Tate and Tenant's scenes in the TARDIS were absolutely wonderful. And as usual Tate's performance was great. Most of the strongest scenes in the finale were Tate. The group scene in the TARDIS was so much fun, and yeah, the moment with Davros and Sarah Jane was a really wonderful touch.
The thing that bugs me the most about Donna's departure is that it felt more like a writer being cruel than an organic ending. Donna has been the best new companion IMO, and while I realize that Tate was only in for a year and that part of the reason Donna was amazing was because Tate is the kind of talent who isn't going to be able to stay with a single TV show like DW for the long term, it just isn't good storytelling IMO to end her like that. As you note, Rose sucked a TARDIS into her head, how is Donna sucking up a Time Lord so much worse? The season had been foreshadowing her loss over and over and we knew Tate was leaving. Still, I felt a bit cheated on that.
But at least the Rose/Ten shippers got their kiss scene. Eh.
EDIT: I forgot to mention that at least the saving grace is knowing that with the flimsy writing for her exit should the public demand more Donna or should Tate want to return it should be trivial to write her back in. :)
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The thing that bugs me the most about Donna's departure is that it felt more like a writer being cruel than an organic ending. Donna has been the best new companion IMO, and while I realize that Tate was only in for a year and that part of the reason Donna was amazing was because Tate is the kind of talent who isn't going to be able to stay with a single TV show like DW for the long term, it just isn't good storytelling IMO to end her like that. As you note, Rose sucked a TARDIS into her head, how is Donna sucking up a Time Lord so much worse? The season had been foreshadowing her loss over and over and we knew Tate was leaving. Still, I felt a bit cheated on that.
But at least the Rose/Ten shippers got their kiss scene. Eh.
EDIT: I forgot to mention that at least the saving grace is knowing that with the flimsy writing for her exit should the public demand more Donna or should Tate want to return it should be trivial to write her back in. :)