[s4e1] Partners In Crime -

Working as a team again, the Doctor and Donna managed to shut down the induction loop, saving the people of London even as the little Adipose toddlers began their trek to the roof to be collected by their nursery ship.

The Doctor grinned, snapping his fingers to open the doors. After a missed chance and a long search, the girl in the wedding dress had finally become the partner in time. [S4E1] Partners in Crime

As the spaceship loomed over the skyline, Miss Foster learned the hard way that "Partners in Crime" is a dangerous title to hold with the Doctor. Once the Adipose were safe, the parent ship disposed of the evidence—Miss Foster herself—leaving the Doctor and Donna standing on the rooftop. The TARDIS sat nearby, its blue door a standing invitation. Working as a team again, the Doctor and

The breakthrough came in the office of Miss Foster, the "nanny" behind the miracle pill. The Doctor was hiding behind a gurney; Donna was crouched behind a desk. As Miss Foster began her villainous monologue, the Doctor looked up, and Donna looked across. Through the glass of two separate doors, their eyes met. As the spaceship loomed over the skyline, Miss

No words were needed. The sheer absurdity of the moment—the frantic miming, the "What are you doing here?!" mouthed through the glass—was enough to bridge the years since they’d last met on a runaway wedding bus.

The London sky was thick with the kind of industrial fog that usually signaled either a looming cold or a looming alien invasion. For the Doctor, it was just a Tuesday. But for Donna Noble, it was the day she was finally going to find him again.

In a massive office building, the two spent hours narrowly missing each other. They paced through parallel corridors and rode adjacent elevators, a comedy of near-misses that only the universe could orchestrate.