Ninth Doctor: Difference between revisions

The Doctor was more willing to use of them in drastic situations ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dalek (TV story)}}, {{cs|Bad Wolf (TV story)}}) and as tools. ( [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Lost Dimension (comic story)|The Lost Dimension]]'') Thanks to Rose's help, he returned to his objection of making guns for warfare. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Weapons of Past Destruction (comic story)|Weapons of Past Destruction]]'') While he similarly frowned upon violence, he admitted that he found fantasy violence in the form of video games somewhat therapeutic. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Winner Takes All (novel)|Winner Takes All]]'')

Always aiming to see the innocence in those deemed hostile, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sphere of Freedom (audio story)|Sphere of Freedom]]'') the Doctor was morally outraged when the [[alien (Aliens of London)|genetically modified]] was killed for looking threatening,; when in reality it was only acting out of fright, and comforted it in its dying moments by stroking its snout. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Aliens of London (TV story)}}) He likewise became morally outraged when he learnt that victims of the [[Empty Child plague]] had been left to be forgotten. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Empty Child (TV story)}})

When forced to reflect on his memories of the [[Last Great Time War]], and his [[war incarnation]], the Doctor reacted in agony, showing a great dread of his immediate predecessor, as well as his [[eighth incarnation]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Weapons of Past Destruction (comic story)|Weapons of Past Destruction]]'') though he reflected on how innocent the Eighth Doctor was before the Time War. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]'') He was especially angry with the War Doctor for leaving him to "clean up the mess" left by the Time War;  ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Day to Yourselves (short story)|A Day to Yourselves]]'') though he proved a hypocrite in rejecting his morality such as respecting the dead, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'') seeking to commit genocide out of revenge, ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') and refusing to give second chances. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]'')  

The Ninth Doctor held a deep vendetta against [[Dalek Empire|the Daleks]], but was also fearful of them. When he realised that [[Henry van Statten]]'s prized [[Metaltron]] was a [[Bronze Dalek|Dalek]] [[Dalek drone|Drone]] without power, the Doctor proceeded to try and kill it after via torture, and even tried to convince it to kill itself when it demanded orders. However, after Rose came to its defence, the Doctor calmed down, with his anger turning into sympathy as he realised the Dalek was broken by its own mutation. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dalek (TV story)}}) Upon learning the Daleks had survived by hiding away in the year [[200100]], the Doctor noted his desire to "burn every last stinking Dalek out of the sky". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Bad Wolf (TV story)}}) However, when dared by the [[Dalek Emperor in the Last Great Time War|Dalek Emperor]], the Doctor struggled with the decision to either destroy the Daleks and the Earth with a [[delta wave]] or simply allow the Daleks to kill him and take over the universe. In the end, the Doctor couldn't bring himself to pull the trigger, happily calling himself a "coward" instead of a "killer". ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Parting of the Ways (TV story)}})