That was my first thought when he said all that stuff about born in war, etc - Pot. Kettle. Black.
The Doctor longs for a universe of black and white certainties. It's the Time Lord viewpoint and it's only tenable if you never leave your home planet and you view everything theoretically.
If you look back at the history of his dealings with Davros, that's run through it all. Davros only owes his existence, and the Daleks' existence to the Doctor's inability to follow his own people's orders and destroy a sentient species at their moment of creation. And, like the Master, Davros knows the Doctor through and through and plays him like an old fiddle. That's why his words in JE are so devastating to the Doctor.
He tries to deal with it, as you point out, by making 10.5 into a scapegoat, dumping all the morally dodgy stuff onto him and shoving him away. It's classic shadow side stuff. Then he can delude himself into thinking he's been 'purified' by Davros and shown the error of his ways. Obviously this only works if he avoids future companions, which seems to be the plan, according to RTD, through the Specials at least.
I suppose, given Ten's present state of mind, it also kind of explains all the shit he's had to go through - he feels he deserves to lose people. To believe it was random fate, and impossible to influence by any of his actions, would be the worst thing of all.
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Date: 2008-10-26 07:56 pm (UTC)The Doctor longs for a universe of black and white certainties. It's the Time Lord viewpoint and it's only tenable if you never leave your home planet and you view everything theoretically.
If you look back at the history of his dealings with Davros, that's run through it all. Davros only owes his existence, and the Daleks' existence to the Doctor's inability to follow his own people's orders and destroy a sentient species at their moment of creation. And, like the Master, Davros knows the Doctor through and through and plays him like an old fiddle. That's why his words in JE are so devastating to the Doctor.
He tries to deal with it, as you point out, by making 10.5 into a scapegoat, dumping all the morally dodgy stuff onto him and shoving him away. It's classic shadow side stuff. Then he can delude himself into thinking he's been 'purified' by Davros and shown the error of his ways. Obviously this only works if he avoids future companions, which seems to be the plan, according to RTD, through the Specials at least.
I suppose, given Ten's present state of mind, it also kind of explains all the shit he's had to go through - he feels he deserves to lose people. To believe it was random fate, and impossible to influence by any of his actions, would be the worst thing of all.