There's always an excuse for mob behavior... take a look at WW II and Hitler's Germany. It's human nature to want to go along with the crowd at the slightest suggestion. Or the book "The Wave," which explored that exact phenomenon.
The thing is, individuals don't want to be seen as different, so they go along even as their conscience is telling them otherwise. It takes a really strong person to resist that.
I'm wondering if Donna would have been able to overcome it and save the Doctor, but at what cost would it have been? I think the Doctor was glad she wasn't there, that she was spared such a decision. Personally, I think she would have overcome it; the Doctor is the best friend she's ever had, and she would do whatever it took to protect him.
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Date: 2015-03-17 01:19 pm (UTC)The thing is, individuals don't want to be seen as different, so they go along even as their conscience is telling them otherwise. It takes a really strong person to resist that.
I'm wondering if Donna would have been able to overcome it and save the Doctor, but at what cost would it have been? I think the Doctor was glad she wasn't there, that she was spared such a decision. Personally, I think she would have overcome it; the Doctor is the best friend she's ever had, and she would do whatever it took to protect him.