Doctor Who: 10 Biggest Lies The Doctor Has Ever Told

5. Pulling A Fast One On The Family Of Blood

Doctor Who Family Of Blood David Tennant Tricks The Family
BBC

The Oncoming Storm. That's the name for the Doctor when he is at full strength and angry enough to live up to the namesake. During the events of Human Nature and the Family of Blood, the Doctor is reduced to human form, becoming the mild-mannered school teacher, John Smith. This allows him to hide his Time Lord energy from the deadly family, though also dooms much of the English countryside to war.

While the Doctor may have fixed things a little earlier than he is able to, it takes the sacrifice of John Smith before is able to. It takes a lot of convincing, but the Doctor's human form accepts his fate. This allows the Time Lord to enact a cold victory over the family.

He arrives on the ship, masking his scent from them, seemingly hitting buttons onboard at random. Then, turning on a dime, he tells them that he has set the ship to self-destruct. It may seem like a small deception but only then, fully revealed at last, does the Doctor reveals his greatest lie. He had never been running away to hide. He had run away out of mercy, hoping they would change their ways.

The revenge that he enacts on the family of blood remains one of the darkest moments in the history of Doctor Who.

In this post: 
Doctor Who
 
Posted On: 
Contributor
Contributor

Seán is the host and head writer/presenter for TrekCulture, as well as a writer/presenter on WhoCulture and WhatCulture Horror. He has authored two novels, dozens of short stories, and hundreds of articles for WhatCulture. He holds a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from University College Dublin. As part of his work with TrekCulture, Seán has been invited to participate in collaborations with Roddenberry Entertainment, as well as contributing to several Star Trek community projects. An avid fan of Star Trek, Doctor Who, and the horror genre at large, Seán's expertise has helped develop these channels to the successes they are today. As host of the Ups & Downs series on TrekCulture, Seán has become internationally recognised for his positive yet critically informed approach to reviewing every episode of modern Star Trek, ensuring he is one of the go-to voices in the Trek community. Favourite Quote to describe himself: "I'm serious about what I do, just not always about the way that I do it"