History Recap / DoctorWho60thASTheStarBeast

Turns out that when Donna Noble birthed Rose, half of her Time Lord cells were passed onto Rose. Makes logical sense given how Donna was half-human during all this time, but because of that, Donna was able to survive the mind-blowing side-effect of being a half-human half-Time Lord hybrid. Heck, it even explains why Donna's daughter named herself Rose, why the shed was TARDIS blue, and why all of those plush toys she made looked familiar. They were designed after the monsters that Donna and Doctor encountered both on-screen ''and'' off-screen (such as Daleks, Cybermen, Ood, and others). At the end of the day, The Doctor is simply male. And female. And binary, and non-binary, and more! [[note]][[ItMakesSenseInContext (And jammy.)]][[/note]]

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* VaguenessIsComing: Lampshaded. While being taken away, The Meep gloatingly tells the Doctor that they'll have the last laugh, because "the boss" will be very excited to hear that there's a second being with two hearts on Earth. The Doctor's reaction is [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall annoyance]] that all the warnings he gets are so ''cryptic''. And it turns out that "the boss" can't be the Toymaker, since it's the Doctor's actions in "Wild Blue Yonder" who give the Toymaker his way back into our universe for "The Giggle" as opposed to any notice from The Meep, so it will be a problem for the Fifteenth Doctor, or a successor of his.

* SequelHook: Before being teleported off the Earth, the Meep threatens to let "the boss" know about the Doctor's presence. And at the end of the episode, the TARDIS is sent spiraling off into an unknown time period.

* ShoutOut: The brainwashed steelworkers and UNIT troops helping repair and guard the Meep's spaceship before launch bear the Meep in on a litter formed from welded-together pieces of steel that looks like a miniature and portable [[Series/GameOfThrones Iron Throne]].

* VaguenessIsComing: Lampshaded. While being taken away, The Meep gloatingly tells the Doctor that they'll have the last laugh, because "the boss" will be very excited to hear that there's a second being with two hearts on Earth. The Doctor's reaction is annoyance that all the warnings he gets are so ''cryptic''.

* WomenAreWiser: Donna and Rose manage to survive being a Meta-Crisis by just "letting it go" and giving up the regeneration energy, something the male Doctor could not think of.

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As the two men get acquainted, we find out that Donna was able to use [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime her lottery winnings back in 2009]] for a good cause, and by that, we mean she donated it all away to charity (£166 million, mind you!). Well, after buying a new house, of course. They then turn left onto the next road ([[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E11TurnLeft get it?]]), as we cut to a BBC news report on the spaceship crash...before it's intercepted by good ol' UNIT, as the militant group heads on over to the crash site, as does The Doctor. We see a wheelchair-bounded UNIT member investigating the spaceship, and makes note about how the ship was able to pull up and settle down despite making a collision course at first. In other words, ''the spaceship didn't crash at all.'' No signs of life are apparent on the ship...or at least, when the ship parked.

Back at The Meep's spaceship crash site, The Doctor continues his investigation with the use of his trusty sonic screwdriver, as the wheelchair-bound UNIT member drops on by to introduce herself as Shirley Anne Bingham, a scientific advisor (just like Doctor). The Doctor laments to Shirley about his new look, while also reminiscing about the time he had with Donna. And given how destiny has been eyeing on her recently, The Doctor is completely worried about what might happen to her ''if'' she gets in danger. In any case, The Doctor hitches a ride on a UNIT vehicle so he can reach The Meep's escape pod crash-site. Shirley rejoins the batch of UNIT soldiers as the soldiers take a look inside The Meep's spaceship, which is totally inaccessible for Shirley (no ramp access). That being said, that might have unintentionally been a good thing, as the UNIT soldiers' minds have been brainwashed by a psychedelic wave upon opening the spaceship's door...

** The Doctor is [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E4AliensOfLondon once]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E6TheLazarusExperiment again]] slapped by companion's mother.

* MythologyGag: It's subtle, but those helmets that the UNIT soldiers are wearing look notably similar to those worn by the robo-men in '' Film/DaleksInvasionEarth2150AD''

With Donna fully back in action, what does she do first? Yell at The Doctor because she "wasted" 166 million pounds on charity thanks to the memory wipe making her as soft as the Doc. Oops. With less than a minute left before London's preventable destruction becomes unpreventable, [=DoctorDonna=] and The Fourteenth Doctor get to work on saving the gosh-darn day. 55 seconds later, and they've done it! Sadly, Donna falls ill because of the prolonged use of Time Lord cells, and for all we know, dies in the arms of The Doctor. With the brainwashed UNIT soldiers right in front of the two, The Doctor is more than willing to die right then and there, now that he lost one of his best friends, all thanks to his own doing. No matter what, they still managed to save the world.

As the two men get acquainted, we find out that Donna was able to use [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime her lottery winnings back in 2009]] for a good cause, and by that, we mean she donated it all away to charity (166 million pounds, mind you!). Well, after buying a new house, of course. They then turn left onto the next road ([[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E11TurnLeft get it?]]), as we cut to a BBC news report on the spaceship crash...before it's intercepted by good ol' UNIT, as the militant group heads on over to the crash site, as does The Doctor. We see a wheelchair-bounded UNIT member investigating the spaceship, and makes note about how the ship was able to pull up and settle down despite making a collision course at first. In other words, ''the spaceship didn't crash at all.'' No signs of life are apparent on the ship...or at least, when the ship parked.

* WhyIsntItAttacking: Downplayed -- while the Wrarth Warriors ''are'' attacking, the realization that they're going out of their way to avoid killing or causing serious damage (notably, no scorch marks on Shaun's taxi and the brainwashed UNIT troops being unconscious instead of dead) is what twigs the Doctor that something's up with the Meep's story.

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[[caption-width-right:350: The [=DoctorDonna=], united again. [[note]]Also, yay, the diamond's back![[/note]]]]

Suddenly, the brainwashed UNIT soldiers arrive at the Noble estate to search for The Meep! How does The Doctor know they're brainwashed? Well, by using his screwdriver of course. Before even considering to escape through the back, The Wrarth Warriors come crashing into the house, and prepare to hunt down The Meep! With both sides now totally inaccessible due to gunfire ''and'' laser-fire. Luckily, The Doctor has a plan. By using his new and improved sonic screwdriver, he's able to create forcefields to protect the family and Meep from fire. That being said, the group has to travel upstairs and through the attic's brick wall in order to escape through a neighboring house, allowing for a proper escape route via Shaun's taxi cab. All this happens alongside UNIT soldiers trying their best to stop those Wrarth Warriors from intercepting. When the gang manages to escape, The Doctor checks up on a "dead" UNIT soldier...only to find out that they still have a pulse after being shot by a Wrarth. And why are their lasers not causing scorch marks on the taxi? As the team escapes, The Doctor realizes that things might have gone very, ''very'' wrong.

As the team pulls into a carpark, The Doctor decides to give The Meep an impromptu trial case, as The Meep might have not been telling their story straight. He summons two of the Wrarth as defendants, as The Doctor invokes Shadow Proclamation protocols 15, P and 6. To start off, Donna confirms that the taxi has no scorch marks from the Wrarth's lasers. Next, Doctor reaffirms that the UNIT soldiers that were gunned down by their lasers, were killed to begin with, as the two Wrarth Warriors (who are truly known as Sergeant Zogroth and Constable Zreeg) confirms that they were using stun guns only, and these ones apply anesthetic! The Meep, however, also reaffrims that the Wrarth wants to kill The Meep...only for Doctor to remind Meep that the brainwashed UNIT soldiers were shooting to kill, not stun. Therefore, they might have been working in The Meep's favor. To bring the case to a complete close, the Wrarth explain the truth behind The Meep as a whole. Their species went wild after their psychedelic sun went as mad as they did. And the Galactic Council didn't outright ban the Wrarth from making Meep fur coats, the council was actually ''eaten'' by the Meeps. Therefore, the Wrarth were sent in to kill off the species to prevent the Meeps from slaughtering more people across the galaxy. And The Meep is the only Meep left. And its also the '''leader''' of the Meeps.

It turns out this whole entire time, The Meep was faking their story, brainwashing UNIT soldiers for their sake, and ''plans to kill off the human race when it proceeds to get their spaceship working again.'' The now gremlin-like Meep proceeds to shoot the two Wrarth Warriors in cold blood, and corners the gang with the assistance of their brainwashed goons. They then proclaim that The Meep is "THE BEEP OF ALL THE MEEPS!" as Zogroth regrets his decision of taking on this particular duty ''after'' he retired. The Meep taunts Donna for being stupid and also taunts her "weird child", which angers Donna. The Doctor attempts to mediate the situation by offering The Meep some knowledge about himself (since he is two-hearted like The Meep is) as long as The Meep spares the team. And while he's able to get The Meep to accept the offer, his next offer in regards to getting The Meep off the Earth safely is rendered useless as he is knocked out by the brainwashed soldiers. With group kidnapped, The Meep triumphally cackles.

When the gang arrives to The Meep's spaceship, they notice that even more brainwashed people have been working on their side to get the spaceship back up and running. Heck, they even hail to The Meep! And yes, because of how the spaceship uses a dagger drive to start it's engines, it's going to blow London up into a smoldering pile of smoke and ash if it starts up. Luckily, help is on the way as Shirley is able to take down two brainwashed UNIT soldiers to free the gang from being imprisoned. After all, UNIT-made wheelchairs are equipped with tools and weapons for any situation! However, as Donna leaves with her family to escape, she realizes that she must do more good for the planet, for London, her family, and her daughter. After all, she donated all that money for charity, right? Thus, Donna runs back to The Doctor in order to help him stop the engines from being activated.

As The Doctor does his best to stop the clock, the spaceship's deadlocked is sealed...which won't affect The Doctor that much, as he proceeds to use his hands to stop the engines. What ''will'' affect him, is the spaceship's maxifold bisecting. In layman's terms: '''The Doctor and Donna are now separated by a glass wall.''' Ring any bells? It sure does for The Doctor, and he's at his limit. The dagger drive starts digging down, as cracks begin to spread throughout London, with fires being unleashed from the ground up. The only way for The Doctor to stop all of this...is to bring back the [=DoctorDonna=] from all those years ago. As The Doctor angrily yells about how destiny's a bitch, Donna tells him to get on with it. With the key words once uttered all those years ago, binary included, [=DoctorDonna=] is finally unleashed once again, memories included.

The first thing that Donna does now that she got her memories back? Yell at The Doctor because she "wasted" 166 million pounds on charity thanks to the memory wipe making her as soft as the Doc. Oops. With less than a minute left before London's preventable destruction becomes unpreventable, [=DoctorDonna=] and The Fourteenth Doctor get to work on saving the gosh-darn day. 55 seconds later, and they've done it! Sadly, Donna falls ill because of the prolonged use of Time Lord cells, and for all we know, dies in the arms of The Doctor. With the brainwashed soldiers right in front of the two, The Doctor is more than willing to die now that he lost one of his best friends, all thanks to himself. No matter what, they still managed to save the world.

But wait! The brainwashing is turned off by a familiar person! It turns out that Rose Noble is the one to save The Doctor from being shot to death, and with that...Donna is...alive? Oh. Well then.

Turns out, is that when Donna Noble birthed Rose, half of her Time Lord cells were passed onto Rose. Makes logical sense given how Donna was half-human during all this time, but because of that, Donna was able to survive the mind-blowing side-effect of being a half-human half-Time Lord hybrid. Heck, it even explains why she named herself Rose, why the shed was TARDIS blue, and why all of those plush toys she made looked familiar. They were designed after the monsters that Donna and Doctor encountered both on-screen ''and'' off-screen (such as Daleks, Cybermen, Ood, and others). At the end of the day, The Doctor is simply male. And female. And binary, and non-binary, and more! [[note]][[ItMakesSenseInContext (And jammy.)]][[/note]]

As for The Meep, however, their second attempt at revenge is rendered useless as The Doctor sends The Meep flying off into the night sky, grumbling as they parachute down to Earth. The following day, the rest of The Wrarth Warriors arrest the so-called "Beep of All The Meeps", and will honor Zogroth and Zreeg for giving their lives to save the planet, nay, the galaxy from The Meep. But as The Meep prepares to leave to serve their sentence, they warn The Doctor about their "boss"[[note]]vaguely implied to be [[spoiler:The Toymaker]][[/note]], as they look forward to telling said boss about the fact that The Doctor has two hearts like Meep does. Unfortunately, that's all the cryptic information Doctor's getting, something that The Doctor tends to hate.

With the day saved, Donna and Rose choose to let go of their Time Lord cells together, and remain as themselves, something that Rosie has never done until now. Aww. As The Doctor tells the Noble family that their house will be fixed up for free thanks to UNIT (they ''did'' blow it up, anyway...), he offers Donna one last trip through time and space for old time's sake. While Donna initially declines, the Doctor then offers Donna to take her to meet Wilf somewhere in the past. She accepts, and the two go inside the brand new, yet very nostalgic TARDIS, complete with coffee maker! It's simply a gorgeous reskin for sure, and as Donna wistfully looks back fondly on the old days for once, she ''accidentally spills her coffee onto the TARDIS.''

* MeaningfulName: Creator/RussellTDavies told ''The Official Doctor Who Podcast'' that Rose's deadname, Jason means "healer" and that Donna was subconsciously naming her after the Doctor.
* MeaningfulRename: Donna's daughter is named Rose, which is particularly significant since instead of coming from Donna, she chose the name for herself as part of transitioning. This ties into the reveal that she inherited some of her mother's Meta-Crisis energy and thus likely named herself after a subconscious memory of Rose Tyler.

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[[caption-width-right:1000: The [=DoctorDonna=], united again. [[note]]Also, yay, the diamond's back![[/note]]]]

This is the first episode of the 2023 Specials Trilogy created to celebrate the 60th Anniversary, and the first episode to be broadcast on the Creator/DisneyPlus streaming service. It is also the first televised story to have an actor who portrayed a former incarnation of the Doctor return to portray a new one.

OnceUponATime, or if you prefer, Once Upon a ''Time Lord'', there was a time alien with a time-travelling blue box who once hailed from the planet Gallifrey known as The Doctor; and there was a woman from Earth named Donna Noble, who befriend said alien after being caught up in a ruse with a giant spider monster who sabotaged Donna's wedding back in Christmas of 2006. The Doctor and Donna then went on to have plenty of adventures during the year 2008, but when The Doctor had to deal with ''the'' biggest Dalek invasion on Earth, he was forced to pass on his own regenerative Time Lord cells to Donna in order to save the world as we know it- and as a result, he locked the cells in Donna's mind alongside all of her memories with The Doctor to prevent her mind from blowing up due to the overpowering Time Lord cells.

Fifteen years have passed since The Tenth Doctor parted ways with Donna. And, after becoming [[Characters/DoctorWhoEleventhDoctor a handsome, fez-loving bloke with a bow-tie;]] [[Characters/DoctorWhoTwelfthDoctor an angry old Scottsman who just loves to shut people up;]] [[Characters/DoctorWhoThirteenthDoctor and a woman who found out that her]] ''[[Characters/DoctorWhoThirteenthDoctor own species were using her to gain her time-godly powers]]'' [[BusCrash (on top of them becoming extinct off-screen!)]], The Doctor has now been given a familiar form that resembles his [[Characters/DoctorWhoTenthDoctor tenth incarnation]].

And recently, Donna has been dreaming about monsters, aliens, robots, adventures and the like, despite having no memories of them. Despite living a normal, happily-wedded life with her new husband Shaun, on top of mothering her daughter Rose (named after a particular girl Donna might've recalled), Donna needs to find out what has been causing the dreams.

In present-day Earth (i.e. late November 2023), The Doctor arrives in London after spending an hour or so dealing with [[Recap/DoctorWhoMagazine584To597LiberationOfTheDaleks simulated Daleks attempting to destroy the universe]] and [[Recap/DoctorWho2023CiNSDoctorWhoChildrenInNeed making Davros and his assistant proud when it comes to designing a Dalek]]. For once, The Doctor definitely deserves to do something non-Dalek related, something that will help him find out the reason behind his "familiar" incarnation. And as he helps out a random citizen in the streets of London... ''he ends up running into Donna Noble.'' The very last thing he would want to run into, especially given his current face. Donna calls out for "Rose", which greatly confuses The Doctor even more, and we see that this particular Rose, is in fact, the daughter of Donna, and not Rose Tyler (who was last seen in a parallel dimension).

Before this new Rose can introduce herself to The Doctor, out of nowhere do we see a spaceship crashing down onto London, (only this time, it's thankfully not loaded with nuclear energy). In the midst of the spaceship falling out of the sky, Donna is too busy minding her own business as she stacks all of Rose's arts-and-craft purchases just long enough to miss the spaceship (which, to be fair, isn't the first time that Donna misses out on something that's not even normal to begin with). Thankfully, The Doctor's worries of Donna recognizing him are nulled as Donna snarks on The Doctor's nostalgia-ridden suit he's got on without even remembering who he really is. As Rosie leaves with her mother, we hear ''another'' person calling out for Rose. This person ''also'' ends up being part of Donna's life, as the taxi driver The Doctor encounters is Donna's own husband, Shaun Temple. The Doctor ends up taking Shaun's taxi cab towards the spaceship's crash site thanks to The Doctor's usage of psychic paper (which has yet to adjust to his gender change), and the pair proceeds to "Allon-sy!"

As the two men get acquainted, we find out that Donna was able to use her lottery winnings back in 2009 for a good cause, and by that, we mean she donated it all away to charity (166 million pounds, mind you!). Well, after buying a new house, of course. They then turn left onto the next road (get it?), as we cut to a BBC news report on the spaceship crash...before it's intercepted by good ol' UNIT, as the militant group heads on over to the crash site, as does The Doctor. We see a wheelchair-bounded UNIT member investigating the spaceship, and makes note about how the ship was able to pull up and settle down despite making a collision course at first. In other words, ''the spaceship didn't crash at all.'' No signs of life are apparent on the ship...or at least, when the ship parked.

Meanwhile as Donna and Rose walk home, some bullies cat-call Rose by calling her "Jason", which reveals to the audience that Rose is transgender. Donna stands up to Rose though, but Rose is the kind of girl who hides from the crowd. Regardless, Donna loves her daughter very much, and will do ANYTHING it takes to protect her. As they enter their home, they greet hello to Donna's mother Sylvia, who is relived that Donna did not see the flying spaceship crashing into London, and Rose puts away all her arts-and-craft purchases inside her blue shed, where she makes plush toys for her online businesses. Sylvia is still getting the hang of using the correct terminology for her transitioned granddaughter, while Donna takes pride in being a good mother as she gloats to her ''own'' mother about it. Donna still questions about the "dreams" she might have remembered in real life, and laments about missing something in her life because of it. Although in due time, that missing part of her life will come back to blow her mind away...

* AngerIsHealthyAesop: Played for laughs. One of the key characteristics of Donna is that she is hot-blooded, defensive, and loves spending money. When Donna loses her memories, she makes subconscious decisions that she thinks the Doctor would make and the most noticeable one is that she gave away ''£166 million'' (much to the bewilderment of Shaun and the Doctor) because she felt that the less fortunate needed it more than she did (which is considered too charitable to the Doctor by Donna's standards) and the Doctor sees this as a sign that the memory loss has affected her personality in a bad way. When she regains her memory, the first thing she does is express anger that she just gave away the £166 million without thinking to use it for herself. This signals to the Doctor that the process was a success and the old Donna is back.

As for The Fourteenth Doctor...he thinks that the story of The Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble has yet to truly end. And the next chapter of this story, is about to begin...

In present-day Earth (i.e. late November 2023), The Doctor arrives in London after spending an hour or so dealing with [[Recap/DoctorWhoMagazine584To597LiberationOfTheDaleks simulated Daleks attempting to destroy the universe]] and [[Recap/DoctorWho2023CiNSDoctorWhoChildrenInNeed making Davros and his assistant proud when it comes to designing a Dalek]]. For once, The Doctor definitely deserves to do something non-Dalek related, something that will help him find out the reason behind his "familiar" incarnation. And as he helps out a random citizen in the streets of London...''he ends up running into Donna Noble.'' The very last thing he would want to run into, especially given his current face. Donna calls out for "Rose", which greatly confuses The Doctor even more, and we see that this particular Rose, is in fact, the daughter of Donna, and not Rose Tyler (who was last seen in a parallel dimension).

* INeverToldYouMyName: It's a sign that Donna's amnesia is wearing off when she refers to him as the Doctor despite him going out of his way not to introduce himself by name.

Turns out, is that when Donna Noble birthed Rose, half of her Time Lord cells were passed onto Rose. Makes logical sense given how Donna was half-human during all this time, but because of that, Donna was able to survive the mind-blowing side-effect of being a half-human half-Time Lord hybrid. Heck, it even explains why she named herself Rose, why the shed was TARDIS blue, and why all of those plush toys she made looked familiar. They were designed after the monsters that Donna and Doctor encountered both on-screen ''and'' off-screen (such as Daleks, Cybermen, Ood, and more)! At the end of the day, The Doctor is simply male. And female. And binary. And non-binary. And more! (And jammy.)

As for The Meep, however, their second attempt at revenge is rendered useless as The Doctor sends The Meep flying off into the night sky, grumbling as they parachute down to Earth. The following day, the rest of The Wrarth Warriors arrest The Beep of the Meepkind, and will honor Zogroth and Zreeg for giving their lives to save the planet, nay, the galaxy from Meep. But as The Meep prepares to leave to serve their sentence, they warn The Doctor about their "boss", as they look forward to telling said boss about the fact that The Doctor has two hearts like Meep does. Unfortunately, that's all the cryptic information Doctor's getting, something that The Doctor tends to hate.

This ends up causing the non-waterproof TARDIS to go haywire, as The Doctor and Donna hold on tight for dear life. As the cloister bell chimes endlessly, the TARDIS disappears from Earth, sending the reunited partners in time...into the wild blue yonder.

The first thing that Donna does now that she got her memories back? Yell at The Doctor because she "wasted" 166 million pounds on charity thanks to the memory wipe making her as soft as the Doc. Oops. With less than a minute left before London's preventable destruction becomes unpreventable, [=DoctorDonna=] and The Fourteenth Doctor get to work on saving the gosh-darn day.

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It turns out this whole entire time, The Meep was faking their story, brainwashing UNIT soldiers for their sake, and ''plans to destroy the planet when it proceeds to get their spaceship working again.'' The now gremlin-like Meep proceeds to shoot the two Wrarth Warriors in cold blood, and corners the gang with the assistance of their brainwashed goons. They then proclaim that The Meep is "THE BEEP OF ALL THE MEEPS!" as Zogroth regrets his decision of taking on this particular duty ''after'' he retired. The Meep taunts Donna for being stupid and also taunts her "weird child", which angers Donna. The Doctor attempts to mediate the situation by offering The Meep some knowledge about himself (since he is two-hearted like The Meep is) as long as The Meep spares the team. And while he's able to get The Meep to accept the offer, his next offer in regards to getting The Meep off the Earth safely is rendered useless as he is knocked out by the brainwashed soldiers. With group kidnapped, The Meep triumphally cackles.

Suddenly, the brainwashed UNIT soldiers arrive at the Noble estate to search for The Meep! How does The Doctor know they're brainwashed? Well, by using his screwdriver of course. Before even considering to escape through the back, The Wrarth Warriors come crashing into the house, and prepare to hunt down The Meep! With both sides now totally inaccessible due to gunfire ''and'' laser-fire. Luckily, The Doctor has a plan. By using his new and improved sonic screwdriver, he's able to create forcefields to protect the family and Meep from fire. That being said, the group has to travel upstairs and through the attic's brick wall in order to escape through a neighboring house, allowing for a proper escape route via Shaun's taxi cab.

Back at The Meep's spaceship crash site, The Doctor continues his investigation with the use of his trusty sonic screwdriver, as the wheelchair-bound UNIT member drops on by to introduce herself as Shirley Anne Bingham, a scientific advisor (just like Doctor). The Doctor laments to Shirley about his new look, while also reminiscing about the time he had with Donna. And given how destiny has been eyeing on her recently, The Doctor is completely worried about what might happen to her ''if'' she gets in danger. In any case, The Doctor hitches a ride on a UNIT vehicle so he can reach The Meep's escape pod crash-site.

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Meanwhile as Donna and Rose walk home, some bullies cat-call Rose by calling her "Jason", which reveals to the audience that Rose is transgender. Donna stands up to Rose though, but Rose is the kind of girl who hides from the crowd. Regardless, Donna loves her daughter very much, and will do ANYTHING it takes to protect her. As they enter their home, they greet hello to Donna's mother Sylvia, who is relived that Donna did not see the flying spaceship crashing into London, and Rose puts away all her arts-and-craft purchases inside her blue shed, where she makes plush toys for her online businesses.