Thank you! Yes, I considered separating them, as I've done in the other specials, but the problem was that I couldn't think of anything that Donna needed to discover. This special is different from the others in that there is no real sideplot. Instead there is character development so that we get more emotional when the various crew members are converted by the Flood. (This is different from Next Doctor, wherein we see the funeral, and also Planet of the Dead, where we see more of Carmen's psychic powers.) This means there really wasn't anything worthwhile for Donna to discover, so she gets to be around the Doctor when he's making all of the discoveries about the effects of the Flood on Andy, Maggie and Tarak.
(I nearly left her with the others and then have them join up when the Doctor and Adelaide got to the infirmary, but it would also have created a rather disjointed narrative, jumping from one to the other. That would have drastically reduced the tension.)
I'm so glad that you're enjoying it! I fear that I don't have too many readers this time...
Ah, I see. I am glad that Donna is with the Doctor, she gets to hear and to know everything at the same time as the Doctor. He also needs some support from a trusted companion.
And there is one important question that I didn't ask yet... will the three of them fit on Gadget?
I am pretty sure you have tons of reader who sadly do not have the time to comment. Or maybe some of them wait until you post everything instead of dying from suspense.
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(I nearly left her with the others and then have them join up when the Doctor and Adelaide got to the infirmary, but it would also have created a rather disjointed narrative, jumping from one to the other. That would have drastically reduced the tension.)
I'm so glad that you're enjoying it! I fear that I don't have too many readers this time...
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And there is one important question that I didn't ask yet... will the three of them fit on Gadget?
I am pretty sure you have tons of reader who sadly do not have the time to comment. Or maybe some of them wait until you post everything instead of dying from suspense.
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I do like that justification! *g* I'm just feeling hard done by because this is the least I've had for a story ever...