I love Janto: yep. I don't even always remember the tech stuff. Yeah, me too. Ha ha, poor Doctor.
dm1: yeah, their relationship is so important to the Doctor. It must have been like losing another family when he locked up Donna's thoughts in the canon. I'm not sure what I would think in Sylvia's situation and the Doctor's comment about taking River back to prison certainly didn't help.
I always love it when she says that. Of course you're entitled to your opinion though. They might have to move around a bit, someone would notice Donna never aging eventually. I'm not sure what Donna is going to do now. I like the thought of her meeting Amy and them bonding over being feisty gingers. Neither can I come to think of it but then I don't have a next regeneration for her in mind. Thanks for the alert.
"Well we're here," the Doctor said as he looked at the console. The right place two times in a row that wasn't bad for the TARDIS.
"She'll be alright you know," River said.
"How do you know that?" the Doctor demanded. "I wanted to save her but now that's she's a Time Lord people might experiment on her, try to sell her or even mistake her for me. And she'll out live everyone she knows. Her friends and family." He looked down.
"Doctor," River said softly, "this was Donna's choice."
"She was dying."
"And she begged you not to let her forget instead of begging you to save her. Who she became what she did when she traveled with you, its important to her." River knew that despite everything she wouldn't change what had happened to her, not one line of it. It made her who she was and there were still so many amazing things that had happened to her. "And being a Time Lord will change a lot, she knows that. But Doctor she is going to be fantastic."
The Doctor gave her a small smile. "Yeah, she is." The Doctor pulled her into a hug. River didn't expect it but returned the hug all the same. Neither really wanted to let go but the Doctor did anyway. "Anyway," he said, "you should probably get back before the guards start looking for you."
"Oh, they don't bother anymore. They just sound the alarm for a while. Well sweetie, I'll be seeing you around."
"I certainly hope so." With that River Song exited the TARDIS and the Doctor was alone once again.
"Just you and me old girl," he said before dematerializing the TARDIS. Donna may not be ready to travel again but at least there was a chance he'd see her again. Maybe he'd run into River too. There were still adventures to be had before then. Maybe he'd visit the moon of Poosh. The Doctor smiled widely, there were still so many places to see and an awful lot of running to do.