Honestly Everything About Season Four Scratches The Many Itches In My Brain. First There’s The Extremely

Honestly everything about season four scratches the many itches in my brain. First there’s the extremely satisfying build up to the climax of the plot.

The throwaway mentions of various planets having disappeared in various episodes, and the Doctor questions it in each individual episode but never connects the disappearances until the climax.

The several nods from Donna to the bees disappearing and the Doctor once again questioning it every time it comes up but forgetting seconds later.

Donna herself being imo a perfect companion. She’s sassy, she’s funny, she matches the Doctor’s exuberant and bubbly personality. But just as much she’s soft and kind and gentle.

The way she treats the Ood in POTO, so caring and not understanding why they subject themselves to mistreatment.

And the way she cares for the Doctor. She’s so good with him when he’s hurt or upset. I have so many examples but the few on top of my head are Midnight when she slowly walks up to him all concerned and just silently hugs him after what he went through on the bus, The Poison Sky when she smacks his arm after he teleports back but then just leans against him and holds his arm silently, glad he’s okay, and my favorite, Partners In Crime when he’s panicking because he can’t save the humans and he very calmly and clearly interjects his ranting with “Doctor, what do you need?” and solved the problem.

Oh and let’s not forget that she’s a boss ass bitch. Never afraid to shove it in the Doctor’s face when he’s wrong and needs to be told. The Doctor is an easy man to let take the reins and just follow his lead but she never did. She made it clear from the start they were equal.

Oh and her immediate respect and mutual rapport with Martha? Unparalleled. Despite not being in love with the Doctor she still could’ve gotten jealous, best friends get jealous. But nope, she was just happy to meet her, gave her a warm smile, and started cracking jokes. And she noticed her engagement ring when the Doctor didn’t.

My absolute favorite part about her though is that she wasn’t in love with him. No hate to Rose and Martha, but as an ace fan it’s so relieving to have a season without the romance drama of literally every other season. Especially since she loved him just as much as they did, simply in a different way.

I mean every single episode is just gut punch after gut punch, 10/10 after 10/10 you can’t say a bad word about it. I could rant and rave for hours.

And we meet River, in such a scrumptiously complex and confusing way, that in hindsight is so fucking wonderful I can’t get enough of that two parter, and will never get enough of River or Alex’s acting in that episode.

And the big reunion in the finale with Rose’s family, Jack + Torchwood, Martha, Sarah Jane! Ooh it’s just so good. And even Davros. Like the little clips of Rose scattered throughout the season just barely out the Doctor’s reach are so fucking sexy from a writing standpoint like UGH IT MAKES MY BRAIN TICKLE like you know he’s standing right there and she’s right there and he can’t see her.

And then we finally get some Rose closure (let me tell you I will never not weep at their reunion, just that euphoria on Tennant’s face ugh), in End Of Time we get even MORE Rose closure, Mickey AND Martha closure (can I just say I’m obsessed with this pairing idea gg Russel T), Ten has a deservedly beautiful send off with the Ood singing him to sleep, and then we’re gifted with Eleven.

But honestly like season four is a solid 10/10 and the best of Ten’s era. There’s not a single episode I don’t like and it’s literally the ONLY season where I can say that.

And don’t get me started on Wilfred. That man is a gift to this show and to the Doctor and to his family. His absolute giddiness at seeing Donna in the TARDIS with the Doctor in PIC, his speech to the Doctor about taking the gun and not wanting him to die, him saying he’ll look to the stars every night for the Doctor, him stepping into the machine to save some man he’d never met, him telling that woman that never having killed a man in the army wasn’t a bad thing, his undying dedication to the Doctor no matter what because he saw all the good in him, like ugh I’m sobbing what a man

Oh and the running bits throughout the season, like people assuming the Doctor and Donna are married, and Donna constantly getting taken/disappearing and the Doctor not even noticing, her never ending use of the nickname ‘Spaceman’ for the Doctor, mostly mockingly although sometimes affectionately.

Like AHHHH TEN OUT OF TEN