"What is...what the...what..." Donna tried and failed to articulate her thoughts and she pointed at the strange being. The alien was no taller than a toddler, and seemed human enough in form, except for a large head with contained two pairs of eyes, one set on top of the other. It was completely bald, and simply had an ill-fitting vest hanging off of it.
"I'm going to say its alien. And not a cat." The Doctor gave Donna a smug smile.
"Why aren't they freaking out? It's all...alien, not from this Earth; they should be running around throwing chipolatas everywhere."
The Doctor stared at Donna in confusion before looking around at the other party guests.
"It is rather odd. Let's investigate." The Doctor dragged Donna across to a collection of three men, laughing and chattering with plates of half-eaten cheese and cucumber sandwiches and unwanted crisps. Donna couldn't remember the last time she'd tucked into a packet of cheese and onion, but resisted the urge to nab a few demeaning it slightly rude and rather odd.
"Hi there, I'm John Smith, this is Donna Noble, lovely party isn't it?" The Doctor said, bulldozing his way into the men's conversations. They stared at him in confusion, unable to reply.
"We were wondering if you've seen Anne and uh....oh what's his name...?" The Doctor did his best to look deep in thought, rubbing his temple and tapping Donna several times in mock need of assistance.
"You mean Garth?"
"Garth? His name's Garth?" Donna asked in amused surprise.
"Yes! Of course it is. Don't you remember?" The Doctor nudged Donna "She's so forgetful, in one ear, out the other. I'm sure she'll forget my name one day." The Doctor joked, leaning in slightly closer to the men.
"Could never forget your name, wa-"
"-Oh look they're just over there, how could we be so blind, eh?" The Doctor hastily butted in, once again dragging Donna off.
"So what now? We know his name, which doesn't help at all. I guess you know where he's from."
"Not really. Narrowed it down to five...six! Strelis! He could be from Strelis."
"You're no hel-" Donna was unable to complete her degrading remark since she'd walked into someone. A small, blue someone. Garth immediately turned around to look at Donna, and cocked his head as if examining her. Anne, who was by his side, noticed this and turned around as well.
"Oh, I'm so sorry umm...Garth." Donna said, her voice full of nervousness.
"Who are you, ma'am?" The being asked in an airy, ethereal voice.
"I'm Donna Noble, we uh..."
"You do not know me, ma'am? Mrs Henderson, these people are not aware of me." The blue alien tugged on the old woman's sleeve. She nodded morosely.
"It would seem so my friend. You know what to do."
And with that Anne dropped her friend's hand. Garth closed both sets of eyes slowly. The Doctor and Donna subconsciously began to step backwards.
"We mean no harm, please, let's talk." The Doctor said, raising his arms in the air as a sign of surrender.
But Garth's eyes remained closed. And slowly the Doctor and Donna watched as his blue glow changed to an aqua, then to a light green. At which point Garth opened all four eyes at a rapid speed. And the last thing Donna remembered was Garth jumping towards her, before her world turned black.