On the subject of 'Silence in the Library', Steven Moffat didn't want to know the fate of Donna. When he wrote River's shock to actually meeting Ms Noble, he didn't know what happened to her. Davies had merely told him it was heartbreaking. He wasn't wrong. Opinions were split over Rose and Martha, but Donna was loved by a majority; her turnaround from gobby caricature to compassionate companion was a lovely one, and it felt like the Doctor truly had the best friend in the universe. When she absorbed the mind of a Time Lord though, she needed her memory wiped. Needless to say, it was unbelievably unfair. Donna's scared of what's about to happen, the Doctor cries, and then he leaves her house, alone in the rain. It's a bitter end to a triumphant story, but then Wilf goes and ups the teariness once more; "Every night, Doctor, when it gets dark, and the stars come out, I'll look up on her behalf," he tells Ten. "I'll look up at the sky, and think of you." It's a lovely moment from Bernard Cribbins and a fantastic end to the episode.
