of her old personality, in part due to the subconscious influence of [[the DoctorDonna]] which tried to make her be more like the Doctor. This included her selfless attitude when others were in danger, telling the Fourteenth Doctor that her life was nothing when compared to her family's and the nine million other people in danger in London. Donna was also confused why the Doctor would care about her, once again expressing a belief that she was just no one which the Doctor denied. | ||
