It was, but there were only two ways Donna could go. She had already proven she has the stamina and wherewithal to find him, and she promised him her forever (knowing that he would outlast her), and she is not the type of person to break a promise.
Therefore, she either had to die, or totally forget about him and anything she had done while she was with him. Total re-boot to who she was before she met him. A terribly hard watch; I almost think that going with her wishes to stay with him until she burned would have been more merciful.
The Doctor, however, is terrible with loss and is selfish. He does not consider what his friends want, never gives them a choice (unlike his enemies). So he did what he wanted, violating her choice and her mind, and she ended up as a shell of her former self, merely alive instead of living.
And, he was so panicked about the whole thing, he didn't really wipe her mind, just blocked the memories. If he had really wiped everything, people wouldn't have had to walk on eggshells around her, she wouldn't have started to remember things... and that defense system he gave her, total rubbish, too! Falling unconscious after blasting everything around her? Really? Suppose they were friends? As for enemies, suppose they found her unconscious and realized who she was? Bad situation all around!
I could go on and on, really being upset about it, but dramatically, it made the best sense. It showed the Doctor's not so nice/selfish side, and showed how much she had influenced him for the good, and how much control and sanity he lost when she was gone. How he could not take on another companion, he became totally reckless, and it was only after he regenerated that he was able to even begin to think about finding someone.
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Therefore, she either had to die, or totally forget about him and anything she had done while she was with him. Total re-boot to who she was before she met him. A terribly hard watch; I almost think that going with her wishes to stay with him until she burned would have been more merciful.
The Doctor, however, is terrible with loss and is selfish. He does not consider what his friends want, never gives them a choice (unlike his enemies). So he did what he wanted, violating her choice and her mind, and she ended up as a shell of her former self, merely alive instead of living.
And, he was so panicked about the whole thing, he didn't really wipe her mind, just blocked the memories. If he had really wiped everything, people wouldn't have had to walk on eggshells around her, she wouldn't have started to remember things... and that defense system he gave her, total rubbish, too! Falling unconscious after blasting everything around her? Really? Suppose they were friends? As for enemies, suppose they found her unconscious and realized who she was? Bad situation all around!
I could go on and on, really being upset about it, but dramatically, it made the best sense. It showed the Doctor's not so nice/selfish side, and showed how much she had influenced him for the good, and how much control and sanity he lost when she was gone. How he could not take on another companion, he became totally reckless, and it was only after he regenerated that he was able to even begin to think about finding someone.