Re 7: a few possibles in descending order of preference:
(1) A Potterverse-style scenario: "Stuff what the prophecies say!"
(2) The "most faithful companion" is actually referring to the TARDIS.
(3) Species conversion, maybe even Time Lord watchiness, which replaces Donna (or better, Rose, but let's assume Donna here) with something else. (Catherine Tate for Eleven! :D)
(4) Zombiefication as with Owen in Torchwood, or even as with River Song.
(5) Doing whatever is necessary to finish off the Daleks means that the person doing it will be wiped from time.
As an aside, we now have a setup for the Time Lords to be brought back if it is in fact possible to get back into the Time War ... it would be hilarious if at the end of it all we were left with the Eighth Doctor. That would confound the predictions. :)
no subject
Date: 2008-06-29 01:32 pm (UTC)(1) A Potterverse-style scenario: "Stuff what the prophecies say!"
(2) The "most faithful companion" is actually referring to the TARDIS.
(3) Species conversion, maybe even Time Lord watchiness, which replaces Donna (or better, Rose, but let's assume Donna here) with something else. (Catherine Tate for Eleven! :D)
(4) Zombiefication as with Owen in Torchwood, or even as with River Song.
(5) Doing whatever is necessary to finish off the Daleks means that the person doing it will be wiped from time.
As an aside, we now have a setup for the Time Lords to be brought back if it is in fact possible to get back into the Time War ... it would be hilarious if at the end of it all we were left with the Eighth Doctor. That would confound the predictions. :)