Guide:Plot summary for New Who: Difference between revisions

As the Doctor morns the loss of his companion Rose, a [[Donna Noble|random bride]] appears in his TARDIS. She's not at all sure why, and demands to be returned to her wedding. In the end, however, it ends up that her husband to be was intending her to be food for an alien. The issue ends up resolved, and the two part ways. The Doctor then finds himself in a hospital as it's transported to the moon by a group of [[Judoon|alien rhino policemen]] looking for a fugitive. While in this situation he finds himself impressed by the quick thinking of a young Doctor, [[Martha Jones]], played by [[Freema Agyeman]], and as thanks invites her on a single trip in his TARDIS. The single trip balloons into more, and eventually he accepts her continuing along on his journeys, even going so far as to trust her to watch over him as he wiped his memories and scrambled his DNA, hiding as a human to flee from an adversary. The pair come to find themselves in the far future, near the end of the universe, as all the stars are dying, and humankind is trying to figure out the last refuges they can turn to. There they find a brilliant scientist working on the problem, but ultimately, through his interactions with the Doctor, his memories return. He too is a Time Lord, [[Saxon Master|the Master]], and an old foe of the Doctor's. The Master steals The TARDIS and travels back to Earth, though the Doctor and Martha manage to cobble together a way to follow him, though they arrive months later. In this time, the Master has placed himself in power as Prime Minster by a worldwide wireless network establishing low level hypnosis over the entire human race. Now in power, he welcomes in a hoard of invading aliens called the [[Toclafane]], captures the Doctor, and establishes himself as ruler of Earth. Over the next year, Martha travels the world, telling stories about the Doctor, as the Master's grip tightens, the Toclafane, who are revealed to be the remnants of humanity from the end of the universe, able to be sustained through an invention of the Master's to compensate for the paradoxes, preparing for war with the rest of the universe. Martha ultimately allows herself to be captured, and returns to the Master and the Doctor, with everyone around the world hoping for the Doctor at a pre-specified time. The Doctor frees himself using this psychic energy, and manages to destroy the machine, erasing the entire past year. the Master is shot by one of the few bystanders who remembers, and refuses to stay alive, to regenerate, leaving the Doctor alone. Martha ultimately decides to leave, realizing that their relationship isn't healthy, and that being with her family will be better for her.

[[File:PartnersinCrime1.jpg|left|thumb|360x330px|[[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]], played by [[David Tennant]] and [[Catherine Tate]].]]

The Doctor is alone yet again, and finds himself somewhat lonely. In a series of coincidences, he bumps into the bride from before, [[Donna Noble]], played by [[Catherine Tate]]. He invites her to come with him, to see the stars. She readily accepts, having only temporary jobs and her marriage falling through. One notable adventure places the two of them in a library spanning an entire planet, where the Doctor meets a mysterious woman, [[River Song]], who seems to know him in great detail, even though he's never met her before. Ultimately, she sacrifices herself in order to save his life, and the life of everyone else on the planet. Not too long after, the pair return to where Earth should be, but find that it has vanished, along with 26 other planets. They attempt to track it down, but are unable to do so. Meanwhile, on Earth, many of the people that have been impacted by the Doctor, including Martha and Rose, who has managed to find her way back from the other universe, are organizing to resist the Daleks, who are the ones who have abducted the Earth. Ultimately they manage to get a signal out to the Doctor and he manages to land on Earth. When he arrives, he sees Rose, and due to his distraction a Dalek shoots him. He begins to regenerate, but he forces the regeneration energy into his hand that was cut off years ago, halting the process. The Daleks abduct the TARDIS with the Doctor and his friends inside, taking them to a space station where they're monitoring everything. the Doctor and company, sans Donna, leave the TARDIS, and learn that the plan is to use these planets to power a machine to wipe out all of reality. The Daleks shunt off the TARDIS to be destroyed, and Donna manages to trigger the latent regeneration energy in the hand, causing a human version of [[Meta-Crisis Doctor|the Doctor]] to grow from it. The pair escape from destruction, and manage to return to the space station. The Daleks manage to stop this new Doctor as well, but don't account for the fact that Donna has gained some of the Doctor's memories as well, and she manages to halt the detonation, sending all the planets back to their proper place. However, the human Doctor causes all of the Daleks to self destruct, disappointing the Doctor, and causing him to place both his human clone and Rose back in the parallel universe. Donna's brain, ultimately, buckles under the strain from having part of the Doctor's mind imprinted on it, and the Doctor decides to wipe her memory, leaving him alone yet again. Not long after he will sacrifice himself to save Donna's grandfather from dying from radiation poisoning.