I always thought Moffat and RTD are a bit too in love with the Doctor for their own good, and it reflects in how they treat the companions. Doing a DW rewatch and am yet to watch last year's specials but I always thought Silence in the Library perfectly foreshadowed what Donna's ending should have been, she should have married the stammering man from her dreamworld and lived happily ever after with Wilf and her own family on Earth. I also feel Martha gets short-shrifted in this finale too, being detached from the main 'team' for most of the episode and not really getting her dues from the Doctor, but what's new with Martha in that sense! Anyway, thanks for this lucid explanation that expressed exactly my thoughts.
I always thought Moffat and RTD are a bit too in love with the Doctor for their own good, and it reflects in how they treat the companions. Doing a DW rewatch and am yet to watch last year's specials but I always thought Silence in the Library perfectly foreshadowed what Donna's ending should have been, she should have married the stammering man from her dreamworld and lived happily ever after with Wilf and her own family on Earth. I also feel Martha gets short-shrifted in this finale too, being detached from the main 'team' for most of the episode and not really getting her dues from the Doctor, but what's new with Martha in that sense! Anyway, thanks for this lucid explanation that expressed exactly my thoughts.