She spots Rose's shirt and accuses him of having abducted other women. She gives very detailed information as to where it is, since the Doctor is an alien. The Doctor cannot figure out how she gained entrance to the TARDIS, and Donna demands that he return her to the church. Shocked back to her senses, she realises the Doctor is an alien and what she is seeing is real. She yanks open the doors and finds herself staring out into deep space. She thinks her friend Nerys got her back with an elaborate prank. While the Doctor gets increasingly confused as to how she somehow got inside while the TARDIS was in flight, Donna becomes equally angry and confused as to what's going on.ĭonna is irate at being stolen from her wedding and accuses the Doctor, demanding answers she even threatens to sue him. He is flabbergasted as to how she ended up in the TARDIS. Inside, a tearful Tenth Doctor has just finished saying his farewell to Rose Tyler when he looks up to see Donna she is shocked to find herself in the odd location. In outer space, the TARDIS is orbiting a supernova the golden energy enters the time machine. Screaming in horror, Donna dissolves into a cloud of energy that goes flying up through the ceiling. Halfway down the aisle, she is surrounded by a mysterious golden glow. Killer Santas, exploding baubles, an alien spaceship shaped like a giant star - Christmas with the Tenth Doctor is anything but a silent night.ĭonna Noble is escorted down the aisle by her father, Geoff to her waiting groom, Lance Bennett, at her Christmas Eve wedding. The Doctor would continue to be hung up on losing her until their reunion in The Stolen Earth. The episode makes a lot of references to Rose, as the story takes place straight after her departure in Doomsday. Bride's spot was replaced by Tooth and Claw, which in turn was bumped up from episode 6 to episode 2.
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It had intended to be a series 2 episode, but, after Russell learnt with little warning from Jane Tranter at the BAFTA screening of The Parting of the Ways that not only was there to be a 2005 Christmas special, but a 2006 one as well, Bride was moved ahead to the Christmas slot and "took on a whole new lease of life" as a story following Billie Piper's departure from her role as Rose Tyler but before the new companion, introduced at the start of the full third series, came in. The concept and title had been considered by head writer Russell T Davies since the BBC Wales incarnation of the show was greenlit in 2003. Saxon”, first referenced on a newspaper in Love & Monsters, who became the story arc of the following episodes.
This episode also featured the first spoken reference to “ Mr. The Runaway Bride was also, from a production point of view, the start of the third series of the programme though, as with most Christmas specials prior to 2012, the episode was considered a standalone. This episode marked the first appearance of Sylvia Noble. Though Donna did later return for a full series of her own, the original plan was for her only to appear in this episode, thereby blazing a trail that others like Astrid Peth, Jackson Lake, Christina de Souza and Adelaide Brooke would follow. It marked the first change of companion since the 2005 revival had begun, and also introduced the modern-era concept of the "one-off", one-story companion.
It was the show's second Christmas special since its revival and the second Christmas special starring David Tennant as the Doctor. The Runaway Bride was the 2006 Christmas Special of Doctor Who.