Doctor Who: 8 Reasons The Tenth Doctor Was An Actual Monster

1. He Committed Genocide (More Than Once)

Doctor Who David Tennant Tenth Doctor
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So far, we've learned that Ten was an actual monster, but is there anything more monstrous than genocide? No, there isn't. What could be worse than that? Well, multiple genocides. Yes, Ten committed this crime more than once. Other Doctors have done this before and killed off entire races, but Ten did it a little too often.

Firstly, there was the Racnoss. He drowned all of them and just stood there to watch. It was a shocking moment where Ten was overcome with such rage and darkness that he was only brought to his senses by Donna telling him to leave.

Then there was the Daleks. While technically the meta-crisis Doctor destroyed the entire Dalek fleet, it was still a part of Ten who was responsible.

He also wiped out the Kotturuh, as we found out in a recent Time Lord Victorious story. The Kotturuh were ancient aliens who assigned lifespans and brought death upon planets and all species. The Doctor, in his "Victorious" arrogance and cruelty, decided to turn their death-bringing abilities against them and killed them all.

Ten isn't the nice, kind, loving person we remember. Instead, he's a nasty, narcissistic and toxic character who sees people as pawns more so than any other Doctor. Revisiting his era without the rose-tinted glasses gives a very different view of his character.

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