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[[File:DocEasterEgg.jpg|thumb|right|The Doctor enjoys an [[Easter egg]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'')]]

He had a merciful and compassionate nature, consistently extending an offer of mercy to help even his most dangerous enemies. ([[TV]]: ''[[Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)|Evolution of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'', ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'', ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]'', ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'', ''[[The Next Doctor (TV story)|The Next Doctor]]'') However, when his patience reached its limit or his enemies were duplicitous, they received no mercy or second chances. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]'', ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'', ''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'', ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]'', ''[[The Next Doctor (TV story)|The Next Doctor]]'') He also held a forgiving philosophy, even forgiving the [[Saxon Master]] for his crimes against humanity. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'')

[[File:A lonely Doc.jpg|thumb|The Doctor realises he is talking to himself. ([[TV]]: ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]'')]]

While he seemed to have resolved much of the [[survivor's guilt]] felt previously, the Tenth Doctor had begun to feel his age. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'') Beneath his juvenile exterior was an old man who had seen many terrible things and felt a deep loneliness, ([[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]'', ''[[The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)|The Lazarus Experiment]]'', ''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'') He felt profound regret for the deaths he had seen, ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') with [[the Moment]] referring to him as "the man who regrets". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') His keen sense of loss led him to empathise with those who had also suffered, ([[TV]]: ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]'') and feel driven to prevent death and destruction wherever possible, having a hard time accepting failure. ([[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'') Even though he did not enjoy adventuring alone, ([[TV]]: ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]'') the Doctor enjoyed the freedoms that came with solitary travels, ([[TV]]: ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]'') and felt annoyed when he had to start afresh with a new companion by explaining the basics, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'') even mouthing along to repeated phrases. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'') However, [[Donna Noble]] noted the reason the Doctor required a companion was to keep him from succumbing to his darker side. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'')

[[File:The Family of Blood Fury of a Time Lord.jpg|thumb|left|His patience broken after their senseless carnage, the Doctor shows the [[Family of Blood]] unrelenting fury. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'')]]

Despite being more outwardly cheerful than his previous incarnation, the Doctor still felt guilt over what he had done in the [[Last Great Time War]], showing disgust towards the [[Eleventh Doctor]] when he was unable to remember how many children died when he destroyed [[Gallifrey]], despite him knowing the number to memory, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') with one account showing him outright attacking his eleventh incarnation. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') The Tenth Doctor also retained and even exceeded his predecessor's capacity for righteous anger, particularly when people he liked were threatened or at risk, ([[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'', ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]'', ''[[Gridlock (TV story)|Gridlock]]'', ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]'') or when dealing with the Daleks. ([[TV]]: ''[[Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)|Evolution of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') When driven by his anger, he would not hesitate to strike down those who opposed him, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'', ''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'') though he described himself as "a man who never would" to set an example of peace to solidify a human and [[Hath]] ceasefire on [[Messaline]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)|The Doctor's Daughter]]'')

[[File:CleverDoctor.jpg|thumb|left|The Doctor enjoys being called clever. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)|The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'')]]

The Tenth Doctor's biggest flaw was his ego, with him always trying to take control of situations he found himself in, ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'', ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'', ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'', ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]'') and feeling it his place to punish those who committed horrific acts, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') even sometimes using his name as a threat. ([[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'', ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]'') Protective of his reputation, ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'') he occasionally claimed to be a higher authority than he necessarily was, ([[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'', ''[[Gridlock (TV story)|Gridlock]]'', ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'') and he often believed himself to be the smartest being in the room. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'', ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'', ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'', ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]'', ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'') When introduced to [[Louis XV]], the Doctor introduced himself as the "Lord of Time" in an attempt to outrank the [[King of France]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)|The Girl in the Fireplace]]'')  

He was also something of a hypocrite, or at least was lacking in self-awareness, calling [[Colonel]] [[Alan Mace]] undiplomatic for calling the [[Sontaran]]s "trolls", only to begin antagonising them himself immediately afterwards, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'') claiming he would not allow [[Strackman Lux]]'s pride to cost lives while refusing to sign Lux's contract for the same reason, ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'') and being offended when [[Malcolm Taylor]] hung up on him, despite having previously done the same to Malcolm. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'')

After being forced to wipe [[Donna Noble]]'s memories of her travels with him, the Doctor was driven into a deep state of depression, ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') that caused him to eventually forgo the idea of picking up any more companions, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Next Doctor (TV story)|The Next Doctor]]'') even refusing Lady [[Christina de Souza]]'s request to travel with him. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'') However, he came to feel lonely enough ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Judgement of the Judoon (novel)|Judgement of tne Judoon]]'') to offer [[June (The Slitheen Excursion)|June]] a single trip in the TARDIS on a strict non-interference basis after she helped him save [[Athens]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Slitheen Excursion (novel)|The Slitheen Excursion]]'') and extended a similar offer to [[Stella (Prisoner of the Daleks)|Stella]] before he was interrupted by attacking [[Dalek]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]'') He would eventually travel properly with [[Majenta Pryce]] out of obligation to his role in her imprisonment in [[Thinktwice]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Thinktwice (comic story)|Thinktwice]]'') and was convinced to make exceptions to his no companions rule for [[Emily Winter]], [[Matthew Finnegan]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Fugitive (comic story)|Fugitive]]'') and [[Gabby Gonzalez]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Arts in Space (comic story)|The Arts in Space]]'') He also offered to let [[Anya Kingdom]] come with him in the TARDIS, but they became separated before she could take him up on the offer. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Triumph of Davros (audio story)|The Triumph of Davros]]'')

After he was given a prophecy of his demise by [[Carmen (Planet of the Dead)|a human psychic]], the Doctor spiraled further into an emotional breakdown that caused him to snap and try to alter a [[fixed point in time]] by saving [[Adelaide Brooke]], [[Yuri Kerenski]] and [[Mia Bennett]] from the destruction of [[Bowie Base One]]. Upon his success, he declared himself as the "[[Time Lord Victorious]]" and believed that, as the last Time Lord, he had the right to control the Laws of Time. Following Adelaide's [[suicide]], the Doctor realised he had gone too far and entered another state of depression upon seeing [[Ood Sigma]] herald his fast approaching regeneration. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'') His shock caused him to flee into the [[Dark Times]], where he became determined to completely rewrite history for the better by wiping out the [[Kotturuh]] before they could bring death to the universe, deeming himself the "master of [his] own fate, [and] everyone's fate" once the Kotturuh marked him for death. Though he still retained his doubts, he was finally provoked into destroying the Kotturuh after they killed [[Estinee]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Knight, The Fool and The Dead (novel)|The Knight, The Fool and The Dead]]'') and destroyed the planet [[Mordeela]] in his anger, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All Flesh is Grass (novel)|All Flesh is Grass]]'') though he quickly felt conflicted on whether ending the Kotturuh was the right thing to have done. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Minds of Magnox (audio story)|The Minds of Magnox]]'') After meeting the last Kotturuh, [[Inyit]], and seeing what the Daleks had done in the Dark Times, the Doctor conceded that his actions had been wrong, and expressed his remorse after Inyit died defeating the Daleks. Though satisfied with the change to how death would eventually enter the universe, he agreed he had gone too far in rewriting of history. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All Flesh is Grass (novel)|All Flesh is Grass]]'') By the time he had finally decided to answer Sigma's summons, the Doctor had come to greatly regret his actions as the Time Lord Victorious, weeping when he admitted to Wilf that things had gone wrong, but he still showed some signs of a colder demeanour, even briefly questioning Wilf's "importance" as an individual when he realised he would have to sacrifice his own life to save him, but ultimately gave his life for Wilf. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')

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Much like his [[fourth incarnation]], the Tenth Doctor had a great respect and admiration for humanity, as well as a great desire to protect them, often noting their achievements, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'') describing human beings as both "brilliant" and "stupid" in the same sentence while arguing the necessity of emotions with [[John Lumic]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'') He also hugged Captain [[Zachary Cross Flane]] of the [[Walker Expedition]], due to the human crew daring to explore a planet orbiting a black hole merely "because it was there". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]'') When Wilf said that humanity must "look like insects" to a Time Lord, the Doctor responded that he thought they "look[ed] like giants". ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') However, he was not blind to their flaws, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'', ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'', ''[[42 (TV story)|42]]'') and was aware of his tendency to forget that humanity could be "stupid, stubborn and fail to learn from [their] mistakes". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wetworld (novel)|Wetworld]]'') He once admitted to Donna that he was uncertain if humanity could be considered mere explorers or like a [[virus]] to the galaxy. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Ood (TV story)|Planet of the Ood]]'')

The Doctor had a stated fondness for "little shops", the gift stores usually found in hospitals and other public places, though he retained his [[eighth incarnation]]'s dislike for hospitals. ([[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'', ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'', ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'') By his own admission, he had little interest in sport, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Time Reaver (audio story)|Time Reaver]]'') and took two sugars in his tea, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Ghosts of India (novel)|Ghosts of India]]'') with Earl Grey "with a dash of milk" being his preference. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Autonomy (novel)|Autonomy]]'') His favourite movie was ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]'', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Loose Wire (short story)|Loose Wire]]'') and he considered edible ball bearings to be a "masterpiece". ([[TV]]: ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]'') While he disliked calling a group a "team", ([[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]'') he did like using the word "[[fam]]". ([[WC]]: ''[[Doctors Assemble! (webcast)|Doctors Assemble!]]'')

Among his favourite years were [[1727]] and [[1953]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)|The Girl in the Fireplace]]'', ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]'') He liked [[Saturday]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'') but thought that [[Sunday]]s were "boring", and tried to avoid them when he could. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'')

He also liked the impossible, ([[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'') ''[[The Muppet Movie]]'', ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'') [[banana]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)|The Girl in the Fireplace]]'') [[picnic]]s, [[picnic basket]]s, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Sting of the Zygons (novel)|Sting of the Zygons]]'') [[fire engine]]s, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Last Dodo (novel)|The Last Dodo]]'') the [[pyramid]]s, [[New Zealand]], ([[TV]]:''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'') unpredictability, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'') mysteries, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)|The Doctor's Daughter]]'') biographies, ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'') the Proms, ([[TV]]: ''[[Music of the Spheres (TV story)|Music of the Spheres]]'') snow, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'') teachers, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Four Doctors (comic story)|Four Doctors]]'') [[rock and roll]] music, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Loose Wire (short story)|Loose Wire]]'') [[theatre]], and [[fan fiction]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[He's Behind You (short story)|He's Behind You]]'')  

He disliked [[Margaret Thatcher]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'') [[zoo]]s, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Last Dodo (novel)|The Last Dodo]]'') [[spinach]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Martha in the Mirror (novel)|Martha in the Mirror]]'') people saluting him, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'') [[pear]]s, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Taking of Chelsea 426 (novel)|The Taking of Chelsea 426]]'') lists, "funny robots", ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'') and [[thrash metal]] music. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Loose Wire (short story)|Loose Wire]]'') He did not identify himself as a "cat person". ([[TV]]: ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]'')

While he was unsure about his religious beliefs, the Doctor stated he kept travelling in order to be proved wrong. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]'') He viewed life as being "meaningless" if it was built on the suffering of others, ([[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'') and that people made life worth living. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'') He also thought books to be the "best weapons in the world". ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'')  

When asked his thoughts on the dead returning as ghosts, the Doctor called the scenario "horrific", ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'') and was likewise unnerved by the idea of humans achieving immortality, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)|The Lazarus Experiment]]'') describing the fact that [[Jack Harkness]] was a living [[fixed point in time]] as being "wrong". ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'') He believed that a long life led to being tired of everything and ending up alone, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)|The Lazarus Experiment]]'') and that death gave life "size", with the absence of death in fiction leaving only comedies. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'')

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While he knew "crossing into established events [was] strictly forbidden", he would use his TARDIS to perform "cheap tricks." ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'') He tried to avoid [[fixed points in time]] when he could, as he knew they were not to be disturbed, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'') though briefly thought he could change one when he came to the conclusion that the [[Laws of Time]] were his to govern as the [[last of the Time Lords]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'')

The Tenth Doctor always attempted to solve a situation without violence, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'', ''[[The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)|The Doctor's Daughter]]'', ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]'', ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') which strained his working relationship with UNIT, with him being against their military methods. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'', ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'') He also disapproved of his friends using violence, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'', ''[[The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)|The Doctor's Daughter]]'', ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)|The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'', ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'', ''[[The Next Doctor (TV story)|The Next Doctor]]'') and would make himself an enemy of those who would kill without proper cause. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'', ''[[The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)|The Doctor's Daughter]]'', ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]'') However, he would resort to lethal means of dispatching his enemies if no alternative could be found. ([[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]'', ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'', ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]'', ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'', ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'', ''[[The Next Doctor (TV story)|The Next Doctor]]'')  

The Doctor refused to take up a weapon against an enemy, believing it cowardly to do so, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Made of Steel (novel)|Made of Steel]]'') repeatedly refusing even when offered one by UNIT while attacking the [[Sontaran]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'') However, during a battle with the [[Cybusmen]], the Doctor helped Major Burton handle a rocket launcher and destroyed a Cyberman with the weapon, despite hesitating due to it previously being human. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Made of Steel (novel)|Made of Steel]]'') He was also tempted to execute General [[Cobb (The Doctor's Daughter)|Cobb]] for the murder of [[Jenny (The Doctor's Daughter)|Jenny]], but ultimately decided against it. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)|The Doctor's Daughter]]'') During the [[Kotturuh crisis]], the Doctor very reluctantly accepted control of the [[Victis Fleet]] after [[Brian (The Guide to the Dark Times)|Brian]] made him its admiral to fight the Kotturuh. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Knight, The Fool and The Dead (novel)|The Knight, The Fool and the Dead]]'') After initially refusing several times to take up [[Wilfred Mott]]'s pistol to save himself and humanity from the Master, the Doctor changed his mind when he heard that the Time Lords were escaping the [[time lock]] on the Time War. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') [[Davros]] noted the Doctor's refusal to take up a gun, but pointed out that he "[took] ordinary people and [fashioned] them into weapons". ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') When [[Clara Oswald]] insisted the war, tenth and eleventh incarnations find a different way to end the Time War, the Tenth Doctor embraced the chance to do so when a plan was formed and worked with twelve of his other incarnations to save his planet and people. He was upset when he realised he wouldn't be able to remember what they had achieved, but was still happy with the outcome. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')

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When it came to his future incarnations, the Tenth Doctor was often suspicious of them, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') in part because of his meeting with [[Jackson Lake]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Four Doctors (comic story)|Four Doctors]]'') He would often seek conformation of their identities by comparing [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdrivers]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') or would scan them with the screwdriver himself. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Four Doctors (comic story)|Four Doctors]]'') Despite a rocky start, he worked well with the [[Eleventh Doctor]], although did get somewhat irritated by his childish attitude and was disgusted by his ignorance towards those who had died in the Time War. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')

While the Tenth Doctor held a strong hatred for the Daleks, ([[TV]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]'') his approach to them was to act dismissive instead of showing his rage, ([[TV]]: ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'', ''[[Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)|Evolution of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') though he reluctantly admired the [[Cult of Skaro]] for attempting to think "above and beyond the [[Dalek Emperor|Emperor]] himself", ([[TV]]: ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'') and particularly grew to admire [[Dalek Sec]] when he became a [[Dalek-Human]] hybrid, going as far as to call him "the cleverest Dalek ever" after he tried to find redemption for the Daleks. He also attempted to empathise with [[Dalek Caan]] after he committed genocide against the Dalek-Human hybrid race, daring to offer his help towards Caan, citing how they were both the last of their respective people. ([[TV]]: ''[[Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)|Evolution of the Daleks]]'') During the [[Kotturuh crisis]], he was furious at the Eighth Doctor's initial alliance with the [[Dalek Time Squad]] and confessed to Brian it was becoming hard to act dismissive in front of the Daleks, as he really wanted to just scream at them. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All Flesh is Grass (novel)|All Flesh is Grass]]'') His preference to ignore and spite Daleks stretched to their creator, [[Davros]], whom he insulted for his persistence to keep on creating Daleks even after their betrayals of him, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'') and how he had become the Daleks' "pet" after the formation of the [[New Dalek Empire]]. However, he still offered to save Davros from the ''[[Cruciform]]'' after the [[Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor]] began its destruction, only for Davros to refuse his aid. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'')

The Doctor scorned the [[Cybusmen]] created by [[Cybus Industries]], notably their creator, [[John Lumic]], for removing imagination and emotions from humanity, believing that he removed the reason for living at all. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'') He also dismissed the [[Sontaran]]s' threat as dishonourable, mocking [[General]] [[Staal]] for avoiding combat in favour of using clone feed. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'')

[[Tim Latimer]] described the Tenth Doctor as "like fire and ice and rage, [that he was] like the night and the storm in the heart of the sun, [as well as being] ancient and forever, [burning] at the centre of time, and [could] see the turn of the universe." Despite his horrifying description, Latimer considered the Doctor to be "wonderful," ([[TV]]: ''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'') a sentiment that [[Wilfred Mott]] also expressed. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') While [[Valerie Brannigan]] dismissed him as "insane", [[Thomas Kincade Brannigan]] commented that the Doctor was "that, and a bit magnificent." ([[TV]]: ''[[Gridlock (TV story)|Gridlock]]'') [[Donna Noble]] described him as "dazzling". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'') [[Clara Oswald]], when distinguishing him from his other incarnations, described the Tenth Doctor as "the hero", ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') while [[Adam Mitchell]] identified the Tenth Doctor as the "Oncoming Storm" in comparison to his other incarnations. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Unnatural Selection (comic story)|Unnatural Selection]]'') Rose viewed him as being more carefree than his ninth incarnation, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[He's Behind You (short story)|He's Behind You]]'') while Jack believed him to be more "cheeky". ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'') The TARDIS believed he was "afraid of Death". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[What the TARDIS thought of "Time Lord Victorious" (short story)|What the TARDIS thought of "Time Lord Victorious"]]'') Whilst he was the Time Lord Victorious, Brian believed the Tenth Doctor "was vengeance" and, as a result, the assassin much preferred him to the Eighth Doctor. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All Flesh is Grass (novel)|All Flesh is Grass]]'')

Having experienced a similar process as [[John Smith (Tenth Doctor)|John Smith]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'') the Doctor became fearful of his inevitable regeneration, going so far as to prevent the process by channelling the excess energy of his regeneration into [[The Tenth Doctor's hand|his severed hand]] after being shot by [[Dalek (The Stolen Earth)|a Dalek]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') He commented that regeneration was not a rebirth, but the death of himself. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') When [[Carmen (Planet of the Dead)|Carmen]] prophesied his "song ending", the Doctor reacted with stunned silence, ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'') and later became emotionally distressed when [[Ood Sigma]] heralded his demise. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'') When death seemed a certainty, the Doctor chose to think of the children killed on Gallifrey when he destroyed it as his last thoughts. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')