I did guess what the Osterhagen key was, though I got everything else wrong - I suppose I was thinking of what I'd have written and as I don't really like RTD's writing it's not especially surprising there wasn't much overlap.
I think the problem I had with the ending is that while RTD's scripts are all about ordinary people and life, he also always seems to disdain ordinary people and ordinary life. What happens to Donna is a lot worse than what happens to Zoe or Jamie; it's not far off being a lobotomisation. It almost felt that RTD couldn't possibly allow for a companion that was as smart as the Doctor, so he had to punish her for it.
I thought it was interesting to compare what happens to Donna with what happens to one of the audio drama comapanions, Charley in her 'last' story: http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_bf103.htm
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I think the problem I had with the ending is that while RTD's scripts are all about ordinary people and life, he also always seems to disdain ordinary people and ordinary life. What happens to Donna is a lot worse than what happens to Zoe or Jamie; it's not far off being a lobotomisation. It almost felt that RTD couldn't possibly allow for a companion that was as smart as the Doctor, so he had to punish her for it.
I thought it was interesting to compare what happens to Donna with what happens to one of the audio drama comapanions, Charley in her 'last' story: http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_bf103.htm
- K