Tenth Doctor: Difference between revisions

The Doctor's human side made him a more loving and fun character to be around, being very much a good friend to all his companions and welcomed anyone with open arms. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lazarus Experiment]]'') He became almost like a family man, especially with the Tyler family. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'') The Doctor had a noticeably more positive relationship with [[Mickey Smith]] than [[Ninth Doctor|his predecessor]], treating him as more of an equal and friend ([[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cyberman]]'', ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|Age of Steel]]'', ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'') He occasionally relapsed though. ([[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]'', ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)|The Girl in the Fireplace]]'') He tended to keep a massive smile on his face and simply enjoyed his journeys through time and space. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars]]'') While previous incarnations intentionally flouted social conventions, the Doctor was genuinely shocked when he realised that he was being rude or uncouth. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'', ''[[Fear Her]]'')

While he seemed to have resolved much of the [[survivor's guilt]] felt previously, the Doctor had begun to feel his age. Beneath his juvenile exterior was an old man who had seen many terrible things and felt a deep loneliness. ([[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion]]'', ''[[The Lazarus Experiment]]'', ''[[Partners in Crime]]'') He felt profound regret for the deaths he'd seen, ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End]]'') with [[the Moment]] referring to him as "the man who regrets". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor]]'') His keen sense of loss led him to empathise with those who had also suffered, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern]]'') and feel driven to prevent death and destruction wherever possible, ([[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'', ''[[Forest of the Dead]]'') having a hard time accepting failure. ([[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'') [[Donna Noble]] noted the reason the Doctor required a companion was to keep him from succumbing to his darker side. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride]]'')

The Doctor's main personality flaw was his ego, with him always trying to take control of situations he found himself in, ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts]]'', ''[[42 (TV story)|42]]'', ''[[Silence in the Library]]'') and feeling it his place to punish those who committed horrific acts. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Family of Blood]]'') He deposed [[Prime Minister]] [[Harriet Jones]], thus negating the "Golden Age" she was destined to achieve, for committing what he saw as an act of murder. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'') Occasionally, he stated himself to be at a higher authority than he actually was, ([[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'', ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'', ''[[The Waters of Mars]]'') and believed himself to often be the smartest being in the room. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Age of Steel]]'', ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]'')

The Doctor engaged in romantic situations far more frequently than his predecessors, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor]]'') falling in love with [[Rose Tyler]]. However, he found himself unable to explicitly describe these feelings, struggling with saying such things aloud. ([[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion]]'', ''[[The Satan Pit]]'', ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'') In the end, it was the [[Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor]] that revealed the Doctor's feelings for her. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End]]'') He also had developed a romantic relationship with [[Madame de Pompadour]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace]]'') Others who tried to engage him romantically included [[Martha Jones]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'', ''[[Last of the Time Lords]]'') [[Jack Harkness]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'') [[Astrid Peth]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'') [[Clare Pope]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Partners in Crime]]'') [[River Song]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library]]'', ''[[Forest of the Dead]]'') [[Christina de Souza]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'') [[Minnie Hooper]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') and [[Elizabeth I]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor]]'') [[Joan Redfern (TV character)|Joan Redfern]] became romantically involved with [[John Smith (Tenth Doctor)|his human identity]], but viewed the Doctor himself as merely a look-a-like of him. ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'', ''[[The Family of Blood]]'')

The Doctor refused to take up a weapon against an enemy, believing it cowardly to do so. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Made of Steel]]'') While previous incarnations had, the Doctor would not, repeatedly refusing even when offered one by UNIT while attacking the [[Sontaran]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Poison Sky]]'') [[Davros]] noted his refusal to take up a gun, but pointed out that he "turned those around him into weapons." ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End]]'') After initially refusing several times to take up [[Wilfred Mott]]'s pistol to save himself and humanity from {{Simm}}, the Doctor changed his mind when he heard that the Time Lords were returning. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') However, during a battle with the [[Cybermen (Pete's World)|Cybermen]], 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]]'') 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]]'')

Much like his [[Fourth Doctor|fourth incarnation]], the Doctor had a great respect for humanity, as well as a great desire to protect it, often noting their importance, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'') 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]]'') He even hugged [[Zachary Cross Flane]], the captain 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]]'') When Wilf said that humanity must look like insects to a Time Lord, the Doctor responded that he thought they looked like giants. He particularly had a great respect for Wilf, 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 (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')

The Ninth Doctor returned the compliment after mentioning how much the Tenth 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 dismissing his intelligence as he'd done with the Fourth Doctor. ([[COMIC]]: [[The Forgotten (comic story)|''The Forgotten'']]) Despite this the Tenth Doctor would later tell [[Gabby Gonzalez]] and [[Cindy Wu]] that he considered the Third Doctor to be brilliant. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Lost Dimension (comic story)|The Lost Dimension]]'')

When it came to his future incarnations, the Doctor was often suspicious of them, ([[TV]]: ''[[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 [[sonic screwdriver]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor]]'') or would scan them with the screwdriver himself. Because of this, he was very cold and argumentative with the [[Twelfth Doctor]], who he thought couldn't exist due to their limited number of regenerations left, and briefly accused him of being [[the Valeyard]]. Their arguing at one point summoned [[Reaper|Reapers]] when their fingers touched, though they were able to work together with their companions and [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnation]] acting as mediators. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Four Doctors (comic story)|Four Doctors]]'')  

[[Tim Latimer]] described the 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 description, Latimer considered the Doctor to be "wonderful," ([[TV]]: ''[[The Family of Blood]]'') a sentiment that [[Wilfred Mott]] also expressed. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') [[Clara Oswald]], when distinguishing him from his other incarnations, described the Tenth Doctor as "the hero." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor]]'')

The Doctor was fond of the [[French]] word, "[[Allons-y]]!", ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'', ''[[Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)|Evolution of the Daleks]]'', ''[[42 (TV story)|42]]'', ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'', ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'', ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]'', ''[[The Next Doctor (TV story)|The Next Doctor]]'', ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'', ''[[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith]]'', ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Jago & Litefoot Revival (audio story)|The Jago & Litefoot Revival]]'') describing it to [[Addams]] as a "word of consolation to the soul in times of need". ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') An apologetic incarnation, the Doctor also made use of the phrase, "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry", ([[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'', ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]'', ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'', ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'', ''[[The Next Doctor (TV story)|The Next Doctor]]'') especially when someone was about to die and he could not save them. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'', ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'', ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'') Another favoured phrase of his was "Molto bene". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'', ''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'', ''[[Planet of the Ood (TV story)|Planet of the Ood]]'', ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]'')

The Doctor was a foodie, having a fondness for many types of food and drink, with his companions being dumbfounded and bemused by his eating habits. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Nightmare of Black Island (novel)|The Nightmare of Black Island]]''; [[TV]]: ''[[The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)|The Lazarus Experiment]]'') Like his predecessor, he had a fondness for bananas, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)|The Girl in the Fireplace]]'') and expressed a fondness for tea. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') He also liked edible ball bearings, stating that they were a "masterpiece". ([[TV]]: ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]'') The Doctor often talked about favourite foods and recipes, and wasn't afraid to try something new, such as [[seaweed]] [[truffle]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Martha in the Mirror (novel)|Martha in the Mirror]]'')

According to Rose, the Doctor tended to stroke the TARDIS console, ([[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]'') and once did just that when the [[Eleventh Doctor]] mocked his predecessor's desktop theme as his "grunge phase". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')

He also continued to heavily use the [[psychic paper]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'', ''[[The Idiot's Lantern]]'', ''[[Fear Her]]'', ''[[The Shakespeare Code]]'', ''[[Evolution of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Infinite Quest]]'', ''[[Partners in Crime]]'', ''[[Planet of the Ood]]'', ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'', ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'')  and appeared to have the ability to carry a large and diverse number of objects in his pockets, telling [[Donna Noble]] that they were "[[Dimensionally transcendental|bigger on the inside]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride]]'') 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]]'', ''[[The Idiot's Lantern]]'', ''[[Partners in Crime]]'', ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'', ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]'') He used a hammer many times, often to help pilot the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride]]'', ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'')

The Doctor often did maths calculations in his head very quickly. This included making an estimate, waiting for those around him to respond, then giving a very exact answer. ([[TV]]: ''[[42 (TV story)|42]]'', ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'')

=== Skills and abilities ===

Although he disliked violence, the Tenth Doctor was skilled with a sword ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[The Next Doctor]]'') - it appeared to be his weapon of choice - ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)|The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'') and also an extremely good shot with a gun, being able to shoot a [[White-Point Star]] from a distance, ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') as well as throw and catch objects with pinpoint accuracy. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'', ''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'', ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'') He could also effectively ride a horse. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)|The Girl in the Fireplace]]'', ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')

The Doctor was an exceptionally skilled detective, picking up on details on what [[Eddie Connolly]] did for a living after getting a brief glimpse inside his house, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]''), realised the staff in Torchwood One were controlled by the Cybermen by studying their ear pieces, ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'') worked out how to defeat the Cybermen and surmised Mickey was watching him, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'') figured out the Martha helping him was actually a clone by studying her behaviour, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Poison Sky]]'') and solved a murder mystery with Agatha Christie. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)|The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'') He also deduced the [[Eleventh Doctor]] was his future self just by looking at him. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') His observation skills proved superior to {{Simm}}, noticing before the fellow Time Lord that one of his guards was too tall to be an exact copy of him. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') Although he occasionally could be incorrect, like when he falsely declared Queen Elizabeth I was a Zygon copy, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') and wrongly theorised [[Jackson Lake]] was one of his future incarnations. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Next Doctor (TV story)|The Next Doctor]]'')

Having once affirmed he could perform medical procedures himself, the Doctor was a skilled medic, managing to cure the patients of their diseases on New Earth ([[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'') and also performed surgery on Lazlo, ensuring he lived a long life as a hybrid. ([[TV]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]'') He even briefly sustained the Face of Boe's life to ensure he saw the humans freed from the motorway. ([[TV]]: ''[[Gridlock (TV story)|Gridlock]]'') He even used his knowledge to accurately diagnose a man had drowned artificially. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'')  

Resembling his [[Ninth Doctor|predecessor]], the Doctor had a talent for taking command, earning people's trust despite initial animosity ([[TV]]: ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'', ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]'', ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]'', ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'', ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'') even able to convince complete strangers to reveal secretive information. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]'', ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'') He had a gift for exerting authority: he replaced the Sycorax leader's authority despite the alien trying to harm him, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') shut down [[Eddie Connolly]] for his constant resistance to assistance, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]'') calmed the crew on the space station at [[Krop Tor]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]'') the bus passengers who were lost on a distant planet ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'') and [[Luke Smith]], [[Clyde Langer]] and [[Rani Chandra]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith]]'') Even the most resistant of individuals would eventually submit to his way of thinking, including [[Yvonne Hartman]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'') UNIT ([[TV]]: ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'') and [[Rossiter]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') Some would even actively come to his defense when others thought he was a threat or a nuisance to the public. ([[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'') However, when struggling to solve the issue at hand, people would dismiss his perceived authority as egotistical. Rather than following him, they would actively turn against him. ([[TV]]: ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]'') Some would even resist when feeling his actions were irrational. [[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 (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'')

Given his height and build, the Doctor was extremely nimble and quick on his feet, keeping ahead of others with ease. ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'', ''[[Planet of the Ood]]'', ''[[The Doctor's Daughter]]'') Despite his nimble stature, the Doctor was very strong, managing to easily yank the Sycolax leader's electric whip from his grip and snap it in half, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') freed [[Morvin Van Hoff]] from the grip of a damaged [[Heavenly Host]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]''), held off a Cyberman with a sword  ([[TV]]: ''[[The Next Doctor (TV story)|The Next Doctor]]'') and lifted a grown woman in the air and threw her away from danger in such a way that she landed on her feet. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Arts in Space (comic story)|The Arts in Space]]'') Although, he was overpowered by a policeman, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]'') {{Simm}}, ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'') and River Song ([[TV]]: ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]'') each of them only having to [[punch]] him once in the face, and was unable to escape the grip of two fully functioning hosts. ([[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'')

Like his previous incarnations, the Doctor was exceptionally intelligent, being able to figure out solutions to problems even when they were created by an equally intelligent opponent. ([[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion]]'', ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'') 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]]'') and track down the Master. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') He also demonstrated the ability to determine the properties of an object by taste. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'', ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]'')

The Doctor was skilled at mechanics, having built [[K9 Mark IV]] to replace the [[K9 Mark III|Mark III]] after he was destroyed, ([[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion]]'') as well as being able to construct a variant of other gadgets. ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink]]'', ''[[The Day of the Doctor]]'') He was also able to lock the coordinates of the TARDIS with his sonic screwdriver so that it could only travel to two places in time and space. ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'', ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'')

The Doctor was also a skilled telepath, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace]]'', ''[[Fear Her]]'', ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') being able to wipe [[Donna Noble]]'s memories, ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End]]'') and to hide his true name from those who could read minds. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code]]'') During [[the Year That Never Was]], the Doctor also managed to tune himself into the [[Archangel Network]] in his plan to defeat {{Simm}}. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'')