10 Dumb Decisions In Doctor Who We Can't Forget
The Doctor and their companions are the smartest people in any room. Until they aren't.
The Doctor is always the smartest person in the room. Whether he's Patrick Troughton pretending to be a flute-playing idiot or Tom Baker loudly announcing that he knows exactly what to do, the lead character of our favourite time-travel show has always been characterised by their intellect. The entire selling point of their character is that they solve things with their words, not with weapons.
The people who travel with the Doctor are encouraged to follow this mantra too. Having a basic level of intelligence, along with a great capacity for good, is one of the key prerequisites for being invited onboard the TARDIS.
And yet, neither the Doctor nor their companions are immune to making some truly stupid decisions. From nonsense solutions to whatever problems they're facing that week to moral justifications for their actions that actually make very little sense, it's safe to say that idiocy truly knows no species.
But what are the absolute worst offenders? Which decisions by a Doctor or a companion are some of the stupidiest things to ever be done in time and space? Read on to find out which ten individuals are proud owners of the TARDIS dunce cap.
10. The Doctor Wiping Donna's Mind - Journey's End
The Tenth Doctor certainly did a lot of morally questionable things during his time on the show, especially towards the end of his run. One of the major themes often explored was how he needs human companions around to keep him from becoming a megalomaniacal god, as seen in The Waters of Mars.
But the decision to wipe Donna Noble's mind, a fan favourite companion, is put across as the only option he has in that situation. Through some complex science-fiction shenanigans, Donna has been imbued with the essence of a Time Lord, making her a hybrid of both the Doctor's race and her own.
The problem is that her human mind is unable to comprehend all of the new knowledge that has been poured into it and it's killing her. The Doctor decides that the only way to save her is to wipe her mind of all their adventures together.
This honestly ends up coming across as ludicrous that the Doctor couldn't think of another way to remove the Time Lord part of her without cruelly wiping her memories as well. There must be somewhere in the entire universe where this can be fixed in an afternoon or something.