The Best.

“The best.”

Look at Donna’s reaction to this.

She looks like she could cry from just this one gesture. And the Doctor does it naturally, as if she’s deserving of common decency like everyone else, which she clearly feels she is not. He shows her care, which is profoundly lacking in her life.

“The Doctor and Donna healed each other and made each other better.” – Catherine Tate, Return to the 11th Hour

This is why Donna jumps in front of him later against the Racnoss. He really wraps her in his jacket, a gesture of compassion. It’s one of the foundations of their love story, besides the laughing.

Me watching series two of nuwho for the first time:

Ten is okay I guess. Don't get why people are obsessed with him. Miss Mr. Eccleston.

Me after the one-two punch of The Runaway Bride and Smith and Jones:

Oh. I get it now.

You got to promise me you're going to take care of her.