Steven Moffat makes an interesting comment about the difference between Donna and Rose/Martha, or rather, about the difference between having a companion who's in her 30s rather than her 20s.
YES. That statement of his resonated so well with me, and really solidified why Donna is my favorite companion, even though I love both Martha and Rose.
He went on to talk about how Donna has settled the answers to certain questions about her life, that Martha and Rose had not. And god, just a world of YES.
I'm 29, and Martha and Rose...my love for them was kind of tinged with nostalgia in a way. "Yes, if I was 19 and had a crap job, I would so go with him like Rose does" or "Yeah, if I was finishing up med school, and kind of in that rut of one thing ending soon and another beginning, I'd be going with the Doctor too". I got why they went and all, but I was kind of past the stage where I could have made the same choice. It didn't make it all mean less. It was just a different kind of meaning.
But Donna, she's got her head on, and there's a little less awe and more like appreciation, if that makes sense? I mean, I definitely think she's dazzled by him (as she even says so), but I think it's tempered more with reality, and it's kind of the wrapping around the package of why her stint as companion spoke to me on a much deeper level than previous companions.
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YES. That statement of his resonated so well with me, and really solidified why Donna is my favorite companion, even though I love both Martha and Rose.
He went on to talk about how Donna has settled the answers to certain questions about her life, that Martha and Rose had not. And god, just a world of YES.
I'm 29, and Martha and Rose...my love for them was kind of tinged with nostalgia in a way. "Yes, if I was 19 and had a crap job, I would so go with him like Rose does" or "Yeah, if I was finishing up med school, and kind of in that rut of one thing ending soon and another beginning, I'd be going with the Doctor too". I got why they went and all, but I was kind of past the stage where I could have made the same choice. It didn't make it all mean less. It was just a different kind of meaning.
But Donna, she's got her head on, and there's a little less awe and more like appreciation, if that makes sense? I mean, I definitely think she's dazzled by him (as she even says so), but I think it's tempered more with reality, and it's kind of the wrapping around the package of why her stint as companion spoke to me on a much deeper level than previous companions.