Be advised, if you're watching in Sci-Fi channel or PBS, there are spoilers here. But if you're "clever" or if you're keeping up with other folks geeking out, then it won't be too bad.

I never watched any of the old Doctor Who. I tried not to get involved with the new Doctor Who, but my husband was watching it, it was on m TV, so I got sucked in.

I absolutely love David Tennant. I would love him even if he wasn't Doctor Who, but it'd be harder for me to watch him that way. The guy before him… Chris can't-remember-his-name, was good, but not entirely believable when he was happy or excited.

Rose Tyler – really got sick of her quick. Was happy she was stranded in another dimension. Disappointed she couldn't just stay there and shut up. The psychology of the character was boring. Father issues, young and impressionable. Too young to realize she'd miss her mom, too young to realize she's all her mom has. No thought of any consequences of her own actions – only everyone else's. Of course she fell in love with the doctor. Why would she not? She started following the doctor because she had daddy issues. When she's stranded in a another dimension *with her daddy* she's still not happy.

Martha Jones – liked her. Once again, a little young and not fully thinking through her decisions. But positioned well to do great things once she left the doctor. Bright, clever, interesting.

Donna Noble – by far my favorite. She's actually old enough to know what she's giving up and what she's getting into when she decides to follow the doctor. She has some goofy mom issues, but honestly, most of those were written into the script and not really played into the character. It's odd how that worked out. Also she's the only one who really looked age-appropriate with the doctor. She was clever, too – threw the doctor off a few times that she came up with answers first. But she herself said it from the beginning "I'm a temp." Of course she'll only be around 1 season. How else could it be? Why else would she have said the word "temp" so many times during the season if it didn't mean something? The mom issues weren't even issues when everyone started pointing out that something was going on with her. Her "I'm nothing special" never seemed to me like inferiority bred from a hostile mother (as I think it was intended to) but more a response to the way people were talking to her. If you look at me like I'm death-warmed-over while saying my name, I'd probably say I'm nothing special, too. Plus, if you're traveling with the doctor, you're never the fastest, oldest, smartest, wisest, cleverest person in the area. So to be told you are would be very off-putting. Especially if it's always associated with death, darkness, or something equally terrible. No one ever said, "Oh my god, Donna Noble, so wonderful to finally meet you."

Plus it also kind of sucks that Donna was only here for 1 season and didn't even get a whole season to herself. She shared 2 episodes with Martha Jones, 1 episode with Rose Tyler, 1 episode she was barely even in, and then the last 2. And the first episode of the season showed us Rose, so we were looking for the other folks all season. She's a temp and she didn't get a fair shake.

But I think, instead of being sad that she's gone, it's better to appreciate the fact that she won't know what she's missing. She doesn't know she ever left, so she won't miss being at the doctor's side. She may never be great, but she won't know any different.

That's all the geeking out time I have now. Maybe I'll geek out more later.