Of all the Doctor/companion dynamics of showrunner Russell T Davies’ tenure on “Doctor Who,” season 4 had the most interesting.
After two companions in a row where the show flirted around with the idea of Ten (David Tennant) falling in love with his companion, they finally gave him Donna (Catherine Tate), a woman whose relationship with him was purely platonic the entire time.
At no point did the show even consider the possibility of giving the two a melodramatic love story; they were simply good chums from start to finish.This is part of why season 4 is often considered the strongest of the revival, with “Turn…The post How Catherine Tate’s Doctor Who Contract Determined Donna’s Fate appeared first on /Film.
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