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A scene from "When a good man goes to war". The Doctor shows what he can be like when he is angry.

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[KamenDesantis]

To quote River "Rule #1: The doctor lies"

Was he truly angry at this point? Yes, he probably was. But was he truly letting it get the better of him? Or was it merely an act? Was he speaking the only language he knew would lead to his enemies backing down? Similar to what he did with the Attraxi. Leaving is good, never coming back is better, and the threat of force is still a lesser evil than actually using force.

[GabrielsSwordVideos]

@KamenDesantis I would agree with you EXCEPT he blew up about five different cyber-ships in pursuit of the knowledge of where Amy was. I state again, the old Doctor would NEVER had done that. This is why I think he really is angry and he really doesn't care about the consequences of being so.

[Cuiasodo]

I don't know exactly why, but this was the moment that cemented Matt Smith and the Eleventh Doctor as The Doctor for me. I'd warmed up to him gradually, but I always felt there was that rage to balance out his sillyness that was missing. He had it a bit in Victory of the Daleks and Time of The Angles, but I felt it wasn't enough. Here he finally shows that other side of the coin. That's what I love about The Doctor; he can be the most benevolent man in the universe, but if you cross him...

[GabrielsSwordVideos]

@Cuiasodo See, now I agree and I disagree. Personally, it shows how far the Doctor has stooped to a human level. He was always about forgiveness and finding the least direct way of helping. This Doctor isn't like that anymore. You screw him, he screws you. However, it was an EXCELLENT scene from Matt and it does give his Doctor his character.

[suncrise]

Matt Smith is a great actor

[XxXGumballtreesXxX]

0:45 onwards is in my opinion the very best moment of Matt Smith as The Doctor

[turtlemouth]

I love this scene. That look of absolute coldness in the Doctor's eyes when Madame Kovarian opened that fat trap of hers, ending with her frightened gulp when she realized she had stepped in it big time.

[battousai12345]

@KamenDesantis

Pardon, but when necessary even the Doctor is known for committing horrible deeds. After all, there are few things worse and more psychologically scarring than being the one who intentionally caused your own species' extinction. With that in mind, you should be asking "Is the Doctor a good man?". By his own definition, he is far from a good man. And right now he's warning them that he can be the universe's most fearsome and dangerous being. They're lucky to be alive.

[micheal89edwards]

@GabrielsSwordVideos thats true imo this regeneration is alot more aggressive and darker which leads me to think his next regeneration will be the Valeyard or at least something will go wrong in the regeneration resulting in the Valeyard forming then there is the theory of was the Dreamlord the Valeyard

[zakscott721]

If people are confused about wether or not The Doctor really is pissed off in this scene... Don't worry, he is. But at least he's not furious, otherwise he would never raise his voice (that is the worst thing), he would make sure they never died, and he would make sure everyone knew.

[hellzoneUK1991]

@GabrielsSwordVideos according to my interperetation of the valeyard from the classic series, and the way the silence as an order see him, he is only going to get darker as time goes on...

[archforge]

The moment after she says that Good Men have too much rules and he states, "Good Men don't have rules." I love the look on his face, it looks like a mixture of fear and anger, where he is scared of what he would do if he had no rules and that the knowledge that even though people view him as the Doctor as good. He knows that deep down that he is just evil.

[DollyHayashi]

Sorry, but I have to say it.

Matt's just SO sexy at 1:09

[Cuiasodo]

@GabrielsSwordVideos I suppose I can see that. I was more familiar with the last two doctors, than any of the others, though, and each one of them had that odd balance between benevlolent and vengeful, with varrying degrees in either direction depending on character and episode, thus seeing the anger here cemented me for me. I'd argue that past doctors had been just as menacing at times, but I'm only so familiar with the "classic" episodes.

[McVitiesmuffinjohn]

@GabrielsSwordVideos the 1st doctor was nearly going to club or stab a caveman to death in an early episode until one of his companions stepped in and told him not to... The Doctor wasn't always a hero you know... He killed his entire race... and the Cybermen aren't really alive just machines.

[PhoenixWormwood137]

@GabrielsSwordVideos yes, but the Doctor hasn't lost all of that forgiveness and stuff. He's not always this fierce. This is a really dark element, a dark slice of him, but he isn't always like this. He's getting darker, but he's not continually sadistic like this. eh? He hasn't stopped being the Doctor. He hasn't stopped being a good man. Really, this is righteous anger, in a way, even though one might argue he's taking it a bit too far.