A/N: This story comes to you with two prompts!
Incredulous (adjective)- unable or unwilling to believe something.
Prompt: Part of the Doctor was incredulous.
Aspiration (noun)- a strong desire to achieve something; a motivating goal or ambition.
Prompt: Donna had given up all feelings of aspiration until she met the Doctor.
Donna had given up all feelings of aspiration until she met the Doctor. He'd discovered this about two seconds after they'd met. Part of the Doctor was incredulous. But as he got to know Donna further he discovered just how deep seeded her feelings of inadequacy were. He too suffered these feelings, but nowhere near to the same level as Donna. "I'm just a temp from Chiswick," was her constant mantra. At first it was a bit irritating, then it was just heartbreaking. Once he finally realized how she really felt, he spent the rest of their time together trying to make her see herself the way he did. Donna was an incredible friend, loyal, with a big heart, and she definitely had brains. He often thought that she and Rose would have gotten along. They both had a rough and tumble kind of attitude, and no one saw how smart they are, least of all themselves. He likes to think he changed Rose's mind about herself. Unfortunately with Donna, it didn't make a difference either way.