I assume there's going to be a gap. This is the first series finale that hasn't ended with a cliffhanger, so RTD is free to set the specials an unspecified time later.
Another interesting interpretation I've heard is that Donna should, in fact, have died, thus fulfiling Caan's prophecy, and that the Doctor has interfered with that by overruling her wishes.
I just assume now that the death is metaphorical--though Donna is still alive, the DoctorDonna isn't really anymore.
The whole of JE seemed to be an agonising example of the "missing each other by inches" theme first introduced in PIC, with everyone assuming the Doctor would be okay when nothing could be further from the truth.
Out of all the things about that ending that leave me unsatisfied, that's the biggest thing. I want the Doctor to be okay, but I can no longer trust RTD to do that for me, so I guess I'm going to have to do it myself. :p
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Date: 2008-07-23 05:46 am (UTC)Another interesting interpretation I've heard is that Donna should, in fact, have died, thus fulfiling Caan's prophecy, and that the Doctor has interfered with that by overruling her wishes.
I just assume now that the death is metaphorical--though Donna is still alive, the DoctorDonna isn't really anymore.
The whole of JE seemed to be an agonising example of the "missing each other by inches" theme first introduced in PIC, with everyone assuming the Doctor would be okay when nothing could be further from the truth.
Out of all the things about that ending that leave me unsatisfied, that's the biggest thing. I want the Doctor to be okay, but I can no longer trust RTD to do that for me, so I guess I'm going to have to do it myself. :p