Its Like Somethings Binding Us Together.

It’s like something’s binding us together.

Doctor Who: The Doctor and Donna Noble

i bet we were fun like you wouldn’t believe.

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (2014 - 2023)

we are not married! (they made wovs)

it's not a date! (actually, it is)

we are just friends (flirting at that moment)

i just want a mate (kissed couple of times)

i don't do sort of things (in unrequited love)

i don't fancy him (finds him dazzling)

I just really love her, ya know?

They are just everything okay

There is something to be said about how Donna is the only companion (New Who) who sees the inside of the Tardis before she sees the outside and how that paralells that she is the only one who when first meeting them sees the Doctor how he really is: raw, emotional, even forced to be honest about his deepest wound (the fact that he "loses" companions), his powers and ship incredibly intimidating and scary for humans (a spaceship that can snatch you from thin air where you can open the doors and look outside into space)

She meets the real version of him before she meets the public persona of him. In first meeting him she sees aspects of him he normally hides and only reveals later because he doesn't want to scare people away (like the inside of the tardis who he doesn't show to anybody).

And in the end she still chooses to trust him. She saw him at one of the worst day of his life, depressed, defeated and lashing out at her and still said I trust you.

The runaway bride is essential for understanding the Doctor Donna dynamic.

Behind the Scenes of Donna yanking the Tenth Doctor out of the frame in Partners in Crime