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Believing that "two wrongs [didn't] make a [right]", ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'') the Seventh Doctor was opposed to violence of any sort, although he proved capable of rendering an opponent unconscious with a touch to the forehead ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'', ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'') by using the [[Venusian nerve pinch]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]'') While he was completely against the use of firearms, ([[TV]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'') the Doctor was willing to use a [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]] to defend himself against [[Death's Head]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Crossroads of Time (comic story)|The Crossroads of Time]]'') and used a gun to kill [[Legion]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]'') and to disable [[Eva Jericho]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Damaged Goods (novel)|Damaged Goods]]'')
Believing that "two wrongs [didn't] make a [right]", ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'') the Seventh Doctor was opposed to violence of any sort, although he proved capable of rendering an opponent unconscious with a touch to the forehead ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'', ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'') by using the [[Venusian nerve pinch]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]'') While he was completely against the use of firearms, ([[TV]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'') seeing them as the "tinker toy resort of frustrated [and] hopeless individuals", ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Cuckoo (comic story)|Cuckoo]]'') the Doctor was willing to use a [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]] to defend himself against [[Death's Head]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Crossroads of Time (comic story)|The Crossroads of Time]]'') and used a gun to kill [[Legion]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]'') and to disable [[Eva Jericho]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Damaged Goods (novel)|Damaged Goods]]'')


While he protested that no one had the right to kill, ([[TV]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'') he would orchestrate a death if it benefited his plans, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Happiness Patrol (TV story)|The Happiness Patrol]]'') believing "killing [to be] wrong except when it's right". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Original Sin (novel)|Original Sin]]'') While he refused to shoot the Master when it served no purpose, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[First Frontier (novel)|First Frontier]]'') the Seventh Doctor was not averse to manipulating events that resulted in the loss of life, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'', ''[[Eternity Weeps (novel)|Eternity Weeps]]'') taking a life by himself, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]'') or convincing someone to commit [[suicide]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Zamper (novel)|Zamper]]'', ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'', ''[[Loving the Alien (novel)|Loving the Alien]]'', ''[[Utopia (short story)|Utopia]]'')  He also played a part in the destruction of many planets, such as [[Skaro]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') the [[Seven Planets]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Pit (novel)|The Pit]]'') and the [[Silurian Earth]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood Heat (novel)|Blood Heat]]'') and confessed to [[Red]] that a part of him enjoyed destroying worlds, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Red (audio story)|Red]]'') though he regretted their destruction either way. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Algebra of Ice (novel)|The Algebra of Ice]]'')
While he protested that no one had the right to kill, ([[TV]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'') he would orchestrate a death if it benefited his plans, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Happiness Patrol (TV story)|The Happiness Patrol]]'') believing "killing [to be] wrong except when it's right". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Original Sin (novel)|Original Sin]]'') While he refused to shoot the Master when it served no purpose, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[First Frontier (novel)|First Frontier]]'') the Seventh Doctor was not averse to manipulating events that resulted in the loss of life, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'', ''[[Eternity Weeps (novel)|Eternity Weeps]]'') taking a life by himself, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]'') or convincing someone to commit [[suicide]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Zamper (novel)|Zamper]]'', ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'', ''[[Loving the Alien (novel)|Loving the Alien]]'', ''[[Utopia (short story)|Utopia]]'')  He also played a part in the destruction of many planets, such as [[Skaro]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') the [[Seven Planets]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Pit (novel)|The Pit]]'') and the [[Silurian Earth]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood Heat (novel)|Blood Heat]]'') and confessed to [[Red]] that a part of him enjoyed destroying worlds, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Red (audio story)|Red]]'') though he regretted their destruction either way. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Algebra of Ice (novel)|The Algebra of Ice]]'')
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