The moment the TARDIS landed, he stumbled along the ramp, threw the doors open, fell to his knees and puked his guts up.

He had only just survived the Time War.

He had only woken from his regeneration and he already yelled at the TARDIS for saving him before he started to feel sick.

His clothes were too tight, too constricting, and too girly for his liking.

His hands looked older, bigger, rougher, the grass tickled beneath his palms and he enjoyed the actual feeling of life.

Someone coughed loudly.

He looked up to see a redheaded woman roughly in her thirties dressed in office clothes. The saying 'we are not amused' suited her better than Queen Victoria and that was saying something. The redhead raised an eyebrow.

"You better be paying to have my shoes replaced you big-eared twat" she said putting her hands on her hips.

He wasn't sure how or what exactly happened but this woman standing over him looking annoyed and unimpressed was now sitting on the Captain's chair in his TARDIS, her feet now dressed in the new shoes he brought her were resting on the console (and the fact the TARDIS hadn't sparked her was a surprise itself.) and he stood there now wearing black jeans, emerald green sweater and black leather jacket having a staring contest with the redhead.

"I want to see time and space" the redhead declared. "I want to help you save civilizations and I want to do a lot of running"

"Are you sure?" he asked her gruffly. "Because if you come, you can't go back"

"Yes I'm sure" she said rolling her eyes. "Now get a move on, I have a list of historical events that I want to witness, starting with the Titanic and if you try to kill yourself, I'll slap you, got that Space-Man?"

It surprised him how easily this woman had attached herself to him. But he loved it; he needed someone to keep him going.

"I got it" he nodded. "But you still haven't told me your name"

"Donna, Donna Noble" the redhead said getting up and offering a hand for him to shake.

He took it and grinned.

"Well off we go Donna Noble!" he said cheerfully. "This is going to be fantastic!"