This is my take: The Doctor at first *isn't sure* whether what he did to save Rose has, as predicted/rumoured, turned him in to a "vengeful god", and he's been quietly obsessing over it ever since... which of of course gradually turns it into a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Look at: 1. His babble of self-questioning as soon as he's regenerated & woken up; 2. How strongly he reacts when nurse Hame talks about "The Lonely God"; 3. How close to the line he seems to step in "School Reunion" when offered truly god-like powers, before Sarah - seeing that he's seriously tempted, but fighting it, but maybe not going to win - snaps him out of it. 4. Fast forwarding an entire season, we get to Human Nature / Family of Blood: The whole story happens because he's trying hard *not* to be a vengeful god. As the epilogue tells us, he was being merciful to the Family. Possibly thinking: "If I *have* to become a god, I'd rather be *this* kind of god"... But it backfires, and in the end he imposes the sactions that he should have done in the first place, but magnified tenfold. Instead of simply stopping/killing them, now he makes them suffer.
Of course, I'm crediting RTD with an awful lot of fairly subtle deep-plotting here. Terribly unfashionable of me, I know... Or maybe Helen Raynor slipped it in without RTD even noticing? =;o>
[ETA:] Oh and of course, at the end of the season he gets to be Tinkerbell Jeebus, redeeming the world by the power of faith, served by a wandering disciple/evangelist - which is a god-role much more to his liking.
(Wild guesswork: The Master mentioned how terrified he was when he saw the Dalek Emperor take control of "the Cruciform". What's the betting that'll be where/how Ten finally dies?)
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This is my take: The Doctor at first *isn't sure* whether what he did to save Rose has, as predicted/rumoured, turned him in to a "vengeful god", and he's been quietly obsessing over it ever since... which of of course gradually turns it into a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Look at:
1. His babble of self-questioning as soon as he's regenerated & woken up;
2. How strongly he reacts when nurse Hame talks about "The Lonely God";
3. How close to the line he seems to step in "School Reunion" when offered truly god-like powers, before Sarah - seeing that he's seriously tempted, but fighting it, but maybe not going to win - snaps him out of it.
4. Fast forwarding an entire season, we get to Human Nature / Family of Blood: The whole story happens because he's trying hard *not* to be a vengeful god. As the epilogue tells us, he was being merciful to the Family. Possibly thinking: "If I *have* to become a god, I'd rather be *this* kind of god"... But it backfires, and in the end he imposes the sactions that he should have done in the first place, but magnified tenfold. Instead of simply stopping/killing them, now he makes them suffer.
Of course, I'm crediting RTD with an awful lot of fairly subtle deep-plotting here. Terribly unfashionable of me, I know... Or maybe Helen Raynor slipped it in without RTD even noticing? =;o>
[ETA:] Oh and of course, at the end of the season he gets to be Tinkerbell Jeebus, redeeming the world by the power of faith, served by a wandering disciple/evangelist - which is a god-role much more to his liking.
(Wild guesswork: The Master mentioned how terrified he was when he saw the Dalek Emperor take control of "the Cruciform". What's the betting that'll be where/how Ten finally dies?)