Fortunately I had friends who had been watching already (I think I started the show late and the second series was already underway when I finished series 1) so I could yell at them like WHAT IS HAPPENING?! Still, there's something to be said for discovering something like that as a newbie without input from the outside making you try to feel any certain way.
I think that probably makes sense about the replacements! I really did love Nine, but I always considered Ten to be my Doctor, so I forgave him fairly quickly.
Hahahaha oh yes, Nine and Donna would have butted heads so much! But yes, she was amazing with Ten. I really loved Rose and Ten and didn't think I would ever have another companion I felt so strongly about - and I think that's fair, since she was the only companion I'd known of at that point! - but Donna absolutely changed my mind on that. (Martha definitely did not get a fair shake.)
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I think that probably makes sense about the replacements! I really did love Nine, but I always considered Ten to be my Doctor, so I forgave him fairly quickly.
Hahahaha oh yes, Nine and Donna would have butted heads so much! But yes, she was amazing with Ten. I really loved Rose and Ten and didn't think I would ever have another companion I felt so strongly about - and I think that's fair, since she was the only companion I'd known of at that point! - but Donna absolutely changed my mind on that. (Martha definitely did not get a fair shake.)