Howling:What happened to Donna

The Doctor said if Donna started to remember, her brain would overload and overheat and she would die. When she started to remember all she got was a bit overheated, a headache and then collapsed and went to sleep. And I find the defense mechanism funny, when I saw that scene in a preview I thought she would become a EMP type bomb, and she did. I would like to know why she didnt die. Geffe71 19:10, January 3, 2010 (UTC)

Donna's role in the End of Time is minimal, and seems to just be there for the sake of it, and is of little (if any) importance to the main plot. To have Donna die that easily in a story where she was just a side character would seem like Russell T Davies just went out of his way to kill her off. In universe however, it is strange that she doesn't die and just forgets again. It is unlikely this will ever be explained, so it's most likely a plot hole. --TemporalSpleen 19:59, January 3, 2010 (UTC)

I just assumed it was a failsafe that the Doctor implanted when he originally erased her memories. Could be the EMP part was to knock back and get rid of whatever had triggered her to remember. And not wanting to see her, probably because he didnt want to test the failsafe and if it worked, get hit by that EMP/Energy or whatever it was - FreeformMuffin

I think that the Doctor added the failsafe, but didn't tell Wilf or Sylvia because they would have been less careful. Jim393 11:48, January 9, 2010 (UTC)