Altered History: Time Trials (6/11)

[tkel_paris]

Title: Time Trials
Series: Altered History
Genre: Doctor Who
Rating: T/M (dark Doctor, character death, extreme danger)
Summary: Eight does not want to answer a mysterious - and diverted - call to come to The Library, but Donna won't let him shirk his duty. Yet the dangers there echo ones from the past, and the Doctor has never been so close to

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[docdonna]

Part02 of review:

River recoiled. “I would never cause harm to the most important woman in the universe!” she snapped. “It'd be very bad if something happened to her here.”

Is she still using the information from the first timeline where Donna unwillingly ended her traveling with the Doctor after the metacrisis? Or was it from seeing what Donna’s eyes look like? Also if she still has the memories from the first timeline wouldn’t she be wondering about Donna traveling with Eight instead of Eleven (Ten to River’s knowledge)?

“No,” whispered the Doctor, feeling his universe fall out from under him.

“No, no, no!” the Doctor wailed.

The Doctor did not hear any of the repeating words. He only thought about how he had failed his best friend, who stirred so many confusing feeling within him.

But the Doctor remained silent, numbed to his surroundings and trapped within his own mind.

I love seeing how effected Eight is when he thinks that Donna has died…I mean it definitely made me tear up but it definitely shows that he cares a great deal for her…
When they’re reunited I doubt that the Doctor is going to leave her side very much for quite awhile…I wonder how his grief at “losing” Donna rates with grieving Lucie and Alex…I mean they’re apples and oranges because losing foster/grandchildren is different than losing a beloved spouse or potential spouse but Eight hasn’t realized how he feels about Donna yet, so when he knows that she’s okay I wouldn’t be surprised if he somewhat compares the differences in losing her vs losing Lucie and Alex…