Donna Noble Gallery | Wilfred Mott (Donna's Granddad)

Associated with the Doctor between Partners In Crime and Journey's End.

In the events of "The Runaway Bride", Donna Noble is a temporary secretary at H.C. Clements, a security firm which, unknown to her, provided a front for the Torchwood Institute up until its collapse following the events of "Doomsday", and was then taken over by an alien intelligence. Little is known about her family or past life. Her parents, Geoff and Sylvia Noble[2] (Howard Attfield and Jacqueline King), are both alive and attend her wedding, at which her mother is heard to mention that Donna was sent home for biting on her first day at school.

On the day of her wedding, she is accidentally pulled into the TARDIS as a result of being dosed with Huon particles by her duplicitous fiancé, Lance Bennett, who is following the orders of the Empress of the Racnoss. She aids the Doctor in defeating the Racnoss Empress, but declines his invitation to travel with him — she is frightened not only by his adventures, but also, to a certain extent, by the Doctor himself.

Donna Noble will be returning to Doctor Who as the Doctor's full time companion for all 13 episodes of Series 4 alongside David Tennant.[1][3] Her return to the series will see her track down the Doctor during a London "alien emergency", after which she is set to encounter returning aliens the Ood and mystery writer Agatha Christie.[4]