Tenth Doctor/Psychological profile
The Tenth Doctor had a nuanced psychological profile. With a cheerful and excitable personality, he continued to be scarred, like his predecessor, by the horrors of the Time War. Donna Noble claimed that he showed signs of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and he had various tics that would show when he was upset or excited. The Eleventh Doctor claimed that his tenth incarnation suffered from vanity issues.
Personality[[edit] | [edit source]]
With the intent to have fun wherever he went, (TV: The Waters of Mars [+]Loading...["The Waters of Mars (TV story)"]) the Tenth Doctor was cheerful, charismatic, hyperactive and enthusiastic, often at inappropriate times, (TV: Tooth and Claw [+]Loading...["Tooth and Claw (TV story)"], The Unicorn and the Wasp [+]Loading...["The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)"], Midnight [+]Loading...["Midnight (TV story)"]) but would become severely serious when the situation called for it. (TV: Rise of the Cybermen [+]Loading...["Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)"], The Idiot's Lantern [+]Loading...["The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)"], Doomsday [+]Loading...["Doomsday (TV story)"], Silence in the Library [+]Loading...["Silence in the Library (TV story)"], Midnight [+]Loading...["Midnight (TV story)"]) Striving to make new friends everywhere he went, (TV: Midnight [+]Loading...["Midnight (TV story)"]) the Doctor tended to keep a massive smile on his face as he found new ways to enjoy his unpredictable journeys through time and space, with the thought of a mundane existence unnerving him, (TV: The Impossible Planet [+]Loading...["The Impossible Planet (TV story)"], Gridlock [+]Loading...["Gridlock (TV story)"]) as he thought there was "always something to do". (COMIC: The Lodger)
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 [+]Loading...["Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)"], The Sound of Drums [+]Loading...["The Sound of Drums (TV story)"], The Poison Sky [+]Loading...["The Poison Sky (TV story)"], Forest of the Dead [+]Loading...["Forest of the Dead (TV story)"], Journey's End [+]Loading...["Journey's End (TV story)"], The Next Doctor [+]Loading...["The Next Doctor (TV story)"]) However, when his patience reached its limit or his enemies were duplicitous, they received no mercy or second chances. (TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"], School Reunion [+]Loading...["School Reunion (TV story)"], The Runaway Bride [+]Loading...["The Runaway Bride (TV story)"], The Family of Blood [+]Loading...["The Family of Blood (TV story)"], Partners in Crime [+]Loading...["Partners in Crime (TV story)"], The Next Doctor [+]Loading...["The Next Doctor (TV story)"]) He also held a forgiving philosophy, even forgiving the Saxon Master for his crimes. (TV: Last of the Time Lords [+]Loading...["Last of the Time Lords (TV story)"])
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 [+]Loading...["Silence in the Library (TV story)"]) Beneath his juvenile exterior was an old man who had seen many terrible things and felt a deep loneliness, (TV: School Reunion [+]Loading...["School Reunion (TV story)"], The Lazarus Experiment [+]Loading...["The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)"], The Family of Blood [+]Loading...["The Family of Blood (TV story)"]) He felt profound regret for the deaths he had seen, (TV: Journey's End [+]Loading...["Journey's End (TV story)"]) with the Moment referring to him as "the man who regrets". (TV: The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"]) His keen sense of loss led him to empathise with those who had also suffered, (TV: Fear Her [+]Loading...["Fear Her (TV story)"]) and feel driven to prevent death and destruction wherever possible, having a hard time accepting failure. (TV: Voyage of the Damned [+]Loading...["Voyage of the Damned (TV story)"]) Even though he did not enjoy adventuring alone, (TV: Partners in Crime [+]Loading...["Partners in Crime (TV story)"]) the Doctor enjoyed the freedoms that came with solitary travels, (TV: Midnight [+]Loading...["Midnight (TV story)"]) and felt annoyed when he had to start afresh with a new companion by explaining the basics, (TV: The Shakespeare Code [+]Loading...["The Shakespeare Code (TV story)"]) even mouthing along to repeated phrases. (TV: Smith and Jones [+]Loading...["Smith and Jones (TV story)"]) 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 [+]Loading...["The Runaway Bride (TV story)"])
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 [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"]) with one account showing him outright attacking his eleventh incarnation. (PROSE: The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)"]) 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 [+]Loading...["New Earth (TV story)"], The Idiot's Lantern [+]Loading...["The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)"], Gridlock [+]Loading...["Gridlock (TV story)"], Forest of the Dead [+]Loading...["Forest of the Dead (TV story)"]) or when dealing with the Daleks. (TV: Evolution of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)"], Journey's End [+]Loading...["Journey's End (TV story)"]) When driven by his anger, he would not hesitate to strike down those who opposed him, (TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"], The Runaway Bride [+]Loading...["The Runaway Bride (TV story)"], The Family of Blood [+]Loading...["The Family of Blood (TV story)"]) 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 [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)"])
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 [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"], The Poison Sky [+]Loading...["The Poison Sky (TV story)"], Silence in the Library [+]Loading...["Silence in the Library (TV story)"], Midnight [+]Loading...["Midnight (TV story)"]) and feeling it his place to punish those who committed horrific acts, (TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"]) sometimes even using his name as a threat. (TV: New Earth [+]Loading...["New Earth (TV story)"], Forest of the Dead [+]Loading...["Forest of the Dead (TV story)"]) Occasionally, he claimed to be a higher authority than he necessarily was, (TV: New Earth [+]Loading...["New Earth (TV story)"], Gridlock [+]Loading...["Gridlock (TV story)"], Voyage of the Damned [+]Loading...["Voyage of the Damned (TV story)"]) and he often believed himself to be the smartest being in the room. (TV: The Age of Steel [+]Loading...["The Age of Steel (TV story)"], Smith and Jones [+]Loading...["Smith and Jones (TV story)"], Utopia [+]Loading...["Utopia (TV story)"], Midnight [+]Loading...["Midnight (TV story)"], Planet of the Dead [+]Loading...["Planet of the Dead (TV story)"]) 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 [+]Loading...["The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)"])
He was also something of a hypocrite, or at least was lacking in self-awareness, calling Colonel Alan Mace undiplomatic for comparing the Sontarans to trolls, only to begin antagonising them himself immediately afterwards, (TV: The Poison Sky [+]Loading...["The Poison Sky (TV story)"]) 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 [+]Loading...["Silence in the Library (TV story)"]) and being offended when Malcolm Taylor hung up on him, despite him having previously done the same to Malcolm. (TV: Planet of the Dead [+]Loading...["Planet of the Dead (TV story)"])
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 [+]Loading...["Journey's End (TV story)"]) that caused him to eventually forgo the idea of picking up any more companions, (TV: The Next Doctor [+]Loading...["The Next Doctor (TV story)"]) even refusing Lady Christina de Souza's request to travel with him. (TV: Planet of the Dead [+]Loading...["Planet of the Dead (TV story)"]) However, he came to feel lonely enough (PROSE: Judgement of the Judoon [+]Loading...["Judgement of the Judoon (novel)"]) to offer June a single trip in the TARDIS on a strict non-interference basis after she helped him save Athens, (PROSE: The Slitheen Excursion [+]Loading...["The Slitheen Excursion (novel)"]) and extended a similar offer to Stella before he was interrupted by attacking Daleks. (PROSE: Prisoner of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)"]) He would eventually travel properly with Majenta Pryce out of obligation to his role in her imprisonment in Thinktwice, (COMIC: Thinktwice [+]Loading...["Thinktwice (comic story)"]) and was convinced to make exceptions to his no companions rule for Emily Winter, Matthew Finnegan, (COMIC: Fugitive [+]Loading...["Fugitive (comic story)"]) and Gabby Gonzalez. (COMIC: The Arts in Space [+]Loading...["The Arts in Space (comic story)"]) 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 [+]Loading...["The Triumph of Davros (audio story)"])
After he was given a prophecy of his demise by a human psychic, the Doctor spiralled 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 [+]Loading...["The Waters of Mars (TV story)"]) 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 [+]Loading...["The Knight, The Fool and The Dead (novel)"]) and destroyed the planet Mordeela in his anger, (PROSE: All Flesh is Grass [+]Loading...["All Flesh is Grass (novel)"]) though he quickly felt conflicted on whether ending the Kotturuh was the right thing to have done. (AUDIO: The Minds of Magnox [+]Loading...["The Minds of Magnox (audio story)"]) 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 [+]Loading...["All Flesh is Grass (novel)"]) 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, though ultimately gave his life for Wilf. (TV: The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"])
While previous incarnations intentionally flouted social conventions, the Tenth Doctor was genuinely shocked when he realised that he was being rude or uncouth. (TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"], Tooth and Claw [+]Loading...["Tooth and Claw (TV story)"], Fear Her [+]Loading...["Fear Her (TV story)"], Utopia [+]Loading...["Utopia (TV story)"]) According to the Eleventh Doctor, the Tenth Doctor had vanity issues. (TV: The Time of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Time of the Doctor (TV story)"])
The Doctor had a stated fondness for "little shops", the gift stores usually found in hospitals and other public places, though he disliked hospitals. (TV: New Earth [+]Loading...["New Earth (TV story)"], Smith and Jones [+]Loading...["Smith and Jones (TV story)"], Silence in the Library [+]Loading...["Silence in the Library (TV story)"]) He did not identify himself as a "cat person". (TV: Fear Her [+]Loading...["Fear Her (TV story)"]) While he disliked calling a group a "team", (TV: School Reunion [+]Loading...["School Reunion (TV story)"]) he did like using the word "fam". (WC: Doctors Assemble! [+]Loading...["Doctors Assemble! (webcast)"])
He also liked the impossible, (TV: New Earth [+]Loading...["New Earth (TV story)"]) The Muppet Movie, (TV: Tooth and Claw [+]Loading...["Tooth and Claw (TV story)"]) picnics, picnic baskets, (PROSE: Sting of the Zygons [+]Loading...["Sting of the Zygons (novel)"]) fire engines, (PROSE: The Last Dodo [+]Loading...["The Last Dodo (novel)"]) the pyramids, New Zealand, (TV:Voyage of the Damned [+]Loading...["Voyage of the Damned (TV story)"]) unpredictability, (TV: The Fires of Pompeii [+]Loading...["The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)"]) mysteries, (TV: The Doctor's Daughter [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)"]) biographies, (TV: Silence in the Library [+]Loading...["Silence in the Library (TV story)"]) the Proms, (TV: Music of the Spheres [+]Loading...["Music of the Spheres (TV story)"]) snow, (TV: The Waters of Mars [+]Loading...["The Waters of Mars (TV story)"]) teachers, (COMIC: Four Doctors [+]Loading...["Four Doctors (comic story)"]) rock and roll music, (PROSE: Loose Wire [+]Loading...["Loose Wire (short story)"]) theatre, fan fiction, (PROSE: He's Behind You [+]Loading...["He's Behind You (short story)"]) and Christmas. (PROSE: First Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["First Day of the Doctor (short story)"])
He disliked sleeping, (COMIC: The Lodger) Margaret Thatcher, (TV: Tooth and Claw [+]Loading...["Tooth and Claw (TV story)"]) zoos, (PROSE: The Last Dodo [+]Loading...["The Last Dodo (novel)"]) people saluting him, (TV: The Sontaran Stratagem [+]Loading...["The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)"]) lists, "funny robots", (TV: The Waters of Mars [+]Loading...["The Waters of Mars (TV story)"]) and thrash metal music. (PROSE: Loose Wire [+]Loading...["Loose Wire (short story)"])
Among his favourite years were 1727 and 1953. (TV: The Girl in the Fireplace [+]Loading...["The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)"], The Idiot's Lantern [+]Loading...["The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)"]) He liked Saturdays, (TV: The Stolen Earth [+]Loading...["The Stolen Earth (TV story)"]) but thought that Sundays were "boring", and tried to avoid them when he could. (TV: Silence in the Library [+]Loading...["Silence in the Library (TV story)"]) His favourite movie was It's a Wonderful Life. (PROSE: Loose Wire [+]Loading...["Loose Wire (short story)"])
He considered edible ball bearings to be a "masterpiece", (TV: Fear Her [+]Loading...["Fear Her (TV story)"]) and liked bananas, (TV: The Girl in the Fireplace [+]Loading...["The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)"]) but disliked spinach, (PROSE: Martha in the Mirror [+]Loading...["Martha in the Mirror (novel)"]) and pears. (PROSE: The Taking of Chelsea 426 [+]Loading...["The Taking of Chelsea 426 (novel)"]) He took two sugars in his tea, (PROSE: Ghosts of India [+]Loading...["Ghosts of India (novel)"]) with Earl Grey "with a dash of milk" being his preference. (PROSE: Autonomy [+]Loading...["Autonomy (novel)"])
While he was unsure about his religious beliefs, the Doctor stated he kept travelling in order to be proved wrong. (TV: The Satan Pit [+]Loading...["The Satan Pit (TV story)"]) He viewed life as being "meaningless" if it was built on the suffering of others, (TV: New Earth [+]Loading...["New Earth (TV story)"]) and that people made life worth living, (TV: The Age of Steel [+]Loading...["The Age of Steel (TV story)"]) with a long life leading one to become tired of everything and ending up alone. (TV: The Lazarus Experiment [+]Loading...["The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)"]) He also thought books to be the "best weapons in the world". (TV: Tooth and Claw [+]Loading...["Tooth and Claw (TV story)"])
The TARDIS believed the Tenth Doctor was "afraid of Death". (PROSE: What the TARDIS thought of "Time Lord Victorious" [+]Loading...["What the TARDIS thought of \"Time Lord Victorious\" (short story)"]) When asked his thoughts on the dead returning as ghosts, the Doctor called the scenario "horrific", (TV: Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"]) and was likewise unnerved by the idea of humans achieving immortality, (TV: The Lazarus Experiment [+]Loading...["The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)"]) describing the fact that Jack Harkness was a living fixed point in time as being "wrong". (TV: Utopia [+]Loading...["Utopia (TV story)"])
While he thought death gave life "size", (TV: Silence in the Library [+]Loading...["Silence in the Library (TV story)"]) the Tenth Doctor always attempted to solve a situation without violence, (TV: The Sound of Drums [+]Loading...["The Sound of Drums (TV story)"], The Doctor's Daughter [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)"], Dreamland [+]Loading...["Dreamland (TV story)"], The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"]) which strained his working relationship with UNIT, with him being against their military methods. (TV: The Sontaran Stratagem [+]Loading...["The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)"], The Poison Sky [+]Loading...["The Poison Sky (TV story)"]) He also disapproved of his friends using violence, (TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"], Utopia [+]Loading...["Utopia (TV story)"], The Doctor's Daughter [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)"], The Unicorn and the Wasp [+]Loading...["The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)"], Journey's End [+]Loading...["Journey's End (TV story)"], The Next Doctor [+]Loading...["The Next Doctor (TV story)"]) and would make himself an enemy of those who would kill without proper cause. (TV: The Age of Steel [+]Loading...["The Age of Steel (TV story)"], The Doctor's Daughter [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)"], Midnight [+]Loading...["Midnight (TV story)"]) However, he would resort to lethal means of dispatching his enemies if no alternative could be found. (TV: School Reunion [+]Loading...["School Reunion (TV story)"], The Age of Steel [+]Loading...["The Age of Steel (TV story)"], Love & Monsters [+]Loading...["Love & Monsters (TV story)"], The Runaway Bride [+]Loading...["The Runaway Bride (TV story)"], Smith and Jones [+]Loading...["Smith and Jones (TV story)"], The Next Doctor [+]Loading...["The Next Doctor (TV story)"])
The Doctor refused to take up a weapon against an enemy, believing it cowardly to do so, (PROSE: Made of Steel [+]Loading...["Made of Steel (novel)"]) repeatedly refusing even when offered one by UNIT while attacking the Sontarans. (TV: The Poison Sky [+]Loading...["The Poison Sky (TV story)"]) 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 [+]Loading...["Made of Steel (novel)"]) He was also tempted to execute General Cobb for the murder of Jenny, but ultimately decided against it. (TV: The Doctor's Daughter [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)"]) During the Kotturuh crisis, the Doctor very reluctantly accepted control of the Victis Fleet after Brian made him its admiral to fight the Kotturuh. (PROSE: The Knight, The Fool and The Dead [+]Loading...["The Knight, The Fool and The Dead (novel)"]) 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 [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"]) 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 [+]Loading...["Journey's End (TV story)"]) 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 [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"])
He knew when it was time to focus on the task at hand instead of trying to save someone, and would encourage others to mourn only when they were out of danger, (TV: The Age of Steel [+]Loading...["The Age of Steel (TV story)"], Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"], Voyage of the Damned [+]Loading...["Voyage of the Damned (TV story)"]) as well as focus on the "big picture" instead of focusing on minor problems. (TV: The Runaway Bride [+]Loading...["The Runaway Bride (TV story)"]) He likewise had little patience for those who tried to deny the situation around them, (TV: Smith and Jones [+]Loading...["Smith and Jones (TV story)"]) and those who would bully those weaker than them. (TV: Voyage of the Damned [+]Loading...["Voyage of the Damned (TV story)"])
The Doctor had an adamant hatred for "funny robots", feeling that people "dressing them up and giving them silly voices" had "[reduced] them" from regular robots, though he had a soft spot for robot dogs, (TV: The Waters of Mars [+]Loading...["The Waters of Mars (TV story)"]) such as K9, (TV: School Reunion [+]Loading...["School Reunion (TV story)"]) and still made an effort to protect the robots he disliked, such as ensuring that Gadget was saved from the Flood. (TV: The Waters of Mars [+]Loading...["The Waters of Mars (TV story)"])
The Tenth Doctor saw time as existing in an infinite temporal flux, with most events in history being subjectable to change in the same vein as Back to the Future. (TV: The Shakespeare Code [+]Loading...["The Shakespeare Code (TV story)"]) However, he knew that "tiny [and] precious moments" existed that "[had] to stand" as fixed points in time, (TV: The Waters of Mars [+]Loading...["The Waters of Mars (TV story)"]) and tried to avoid them when he could, as he knew they were not to be disturbed, (TV: The Fires of Pompeii [+]Loading...["The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)"]) 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 [+]Loading...["The Waters of Mars (TV story)"]) While he knew "crossing into established events [was] strictly forbidden", he would use his TARDIS to perform "cheap tricks." (TV: Smith and Jones [+]Loading...["Smith and Jones (TV story)"])
The Tenth Doctor was particularly fond of his fifth incarnation, though he gently mocked him for wearing celery. However, the Tenth Doctor expressed that he enjoyed his fifth incarnation enough to take certain traits from him, such as wearing glasses to "look a bit clever", converse shoes and the way his voice went squeaky with excitement. (TV: Time Crash [+]Loading...["Time Crash (TV story)"]) He also considered the Third Doctor to be "brilliant". (COMIC: The Lost Dimension [+]Loading...["The Lost Dimension (comic story)"]) Initially, he was fearful of his war incarnation, but soon grew to greatly respect him for the impossible choices he had to make during the Time War. He admitted that it was as "an honour and a privilege" to work alongside him and his eleventh incarnation to save Gallifrey. (TV: The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"]) The Tenth Doctor held a rather low opinion of his ninth incarnation, considering him to be violent due to being "born in battle". (TV: Journey's End [+]Loading...["Journey's End (TV story)"]) Nonetheless, he mused along with his twelfth incarnation that the Ninth Doctor was nothing short of "fantastic". (COMIC: Four Doctors [+]Loading...["Four Doctors (comic story)"])
When it came to his future incarnations, the Tenth Doctor was often suspicious of them, (TV: The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"]) in part because of his meeting with Jackson Lake. (COMIC: Four Doctors [+]Loading...["Four Doctors (comic story)"]) He would often seek conformation of their identities by comparing their sonic screwdrivers, (TV: The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"]) or would scan them with the screwdriver himself. (COMIC: Four Doctors [+]Loading...["Four Doctors (comic story)"]) 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 [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"])
Because he thought he couldn't exist due to their limited number of regenerations left, the Tenth Doctor was very cold and argumentative with the Twelfth Doctor, even calling him an "abomination" and briefly accused him of being the Valeyard, though they were able to work together when their companions and the Eleventh Doctor acted as mediators. (COMIC: Four Doctors [+]Loading...["Four Doctors (comic story)"]) When the Tenth Doctor met his twelfth incarnation at St Luke's University, he was more open to the idea of him, even calling him "brilliant" upon discovering his identity, though he lamented how elderly the Twelfth Doctor appeared. (COMIC: The Lost Dimension [+]Loading...["The Lost Dimension (comic story)"])
The Ninth Doctor thought his tenth incarnation was "fantastic" for how much he had changed since the Time War. The Tenth Doctor was met with similar affections by his second and fifth incarnations, while the First Doctor referred to him as "infantile" and the Third Doctor dismissed his intelligence. (COMIC: The Forgotten [+]Loading...["The Forgotten (comic story)"])
The Tenth Doctor enjoyed teasing his friends, (TV: School Reunion [+]Loading...["School Reunion (TV story)"], Rise of the Cybermen [+]Loading...["Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)"], The Runaway Bride [+]Loading...["The Runaway Bride (TV story)"]) and was not above being sarcastic to them. (TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"], Smith and Jones [+]Loading...["Smith and Jones (TV story)"], The Shakespeare Code [+]Loading...["The Shakespeare Code (TV story)"]) He continued his previous incarnation's habit of teasing and making fun of Jackie Tyler, though generally in a more playful fashion. (TV: Born Again [+]Loading...["Born Again (TV story)"], The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"], Tooth and Claw [+]Loading...["Tooth and Claw (TV story)"], The Idiot's Lantern [+]Loading...["The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)"], Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"]) He also had a noticeably more positive relationship with Mickey Smith than his predecessor, treating him as more of an equal and friend, (TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"], The Age of Steel [+]Loading...["The Age of Steel (TV story)"], Doomsday [+]Loading...["Doomsday (TV story)"]) though he occasionally relapsed into making fun of him or being dismissive. (TV: School Reunion [+]Loading...["School Reunion (TV story)"], The Girl in the Fireplace [+]Loading...["The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)"], Rise of the Cybermen [+]Loading...["Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)"]) The Doctor also prodded at Jack Harkness after they reunited, resuming his habit of telling Jack to "stop it" whenever he said hello to someone, which he saw as Jack's way of flirting with them. (TV: Utopia [+]Loading...["Utopia (TV story)"]) The Doctor referred to Donna Noble as his best friend, and had a great respect for her grandfather, Wilfred Mott, thinking of him as a kindred spirit, as he was also aged and experienced, yet energetic and unwilling to commit violence against others. The Doctor also stated that he felt it an honour to know Wilf, and claimed he would have been proud if he was his father. (TV: The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"])
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 [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"], Utopia [+]Loading...["Utopia (TV story)"]) 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 [+]Loading...["The Age of Steel (TV story)"]) 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 [+]Loading...["The Impossible Planet (TV story)"]) 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 [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"]) However, he was not blind to their flaws, (TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"], The Age of Steel [+]Loading...["The Age of Steel (TV story)"], Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"], 42 [+]Loading...["42 (TV story)"]) and was aware of his tendency to forget that humanity could be "stupid, stubborn and fail to learn from [their] mistakes". (PROSE: Wetworld [+]Loading...["Wetworld (novel)"]) 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 [+]Loading...["Planet of the Ood (TV story)"])
The Tenth Doctor engaged in romantic situations far more frequently than his other incarnations, (TV: The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"]) even falling in love with Rose Tyler. (AUDIO: Table for Two, Dinner for One [+]Loading...["Table for Two, Dinner for One (audio story)"]) However, he found himself unable to explicitly describe these feelings, struggling with saying such things aloud. (TV: School Reunion [+]Loading...["School Reunion (TV story)"], The Satan Pit [+]Loading...["The Satan Pit (TV story)"], Doomsday [+]Loading...["Doomsday (TV story)"]) In the end, it was the Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor that revealed the Doctor's feelings for her. (TV: Journey's End [+]Loading...["Journey's End (TV story)"]) He also developed a romantic relationship with Madame de Pompadour. (TV: The Girl in the Fireplace [+]Loading...["The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)"]) Others who wanted to engage him romantically included Martha Jones, (TV: Human Nature [+]Loading...["Human Nature (TV story)"]) Jack Harkness, (TV: The Sound of Drums [+]Loading...["The Sound of Drums (TV story)"]) Astrid Peth, (TV: Voyage of the Damned [+]Loading...["Voyage of the Damned (TV story)"]) Clare Pope, (TV: Partners in Crime [+]Loading...["Partners in Crime (TV story)"]) River Song, (TV: Silence in the Library [+]Loading...["Silence in the Library (TV story)"]) Christina de Souza, (TV: Planet of the Dead [+]Loading...["Planet of the Dead (TV story)"]) Minnie Hooper, (TV: The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"]) and Elizabeth I. (TV: The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"]) Joan Redfern became romantically involved with his human identity, but viewed the Doctor himself as merely a look-a-like of John. (TV: The Family of Blood [+]Loading...["The Family of Blood (TV story)"])
While he acknowledged that "children [could] be cruel", (PROSE: The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage [+]Loading...["The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage (short story)"]) the Tenth Doctor showed parental compassion towards the children he encountered, engaging in friendly conversations with a young Reinette and protecting her from a Clockwork Droid, (TV: The Girl in the Fireplace [+]Loading...["The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)"]) giving Tim Latimer his fob watch as a memento of their adventure together, (TV: The Family of Blood [+]Loading...["The Family of Blood (TV story)"]) and complimenting the Bannerman Road gang while they were under his care in his battle with the Trickster. (TV: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith [+]Loading...["The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)"]) While the Doctor showed little remorse in having to kill the Racnoss children to save the human race, (TV: The Runaway Bride [+]Loading...["The Runaway Bride (TV story)"]) he showed compassion towards the young Adipose, deeming them innocent to their parents' crimes. (TV: Partners in Crime [+]Loading...["Partners in Crime (TV story)"])
While the Tenth Doctor held a strong hatred for the Daleks, (TV: Daleks in Manhattan [+]Loading...["Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)"]) his approach to them was to act dismissive instead of showing his rage, (TV: Doomsday [+]Loading...["Doomsday (TV story)"], Evolution of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)"], Journey's End [+]Loading...["Journey's End (TV story)"]) though he reluctantly admired the Cult of Skaro for attempting to think "above and beyond the Emperor himself", (TV: Doomsday [+]Loading...["Doomsday (TV story)"]) 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 [+]Loading...["Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)"]) 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 [+]Loading...["All Flesh is Grass (novel)"]) 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 [+]Loading...["The Stolen Earth (TV story)"]) 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 [+]Loading...["Journey's End (TV story)"])
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 [+]Loading...["The Age of Steel (TV story)"]) He also dismissed the Sontarans' ATMOS Stratagem as dishonourable, mocking General Staal for avoiding combat in favour of using clone feed. (TV: The Poison Sky [+]Loading...["The Poison Sky (TV story)"])
The Tenth Doctor expressed pity for the Saxon Master, (TV: Last of the Time Lords [+]Loading...["Last of the Time Lords (TV story)"]) wanting to convince him that they could live together and "see" the universe rather than "own" it, going as far as to offer to help cure the Master's insanity. (TV: The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"]) He even pledged to support the Master in his goals to conquer the universe in return for leaving Earth alone, but the Master refused. (TV: The Sound of Drums [+]Loading...["The Sound of Drums (TV story)"])
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 [+]Loading...["The Family of Blood (TV story)"]) a sentiment that Wilfred Mott also expressed. (TV: The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"]) While Valerie Brannigan dismissed him as "insane", Thomas Kincade Brannigan commented that the Doctor was "that, and a bit magnificent." (TV: Gridlock [+]Loading...["Gridlock (TV story)"])
Donna Noble described him as "dazzling", (TV: The Sontaran Stratagem [+]Loading...["The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)"]) with Rose viewing him as being more carefree than his ninth incarnation (PROSE: He's Behind You [+]Loading...["He's Behind You (short story)"]) and Jack believing him to have become "cheeky" in his new incarnation. (TV: Utopia [+]Loading...["Utopia (TV story)"]) Clara Oswald, when distinguishing him from his other incarnations, described the Tenth Doctor as "the hero", (TV: The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"]) while Adam Mitchell identified the Tenth Doctor as the "Oncoming Storm" in comparison to his other incarnations. (COMIC: Unnatural Selection [+]Loading...["Unnatural Selection (comic story)"]) 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 [+]Loading...["All Flesh is Grass (novel)"])
Having experienced a similar process as John Smith, (TV: The Family of Blood [+]Loading...["The Family of Blood (TV story)"]) 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 his severed hand after being shot by a Dalek. (TV: Journey's End [+]Loading...["Journey's End (TV story)"]) He commented that regeneration was not a rebirth, but the death of himself. (TV: The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"]) When Carmen prophesied his "song ending", the Doctor reacted with stunned silence, (TV: Planet of the Dead [+]Loading...["Planet of the Dead (TV story)"]) and later became emotionally distressed when Ood Sigma heralded his demise. (TV: The Waters of Mars [+]Loading...["The Waters of Mars (TV story)"]) When death seemed a certainty, he chose to think of the children the War Doctor had killed on Gallifrey when he destroyed it as his last thoughts. (PROSE: The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)"])
When he realised he would have to sacrifice his life to save Wilfred Mott from the radiation of the Immortality Gate after thwarting Rassilon's Ultimate Sanction, the Doctor at first had a tantrum about how his "reward" was "not fair" and was tempted to let Wilf die when he requested it, but ultimately decided to fulfil Carmen's prophecy and save Wilf. (TV: The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"]) While he put on a brave face for Rose, Jack and Donna during his aborted regeneration, (TV: The Stolen Earth [+]Loading...["The Stolen Earth (TV story)"]) when his time finally came, the Doctor instead stated his reluctance to "go", and regenerated with tears in his eyes, afraid and alone. (TV: The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"])
Habits and quirks[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Tenth Doctor spoke in an accent described by George Litefoot as "a kind of cultured cockney, flecked with hints of Scots", (AUDIO: The Jago & Litefoot Revival [+]Loading...["The Jago & Litefoot Revival (audio story)"]) which the Eleventh Doctor compared to the voice of Dick Van Dyke, (TV: The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"]) and Mickey Smith thought that the Doctor might have picked up from Rose, (PROSE: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (novelisation)"]) with the Doctor himself once mentioning that he picked up his accent from the Powell Estate. (COMIC: Silver Scream [+]Loading...["Silver Scream (comic story)"]) His voice tended to peak in high tones when expressing excitement, (TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"], New Earth [+]Loading...["New Earth (TV story)"], 42 [+]Loading...["42 (TV story)"], Time Crash [+]Loading...["Time Crash (TV story)"], Planet of the Ood [+]Loading...["Planet of the Ood (TV story)"])
The Tenth Doctor was fond of the French word, "Allons-y!", (TV: Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"], Evolution of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)"], 42 [+]Loading...["42 (TV story)"], Voyage of the Damned [+]Loading...["Voyage of the Damned (TV story)"], The Fires of Pompeii [+]Loading...["The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)"], Midnight [+]Loading...["Midnight (TV story)"], The Next Doctor [+]Loading...["The Next Doctor (TV story)"], Planet of the Dead [+]Loading...["Planet of the Dead (TV story)"], The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith [+]Loading...["The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)"], Dreamland [+]Loading...["Dreamland (TV story)"], The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"], The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"]) describing it to Addams as a word of "consolation to the soul in times of need". (TV: The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"]) Other favoured phrases of his were "blimey", (TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"], Fear Her [+]Loading...["Fear Her (TV story)"], The Runaway Bride [+]Loading...["The Runaway Bride (TV story)"], Evolution of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)"], 42 [+]Loading...["42 (TV story)"], Utopia [+]Loading...["Utopia (TV story)"], Voyage of the Damned [+]Loading...["Voyage of the Damned (TV story)"], The Fires of Pompeii [+]Loading...["The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)"], Journey's End [+]Loading...["Journey's End (TV story)"], The Waters of Mars [+]Loading...["The Waters of Mars (TV story)"], The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"]) and "Molto bene". (TV: The Runaway Bride [+]Loading...["The Runaway Bride (TV story)"], The Family of Blood [+]Loading...["The Family of Blood (TV story)"], Planet of the Ood [+]Loading...["Planet of the Ood (TV story)"], Midnight [+]Loading...["Midnight (TV story)"], The Waters of Mars [+]Loading...["The Waters of Mars (TV story)"])
While attempting to explain something, he would often interrupt himself with a, "well...", and further elaborate what it was he was talking about. (TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"], Tooth and Claw [+]Loading...["Tooth and Claw (TV story)"], The Girl in the Fireplace [+]Loading...["The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)"], The Age of Steel [+]Loading...["The Age of Steel (TV story)"], Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"], The Runaway Bride [+]Loading...["The Runaway Bride (TV story)"], Smith and Jones [+]Loading...["Smith and Jones (TV story)"], Blink [+]Loading...["Blink (TV story)"], Utopia [+]Loading...["Utopia (TV story)"], The Sound of Drums [+]Loading...["The Sound of Drums (TV story)"], Time Crash [+]Loading...["Time Crash (TV story)"], Voyage of the Damned [+]Loading...["Voyage of the Damned (TV story)"], Partners in Crime [+]Loading...["Partners in Crime (TV story)"], The Fires of Pompeii [+]Loading...["The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)"], The Poison Sky [+]Loading...["The Poison Sky (TV story)"], The Doctor's Daughter [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)"], The Unicorn and the Wasp [+]Loading...["The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)"], Forest of the Dead [+]Loading...["Forest of the Dead (TV story)"], Journey's End [+]Loading...["Journey's End (TV story)"]) When discouraging his companions from mimicking accents or trying the local lingo, the Doctor would utter a gentle, "No, no, don't do that". (TV: Tooth and Claw [+]Loading...["Tooth and Claw (TV story)"], The Shakespeare Code [+]Loading...["The Shakespeare Code (TV story)"], The Infinite Quest [+]Loading...["The Infinite Quest (TV story)"], The Unicorn and the Wasp [+]Loading...["The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)"])
The Doctor often remarked that exotic technology or life was "beautiful" or "brilliant" and was genuinely enthralled by such discoveries, sometimes to the extent that he placed himself in danger just to admire them. (TV: Tooth and Claw [+]Loading...["Tooth and Claw (TV story)"]) Like his seventh incarnation, he would insist he was "always all right", even when all evidence pointed to the contrary. (TV: The Girl in the Fireplace [+]Loading...["The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)"], Forest of the Dead [+]Loading...["Forest of the Dead (TV story)"]) An apologetic incarnation, the Tenth Doctor also made use of the phrase, "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry". (TV: New Earth [+]Loading...["New Earth (TV story)"], The Age of Steel [+]Loading...["The Age of Steel (TV story)"], The Impossible Planet [+]Loading...["The Impossible Planet (TV story)"], Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"], Last of the Time Lords [+]Loading...["Last of the Time Lords (TV story)"], The Poison Sky [+]Loading...["The Poison Sky (TV story)"], Silence in the Library [+]Loading...["Silence in the Library (TV story)"])
Another favoured exclamation of his was, "Oh, yes!", which he would say in moments of gleeful realisation, (TV: The Satan Pit [+]Loading...["The Satan Pit (TV story)"], Doomsday [+]Loading...["Doomsday (TV story)"], The Shakespeare Code [+]Loading...["The Shakespeare Code (TV story)"], The Infinite Quest [+]Loading...["The Infinite Quest (TV story)"], The Sound of Drums [+]Loading...["The Sound of Drums (TV story)"], Voyage of the Damned [+]Loading...["Voyage of the Damned (TV story)"], Partners in Crime [+]Loading...["Partners in Crime (TV story)"], Planet of the Ood [+]Loading...["Planet of the Ood (TV story)"], Planet of the Dead [+]Loading...["Planet of the Dead (TV story)"], The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"]) when angered or disturbed greatly, (TV: Evolution of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)"], The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"]) or simply as a response to something. (TV: The Age of Steel [+]Loading...["The Age of Steel (TV story)"], Smith and Jones [+]Loading...["Smith and Jones (TV story)"], Evolution of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)"], Utopia [+]Loading...["Utopia (TV story)"], Time Crash [+]Loading...["Time Crash (TV story)"], Voyage of the Damned [+]Loading...["Voyage of the Damned (TV story)"], Partners in Crime [+]Loading...["Partners in Crime (TV story)"], The Fires of Pompeii [+]Loading...["The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)"], The Doctor's Daughter [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)"])
When he was faced with an occurrence that dumbfounded him, the Doctor would repeatedly say, "What?", looking increasingly astonished with each repetition. (TV: Doomsday [+]Loading...["Doomsday (TV story)"], The Shakespeare Code [+]Loading...["The Shakespeare Code (TV story)"], Last of the Time Lords [+]Loading...["Last of the Time Lords (TV story)"], Time Crash [+]Loading...["Time Crash (TV story)"], The Poison Sky [+]Loading...["The Poison Sky (TV story)"], Music of the Spheres [+]Loading...["Music of the Spheres (TV story)"]) He would also dismiss things with a loud exclamation of, "Nah." (TV: The Girl in the Fireplace [+]Loading...["The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)"], The Idiot's Lantern [+]Loading...["The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)"], Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"], Gridlock [+]Loading...["Gridlock (TV story)"], The Poison Sky [+]Loading...["The Poison Sky (TV story)"], Silence in the Library [+]Loading...["Silence in the Library (TV story)"], Midnight [+]Loading...["Midnight (TV story)"], Music of the Spheres [+]Loading...["Music of the Spheres (TV story)"], The Waters of Mars [+]Loading...["The Waters of Mars (TV story)"])
When he discovered something that disagreed with his knowledge, he would usually utter, "it can't be", (TV: School Reunion [+]Loading...["School Reunion (TV story)"], The Impossible Planet [+]Loading...["The Impossible Planet (TV story)"], The Runaway Bride [+]Loading...["The Runaway Bride (TV story)"], Utopia [+]Loading...["Utopia (TV story)"], The Sound of Drums [+]Loading...["The Sound of Drums (TV story)"], The Stolen Earth [+]Loading...["The Stolen Earth (TV story)"]) and would frequently describe something that dumbfounded him as "impossible". (TV: New Earth [+]Loading...["New Earth (TV story)"], Rise of the Cybermen [+]Loading...["Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)"], The Impossible Planet [+]Loading...["The Impossible Planet (TV story)"], The Satan Pit [+]Loading...["The Satan Pit (TV story)"], Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"], Doomsday [+]Loading...["Doomsday (TV story)"], The Runaway Bride [+]Loading...["The Runaway Bride (TV story)"], The Stolen Earth [+]Loading...["The Stolen Earth (TV story)"]) Like his previous incarnation, the Doctor occasionally used "hell" as an intensive. (TV: Tooth and Claw [+]Loading...["Tooth and Claw (TV story)"], The Age of Steel [+]Loading...["The Age of Steel (TV story)"], The Idiot's Lantern [+]Loading...["The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)"], Fear Her [+]Loading...["Fear Her (TV story)"], Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"], The Runaway Bride [+]Loading...["The Runaway Bride (TV story)"], Smith and Jones [+]Loading...["Smith and Jones (TV story)"], Partners in Crime [+]Loading...["Partners in Crime (TV story)"], The Fires of Pompeii [+]Loading...["The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)"], The Next Doctor [+]Loading...["The Next Doctor (TV story)"])
Typically, the Doctor would lean against a surface with his legs stretched out and crossed together, with his arms sometimes folded together, (TV: Partners in Crime [+]Loading...["Partners in Crime (TV story)"], The Next Doctor [+]Loading...["The Next Doctor (TV story)"], The Waters of Mars [+]Loading...["The Waters of Mars (TV story)"]) but he mostly kept his hands in his pockets when in this position. (TV: The Impossible Planet [+]Loading...["The Impossible Planet (TV story)"], Love & Monsters [+]Loading...["Love & Monsters (TV story)"], Smith and Jones [+]Loading...["Smith and Jones (TV story)"], Time Crash [+]Loading...["Time Crash (TV story)"], The Doctor's Daughter [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)"], The Unicorn and the Wasp [+]Loading...["The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)"], The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith [+]Loading...["The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)"]) Indeed, it was extremely rare for the Tenth Doctor to go a whole adventure without once putting his hands in his pockets. (TV: The Satan Pit [+]Loading...["The Satan Pit (TV story)"], Smith and Jones [+]Loading...["Smith and Jones (TV story)"], Blink [+]Loading...["Blink (TV story)"], Time Crash [+]Loading...["Time Crash (TV story)"], The Poison Sky [+]Loading...["The Poison Sky (TV story)"], Midnight [+]Loading...["Midnight (TV story)"], Dreamland [+]Loading...["Dreamland (TV story)"]) He often sat with his feet up and legs stretched out and crossed. (TV: Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"], Last of the Time Lords [+]Loading...["Last of the Time Lords (TV story)"], The Poison Sky [+]Loading...["The Poison Sky (TV story)"], The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"])
He would sometimes pull at his jaw when thinking, (TV: Fear Her [+]Loading...["Fear Her (TV story)"], Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"], Smith and Jones [+]Loading...["Smith and Jones (TV story)"], Evolution of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)"], Utopia [+]Loading...["Utopia (TV story)"], The Sound of Drums [+]Loading...["The Sound of Drums (TV story)"], Last of the Time Lords [+]Loading...["Last of the Time Lords (TV story)"], Voyage of the Damned [+]Loading...["Voyage of the Damned (TV story)"], The Waters of Mars [+]Loading...["The Waters of Mars (TV story)"], The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"]) and often held his arms behind his back, (TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"], Tooth and Claw [+]Loading...["Tooth and Claw (TV story)"], The Idiot's Lantern [+]Loading...["The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)"], The Satan Pit [+]Loading...["The Satan Pit (TV story)"], Fear Her [+]Loading...["Fear Her (TV story)"], Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"], The Runaway Bride [+]Loading...["The Runaway Bride (TV story)"], Smith and Jones [+]Loading...["Smith and Jones (TV story)"], The Family of Blood [+]Loading...["The Family of Blood (TV story)"], The Sound of Drums [+]Loading...["The Sound of Drums (TV story)"], Last of the Time Lords [+]Loading...["Last of the Time Lords (TV story)"], Time Crash [+]Loading...["Time Crash (TV story)"], Voyage of the Damned [+]Loading...["Voyage of the Damned (TV story)"], The Fires of Pompeii [+]Loading...["The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)"], The Sontaran Stratagem [+]Loading...["The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)"], The Doctor's Daughter [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)"], The Unicorn and the Wasp [+]Loading...["The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)"], The Next Doctor [+]Loading...["The Next Doctor (TV story)"], Planet of the Dead [+]Loading...["Planet of the Dead (TV story)"], The Waters of Mars [+]Loading...["The Waters of Mars (TV story)"], Dreamland [+]Loading...["Dreamland (TV story)"]) or casually had his arms folded. (TV: Born Again [+]Loading...["Born Again (TV story)"], School Reunion [+]Loading...["School Reunion (TV story)"], Rise of the Cybermen [+]Loading...["Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)"], The Age of Steel [+]Loading...["The Age of Steel (TV story)"], The Idiot's Lantern [+]Loading...["The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)"], Fear Her [+]Loading...["Fear Her (TV story)"], Doomsday [+]Loading...["Doomsday (TV story)"], Smith and Jones [+]Loading...["Smith and Jones (TV story)"], The Infinite Quest [+]Loading...["The Infinite Quest (TV story)"], The Shakespeare Code [+]Loading...["The Shakespeare Code (TV story)"], Evolution of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)"], The Lazarus Experiment [+]Loading...["The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)"], 42 [+]Loading...["42 (TV story)"], The Sound of Drums [+]Loading...["The Sound of Drums (TV story)"], Last of the Time Lords [+]Loading...["Last of the Time Lords (TV story)"], The Fires of Pompeii [+]Loading...["The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)"], Planet of the Ood [+]Loading...["Planet of the Ood (TV story)"], The Sontaran Stratagem [+]Loading...["The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)"], Silence in the Library [+]Loading...["Silence in the Library (TV story)"], The Waters of Mars [+]Loading...["The Waters of Mars (TV story)"], The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"], The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"])
The Doctor would scratch the back of his head when thinking, (TV: New Earth [+]Loading...["New Earth (TV story)"], Tooth and Claw [+]Loading...["Tooth and Claw (TV story)"], The Impossible Planet [+]Loading...["The Impossible Planet (TV story)"], Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"], Doomsday [+]Loading...["Doomsday (TV story)"], The Runaway Bride [+]Loading...["The Runaway Bride (TV story)"], Smith and Jones [+]Loading...["Smith and Jones (TV story)"], Gridlock [+]Loading...["Gridlock (TV story)"], Human Nature [+]Loading...["Human Nature (TV story)"], Voyage of the Damned [+]Loading...["Voyage of the Damned (TV story)"], Partners in Crime [+]Loading...["Partners in Crime (TV story)"], Forest of the Dead [+]Loading...["Forest of the Dead (TV story)"], Midnight [+]Loading...["Midnight (TV story)"], The Stolen Earth [+]Loading...["The Stolen Earth (TV story)"]) embarrassed, (TV: The Age of Steel [+]Loading...["The Age of Steel (TV story)"], The Runaway Bride [+]Loading...["The Runaway Bride (TV story)"], The Sontaran Stratagem [+]Loading...["The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)"], Silence in the Library [+]Loading...["Silence in the Library (TV story)"]) or when reluctantly admitting fault. (TV: The Poison Sky [+]Loading...["The Poison Sky (TV story)"]) He was also known to run his hands through his hair when feeling intense. (TV: New Earth [+]Loading...["New Earth (TV story)"], Tooth and Claw [+]Loading...["Tooth and Claw (TV story)"], Smith and Jones [+]Loading...["Smith and Jones (TV story)"], Evolution of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)"], The Sound of Drums [+]Loading...["The Sound of Drums (TV story)"], The Poison Sky [+]Loading...["The Poison Sky (TV story)"], The Stolen Earth [+]Loading...["The Stolen Earth (TV story)"], The Waters of Mars [+]Loading...["The Waters of Mars (TV story)"], The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"])
He also made a habit of scratching around his left ear, (TV: New Earth [+]Loading...["New Earth (TV story)"], The Girl in the Fireplace [+]Loading...["The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)"], The Idiot's Lantern [+]Loading...["The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)"], The Impossible Planet [+]Loading...["The Impossible Planet (TV story)"], Love & Monsters [+]Loading...["Love & Monsters (TV story)"], Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"], The Shakespeare Code [+]Loading...["The Shakespeare Code (TV story)"], Daleks in Manhattan [+]Loading...["Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)"], Evolution of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)"], The Lazarus Experiment [+]Loading...["The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)"], Utopia [+]Loading...["Utopia (TV story)"], The Sound of Drums [+]Loading...["The Sound of Drums (TV story)"], Voyage of the Damned [+]Loading...["Voyage of the Damned (TV story)"], Partners in Crime [+]Loading...["Partners in Crime (TV story)"], The Fires of Pompeii [+]Loading...["The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)"], The Next Doctor [+]Loading...["The Next Doctor (TV story)"], Music of the Spheres [+]Loading...["Music of the Spheres (TV story)"], Planet of the Dead [+]Loading...["Planet of the Dead (TV story)"]) crouching down with his elbows rested on his knees, (TV: New Earth [+]Loading...["New Earth (TV story)"], The Girl in the Fireplace [+]Loading...["The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)"], Rise of the Cybermen [+]Loading...["Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)"], Fear Her [+]Loading...["Fear Her (TV story)"], Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"], Smith and Jones [+]Loading...["Smith and Jones (TV story)"], Gridlock [+]Loading...["Gridlock (TV story)"], Daleks in Manhattan [+]Loading...["Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)"], Evolution of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)"], The Lazarus Experiment [+]Loading...["The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)"], Silence in the Library [+]Loading...["Silence in the Library (TV story)"], Midnight [+]Loading...["Midnight (TV story)"], The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith [+]Loading...["The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)"], Dreamland [+]Loading...["Dreamland (TV story)"], The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"]) and raising his left eyebrow. (TV: Smith and Jones [+]Loading...["Smith and Jones (TV story)"], Gridlock [+]Loading...["Gridlock (TV story)"], Daleks in Manhattan [+]Loading...["Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)"], The Infinite Quest [+]Loading...["The Infinite Quest (TV story)"], Voyage of the Damned [+]Loading...["Voyage of the Damned (TV story)"], Partners in Crime [+]Loading...["Partners in Crime (TV story)"], The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith [+]Loading...["The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)"], The Waters of Mars [+]Loading...["The Waters of Mars (TV story)"], The Doctor and the Reindeer [+]Loading...["The Doctor and the Reindeer (TV story)"])
He would stare longingly with a look of despair when depressed, (TV: The Girl in the Fireplace [+]Loading...["The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)"], Doomsday [+]Loading...["Doomsday (TV story)"], The Runaway Bride [+]Loading...["The Runaway Bride (TV story)"], Voyage of the Damned [+]Loading...["Voyage of the Damned (TV story)"], The Doctor's Daughter [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)"], Forest of the Dead [+]Loading...["Forest of the Dead (TV story)"], Journey's End [+]Loading...["Journey's End (TV story)"], The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"]) or in deep thought. (TV: 42 [+]Loading...["42 (TV story)"], The Unicorn and the Wasp [+]Loading...["The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)"], Midnight [+]Loading...["Midnight (TV story)"], The Stolen Earth [+]Loading...["The Stolen Earth (TV story)"], Planet of the Dead [+]Loading...["Planet of the Dead (TV story)"], The Waters of Mars [+]Loading...["The Waters of Mars (TV story)"], The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"])
The Tenth Doctor was a foodie, often taking the time to snack on food and drink during his adventures. (TV: School Reunion [+]Loading...["School Reunion (TV story)"], The Girl in the Fireplace [+]Loading...["The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)"], The Idiot's Lantern [+]Loading...["The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)"], Fear Her [+]Loading...["Fear Her (TV story)"], The Lazarus Experiment [+]Loading...["The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)"], The Unicorn and the Wasp [+]Loading...["The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)"], Midnight [+]Loading...["Midnight (TV story)"], Turn Left [+]Loading...["Turn Left (TV story)"], The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"]) He often talked about favourite foods and recipes, and wasn't afraid to try something new, such as seaweed truffles. (PROSE: Martha in the Mirror [+]Loading...["Martha in the Mirror (novel)"])
The Doctor was an aficionado of twentieth century culture and made frequent references to movies, shows, books and songs from that era, (TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"], The Idiot's Lantern [+]Loading...["The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)"], Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"], The Shakespeare Code [+]Loading...["The Shakespeare Code (TV story)"], 42 [+]Loading...["42 (TV story)"]) though did not understand certain remarks, such as being called a "science geek". (TV: The Lazarus Experiment [+]Loading...["The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)"]) He was also fond of rock-and-roll, attempting to take Rose to see concerts by both Ian Dury and Elvis Presley. (TV: Tooth and Claw [+]Loading...["Tooth and Claw (TV story)"], The Idiot's Lantern [+]Loading...["The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)"])
He would cup his face while sitting,[source needed] jump over obstacles in his path,[source needed] and give of a serious of quick, "no"s, when displeased.[source needed] In times of distress, he would clench his teeth together. (TV: The Lazarus Experiment [+]Loading...["The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)"], The Sound of Drums [+]Loading...["The Sound of Drums (TV story)"], Journey's End [+]Loading...["Journey's End (TV story)"], The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"])
The Tenth Doctor relied heavily upon his sonic screwdriver, pushing it to limits not seen in previous incarnations, (TV: Smith and Jones [+]Loading...["Smith and Jones (TV story)"]) and even chiding the Fifth Doctor for going "hands free". (TV: Time Crash [+]Loading...["Time Crash (TV story)"]) He felt defensive of his sonic screwdriver, debunking Dalek Sec's initial claim that it was a sonic probe in a hurt manner, (TV: Doomsday [+]Loading...["Doomsday (TV story)"]) going as far as to say he "loved" it. (TV: Smith and Jones [+]Loading...["Smith and Jones (TV story)"])
The Doctor also revived the occasional use of a stethoscope in mostly non-medical situations, such as the diagnosis of electronic or mechanical faults or to eavesdrop on others, (TV: Rise of the Cybermen [+]Loading...["Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)"], The Idiot's Lantern [+]Loading...["The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)"], The Runaway Bride [+]Loading...["The Runaway Bride (TV story)"], Daleks in Manhattan [+]Loading...["Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)"], Partners in Crime [+]Loading...["Partners in Crime (TV story)"], Midnight [+]Loading...["Midnight (TV story)"], The Stolen Earth [+]Loading...["The Stolen Earth (TV story)"]) though he did occasionally use it to help with medical needs, (TV: Evolution of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)"], Planet of the Ood [+]Loading...["Planet of the Ood (TV story)"], The Doctor's Daughter [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)"], The Next Doctor [+]Loading...["The Next Doctor (TV story)"]) He used a hammer many times to help him pilot the TARDIS. (TV: Tooth and Claw [+]Loading...["Tooth and Claw (TV story)"], The Runaway Bride [+]Loading...["The Runaway Bride (TV story)"], Partners in Crime [+]Loading...["Partners in Crime (TV story)"], The Sontaran Stratagem [+]Loading...["The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)"])
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Having an "honest face", (TV: Planet of the Dead [+]Loading...["Planet of the Dead (TV story)"]) the Tenth Doctor had a talent for earning people's trust, even with initial animosity, (TV: The Age of Steel [+]Loading...["The Age of Steel (TV story)"], The Impossible Planet [+]Loading...["The Impossible Planet (TV story)"], Dreamland [+]Loading...["Dreamland (TV story)"]) being able to convince complete strangers to reveal secretive information to him, (TV: Rise of the Cybermen [+]Loading...["Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)"], The Age of Steel [+]Loading...["The Age of Steel (TV story)"], The Idiot's Lantern [+]Loading...["The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)"], The Next Doctor [+]Loading...["The Next Doctor (TV story)"]) due to recognising that confused people were more likely to reveal useful information and deliberately keeping them off-balance. (PROSE: The Price of Paradise [+]Loading...["The Price of Paradise (novel)"]) Some would even come to his defence when others thought he was a threat or a nuisance to the public. (TV: Voyage of the Damned [+]Loading...["Voyage of the Damned (TV story)"], The Unicorn and the Wasp [+]Loading...["The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)"], Midnight [+]Loading...["Midnight (TV story)"])
Like his previous incarnation, he had a gift for exerting authority, (TV: New Earth [+]Loading...["New Earth (TV story)"], Tooth and Claw [+]Loading...["Tooth and Claw (TV story)"], The Age of Steel [+]Loading...["The Age of Steel (TV story)"], The Satan Pit [+]Loading...["The Satan Pit (TV story)"], 42 [+]Loading...["42 (TV story)"], Silence in the Library [+]Loading...["Silence in the Library (TV story)"]) with even the most resistant of individuals eventually submitting to his way of thinking, (TV: The Idiot's Lantern [+]Loading...["The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)"], Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"], Voyage of the Damned [+]Loading...["Voyage of the Damned (TV story)"], The Poison Sky [+]Loading...["The Poison Sky (TV story)"]) However, when struggling to solve the issue at hand, people would dismiss his perceived authority as egotistical and actively turn against him. (TV: Midnight [+]Loading...["Midnight (TV story)"]) Adelaide Brooke went so far as to kill herself in defiance to the Doctor's self-declared status as the "Time Lord Victorious", despite him initially convincing her to trust him. (TV: The Waters of Mars [+]Loading...["The Waters of Mars (TV story)"])
Like his previous incarnations, the Tenth Doctor was highly intelligent, being able to figure out solutions to problems even when they were created by an equally intelligent opponent, (TV: School Reunion [+]Loading...["School Reunion (TV story)"], Smith and Jones [+]Loading...["Smith and Jones (TV story)"], The Sound of Drums [+]Loading...["The Sound of Drums (TV story)"]) but mostly improvised his strategies, using the justification that he did it "brilliantly". (TV: The Age of Steel [+]Loading...["The Age of Steel (TV story)"]) He often did mathematical calculations in his head very quickly, making estimates and waiting for those around him to respond, and then giving a very exact answer. (TV: Tooth and Claw [+]Loading...["Tooth and Claw (TV story)"], Doomsday [+]Loading...["Doomsday (TV story)"]) He could recount his steps accurately from memory alone, (TV: Dreamland [+]Loading...["Dreamland (TV story)"]) and even worked out the force that the pull on Krop Tor needed to resist the pull of a black hole in minutes, something that had taken the entire crew on the base years to figure out. (TV: The Impossible Planet [+]Loading...["The Impossible Planet (TV story)"])
The Tenth Doctor was an exceptionally skilled detective, deducing when people had been possessed or replaced, (TV: New Earth [+]Loading...["New Earth (TV story)"], Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"], The Poison Sky [+]Loading...["The Poison Sky (TV story)"], Forest of the Dead [+]Loading...["Forest of the Dead (TV story)"]) picking up on clues that escaped others perception, (TV: The Girl in the Fireplace [+]Loading...["The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)"], The Idiot's Lantern [+]Loading...["The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)"], Fear Her [+]Loading...["Fear Her (TV story)"], Daleks in Manhattan [+]Loading...["Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)"], The Unicorn and the Wasp [+]Loading...["The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)"]) figuring out how to defeat his opponents from little details they gave away or from his surroundings, (TV: The Age of Steel [+]Loading...["The Age of Steel (TV story)"], The Shakespeare Code [+]Loading...["The Shakespeare Code (TV story)"]) and learning the details of a person after getting a brief glimpse at them. (TV: The Idiot's Lantern [+]Loading...["The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)"], Voyage of the Damned [+]Loading...["Voyage of the Damned (TV story)"], The Next Doctor [+]Loading...["The Next Doctor (TV story)"]) His observation skills proved superior to that of the Saxon Master, with him noticing that one of his Master Race guards was Rossiter in disguise due to him being a little too tall to be an exact copy of the Master. (TV: The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"]) Although he could be incorrect on occasion, such as when he continuously thought Queen Elizabeth I was a Zygon. (TV: The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"])
While he had little interest in sport, (AUDIO: Time Reaver [+]Loading...["Time Reaver (audio story)"]) the Tenth Doctor possessed the agility and relaxes of a skilled football player, (COMIC: The Lodger [+]Loading...["The Lodger (comic story)"]) being able to keep ahead of significantly faster opponents with ease. (TV: Tooth and Claw [+]Loading...["Tooth and Claw (TV story)"], The Lazarus Experiment [+]Loading...["The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)"], Planet of the Ood [+]Loading...["Planet of the Ood (TV story)"]) Despite his nimble stature, the Doctor was very strong, managing to easily yank the Sycorax leader's electric whip from his grip and snap it in half, (TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"]) free Morvin Van Hoff from the grip of a damaged Heavenly Host, (TV: Voyage of the Damned [+]Loading...["Voyage of the Damned (TV story)"]) rip off Lucius Petrus Dextrus' stone arm, (TV: The Fires of Pompeii [+]Loading...["The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)"]) hold off a Cyberman with a sword, (TV: The Next Doctor [+]Loading...["The Next Doctor (TV story)"]) and lift a grown woman and throw her away from danger in such a way that she landed on her feet. (COMIC: The Arts in Space [+]Loading...["The Arts in Space (comic story)"]) He could even hold his own weight and manoeuvre across a beam with just his hands gripping to it. (TV: Forest of the Dead [+]Loading...["Forest of the Dead (TV story)"]) However, he could be knocked down from a direct blow to the head, (TV: The Idiot's Lantern [+]Loading...["The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)"], Forest of the Dead [+]Loading...["Forest of the Dead (TV story)"], The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"]) and was unable to escape from the hold of artificial opponents without aid. (TV: Smith and Jones [+]Loading...["Smith and Jones (TV story)"], Voyage of the Damned [+]Loading...["Voyage of the Damned (TV story)"])
The Doctor displayed incredible resilience and resistance to physical pain, (TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"], The Idiot's Lantern [+]Loading...["The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)"], Evolution of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)"], 42 [+]Loading...["42 (TV story)"]) quickly recovering from being knocked unconscious and being able to carry on with the matter at hand with no sign of concussion, (TV: The Idiot's Lantern [+]Loading...["The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)"], The Satan Pit [+]Loading...["The Satan Pit (TV story)"], Evolution of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)"], Forest of the Dead [+]Loading...["Forest of the Dead (TV story)"]) and speedily recovered from being stabbed in his left heart, although he needed Martha to strike his back a few times before he could move properly again. (TV: The Shakespeare Code [+]Loading...["The Shakespeare Code (TV story)"]) He also withstood several electrical attacks from the Saxon Master, was able to get to his feet with only some difficulty after jumping out of a ship and falling through a skylight, and was able to absorb five-hundred-thousand rads of nuclear energy and survive as well, although it was the final straw for his body and triggered his regeneration, but he refused to allow the pain of the regeneration to overwhelm him until he was back in the TARDIS after visiting his old companions. (TV: The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"])
Although he disliked firearms, the Doctor was an extremely good shot with a gun, being able to shoot a White-Point Star from a distance, (TV: The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"]) as well as throw and catch objects with pinpoint accuracy. (TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"], The Age of Steel [+]Loading...["The Age of Steel (TV story)"], The Family of Blood [+]Loading...["The Family of Blood (TV story)"], Utopia [+]Loading...["Utopia (TV story)"], Partners in Crime [+]Loading...["Partners in Crime (TV story)"], The Sontaran Stratagem [+]Loading...["The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)"], The Unicorn and the Wasp [+]Loading...["The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)"]) He was also skilled with a sword, (TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"], The Next Doctor [+]Loading...["The Next Doctor (TV story)"]) having it as his weapon of choice if he had to fight. (TV: The Unicorn and the Wasp [+]Loading...["The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)"]; PROSE: The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage [+]Loading...["The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage (short story)"])
The Tenth Doctor was also a skilled telepath, (TV: The Girl in the Fireplace [+]Loading...["The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)"], Fear Her [+]Loading...["Fear Her (TV story)"], The Shakespeare Code [+]Loading...["The Shakespeare Code (TV story)"], Planet of the Ood [+]Loading...["Planet of the Ood (TV story)"]) being able to wipe Donna Noble's memories, (TV: Journey's End [+]Loading...["Journey's End (TV story)"]) and hide his true name from those who could read minds. (TV: The Shakespeare Code [+]Loading...["The Shakespeare Code (TV story)"]) During the Year That Never Was, he also managed to tune himself into the Archangel Network in his plan to defeat the Master. (TV: Last of the Time Lords [+]Loading...["Last of the Time Lords (TV story)"]) He could also hypnotise people with a Venusian lullaby. (PROSE: Peacemaker [+]Loading...["Peacemaker (novel)"])
The Doctor was able to construct a variant of gadgets and devices from scrap and other items he had on hand, (TV: The Idiot's Lantern [+]Loading...["The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)"], Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"], Daleks in Manhattan [+]Loading...["Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)"], Blink [+]Loading...["Blink (TV story)"], The Sound of Drums [+]Loading...["The Sound of Drums (TV story)"], The Poison Sky [+]Loading...["The Poison Sky (TV story)"], The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"]) and also claimed to be "brilliant" with computers. (TV: Gridlock [+]Loading...["Gridlock (TV story)"]) He was even able to build K9 Mark IV to replace the Mark III after he was destroyed. (TV: School Reunion [+]Loading...["School Reunion (TV story)"])
Having once affirmed he could perform medical procedures himself, the Tenth Doctor was a skilled medic, managing to cure the new humans of their diseases on New Earth, (TV: New Earth [+]Loading...["New Earth (TV story)"]) and also performed surgery on Laszlo that ensuring he lived beyond a Pig slave' life expectancy. (TV: Daleks in Manhattan [+]Loading...["Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)"]) He also briefly sustained the Face of Boe's life to ensure he saw the humans freed from the Motorway. (TV: Gridlock [+]Loading...["Gridlock (TV story)"]) He even used his knowledge to accurately diagnose a man had drowned artificially. (TV: The Shakespeare Code [+]Loading...["The Shakespeare Code (TV story)"])
He also possessed a heightened sense of smell, which he used to tell which time period he was in by smelling the air, (TV: The Unicorn and the Wasp [+]Loading...["The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)"]) and track down the Master. (TV: The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"]) He could determine the properties of an object by taste, (TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"], Tooth and Claw [+]Loading...["Tooth and Claw (TV story)"], The Idiot's Lantern [+]Loading...["The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)"], The Fires of Pompeii [+]Loading...["The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)"], The Unicorn and the Wasp [+]Loading...["The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)"], Planet of the Dead [+]Loading...["Planet of the Dead (TV story)"]) and was said to have acute hearing. (PROSE: In the Blood [+]Loading...["In the Blood (novel)"])
He was a skilled organist. (TV: The Lazarus Experiment [+]Loading...["The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)"])
On several occasions, the Doctor managed to pilot the TARDIS like a standard spaceship rather than simply dematerialising it. (TV: The Satan Pit [+]Loading...["The Satan Pit (TV story)"], The Runaway Bride [+]Loading...["The Runaway Bride (TV story)"], Partners in Crime [+]Loading...["Partners in Crime (TV story)"], The Stolen Earth [+]Loading...["The Stolen Earth (TV story)"]) He was also able to lock the coordinates of the TARDIS with his sonic screwdriver so that it could only travel between two places in time and space. (TV: The Sound of Drums [+]Loading...["The Sound of Drums (TV story)"]) When told by River Song that he would one day be able to command the TARDIS door to open with a snap of his fingers, he found that he did possess such abilities, after initially believing it to be nonsense. (TV: Forest of the Dead [+]Loading...["Forest of the Dead (TV story)"])
He was a skilled pilot, able to take control and navigate a spacecraft through and out of danger. (TV: Voyage of the Damned [+]Loading...["Voyage of the Damned (TV story)"], Dreamland [+]Loading...["Dreamland (TV story)"], The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"]) He could also ride a horse, (TV: The Girl in the Fireplace [+]Loading...["The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)"]) drive a moped, (TV: The Idiot's Lantern [+]Loading...["The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)"]) fly a hot air balloon, (TV: The Next Doctor [+]Loading...["The Next Doctor (TV story)"]) and ride a motorcycle. (COMIC: The Stockbridge Child [+]Loading...["The Stockbridge Child (comic story)"])
Having learned "millions of languages", (PROSE: The Eyeless [+]Loading...["The Eyeless (novel)"]) the Doctor could speak the Pawnee tribal language, (PROSE: Peacemaker [+]Loading...["Peacemaker (novel)"]) Latin, (TV: The Fires of Pompeii [+]Loading...["The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)"]) Judoonese, (TV: The Stolen Earth [+]Loading...["The Stolen Earth (TV story)"]) and Ancient North Martian, (TV: The Waters of Mars [+]Loading...["The Waters of Mars (TV story)"]) as well as the languages of the Sycorax (TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"]) and the Tritovore. (TV: Planet of the Dead [+]Loading...["Planet of the Dead (TV story)"]) However, he had never learned Welsh, believing that he would never have the need to use it. (PROSE: The Eyeless [+]Loading...["The Eyeless (novel)"])
The Tenth Doctor could disguise his scent so that he smelt like a human instead of a Time Lord, (TV: The Family of Blood [+]Loading...["The Family of Blood (TV story)"]) speed read a book, (PROSE: The Price of Paradise [+]Loading...["The Price of Paradise (novel)"]) and use escapology to pinpoint a weak point in his restraints and find the best place to stain against to enable his liberation. (TV: Dreamland [+]Loading...["Dreamland (TV story)"]) He appeared to have the ability to carry a large and diverse number of objects in his pockets, telling Donna Noble that they were "bigger on the inside". (TV: The Runaway Bride [+]Loading...["The Runaway Bride (TV story)"])
The Doctor was able to channel radiation through a body part into his own clothing, although the radiated body part was described by him as being "itchy". (TV: Smith and Jones [+]Loading...["Smith and Jones (TV story)"]) However, he could only do this with a small amount of radiation and the radiation he absorbed to save Wilfred Mott was too much for him and he was forced to regenerate. (TV: The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"]) If poisoned, he could also "stimulate the inhibited enzymes [of cyanide] into reversal" by ingesting ginger beer, a form of protein, salt and receiving a shock. (TV: The Unicorn and the Wasp [+]Loading...["The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)"])
The Doctor also showed an impressive amount of control over his regenerative abilities, more so than his previous incarnations. He was able to heal himself after being shot by a Dalek and then stop himself from changing his form by channelling the regeneration energy into his severed hand. (TV: Journey's End [+]Loading...["Journey's End (TV story)"]) Improving on the control the First Doctor exhibited, (TV: Twice Upon a Time [+]Loading...["Twice Upon a Time (TV story)"]) the Tenth Doctor was also able to resist regenerating long enough to visit his old friends, though this resulted in his regeneration becoming so violent that the TARDIS was set ablaze in the process. (TV: The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"])
