#no-things

[digitalwizard01]

There were a lot of really great moments in this episode, but I think my favorite bit was when the No-Thing Doctors tie disappears "Oh, I see, when something is gone, it keeps existing." absolutely chilling

[gallifreyanhotfive]

[tenderlywicked]

It begs for a fanfic: the times the Doctor had heartfelt conversations with a fake Donna (at least two) and the one time he avoided opening up to the real Donna.

It's one thing when a friend already knows something about you and says, "I'm so sorry. It's not your fault!"—and quite the other when you have to explain yourself first and live through the trauma again, even if you hope they will say the same thing.

[gallifreyanhotfive]

Something, something, the not-Doctor telling Donna that perhaps the no-things don't know the difference between skin and clothes while trying to convince her he's real versus the Fourteenth Doctor regenerating a new set of clothes along with his body

[gallifreyanhotfive]

How long do you think it took for Donna to truly process what had happened in Wild Blue Yonder? She never even got enough time to breathe before they stumbled right into the Giggle, and it's not like she could afford to think about it then either. But after the Giggle, after all that adrenaline wore off, do you think it actually dawned on her? That she had almost died? That the Doctor almost brought a no-thing back to Earth (where her family was)? I think about this too much.

[digitalwizard01]

I really hope that's not the last we've seen of the no-things, it's such a cool concept it'd be a shame if we never saw them again

[gallifreyanhotfive]

Okay but how fucked up would it have been if the Doctor had tried to figure out which Donna was the real deal by making mental contact with the no-thing? And the no-thing just seeing the Doctor's mind and being like