8 Doctor Who Episodes With Alternate Endings

8. Partners In Crime

The Televised Ending

After waving goodbye to those adorable little Adipose creatures and watching Matron Cofelia plummet to her death, Donna is officially inducted as the Tenth Doctor's newest companion, after a funny scene in which she gives him a comical amount of luggage to store on-board the TARDIS.

Because he's a top lad and all, the Doctor lets Donna choose their first destination, but surprisingly, she doesn't want to go too far, asking him to fly the TARDIS just a couple of miles away so that her grandfather, Wilf, can wave her off.

Which he does - by dancing around like a madman and yelling with joy.

The Alternate Ending

This one doesn't change the conclusion of the episode in a major way, because the only difference is a single character.

Rather than having Donna's grandfather wave her off, this alternate, original ending sees Donna's father - Geoff Noble - wave her off instead.

Played by Howard Attfield, Geoff was intended to be a recurring character throughout Series 4, but when Attfield passed away shortly after filming Partners In Crime, his scenes were removed, and Bernard Cribbins' Wilf was drafted in to fill that gap.