Just some brief thoughts about Journey's End, in retrospect, and in response to general fan opinion.

Spoilers, naturally.



So. A LOT of people are ragging on 10.5 for the whole...killing of Daleks thing. Even people who like him. Frankly, I think its completely ridiculous. Here we have an entire empire of pure Daleks, more than capable of destroying the Doctor if they catch him off guard, and fully intending on destroying not just one world or one civilization, but the whole of existence.

Every universe, every world, every time line. Everything gone in the blink of an eye purely because they can. This is mass genocide on a scale never even considered in their universe before. There was only one option. Sooner or later he'd have to destroy them, and the longer he took, the more innocent lives would be lost.

Last time he refused to destroy them when he got the chance, the Time Lords paid the price. There are no more Time Lords to wage war on behalf of the universe. The Doctor would never take them from the Time Lock, either.

The fact is, in the end, he'd have to do exactly what Ten.Two did. He'd just waste time, trying to convince a madman that will never ever be convinced, and possibly have lost his chance. Ten knows this. He's done it before. He's just being a little twit about it because of Davros' mind games, and because he wanted an excuse to put them there.

Ten.2 is NOT a genocidal maniac, and neither was Nine. They did what had to be done. They didn't like it, but they knew they had to, and they didn't hesitate and risk more lives.

Stop bashing on him! He's still the Doctor, and he's not insane or any more dangerous than our Doctor.

The real question you have to ask yourself here, is why its okay for him to be half human (re-half, apparently), but not anyone else.