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[mrv3000]

Had a small thought. (Others might have had this thought as well. I've been kind of slack on reading DW meta lately.)



After Journey's End, I'm pretty sure Nine "pushed the button" as it were, instead of Eight. Eight started in the war, but it's quite possible he regenerated early on. Here's what he said to Ten II:

He destroyed the Daleks. He committed genocide. He's too dangerous to be left on his own...

...you were born in battle - full of blood and anger and revenge. Remind you of someone? That's me. When we first met.

I really get the impression that the Doctor is projecting a bit here. He saw himself destroy the Daleks again, and so immediately decided he's gone back to how he was during the Time War. It might have some truth to it, but also not, since Ten II has already been "fixed" by Rose once. Seems a bit like the Doctor making excuses about kicking himself off into another universe - it's hard to look at himself knowing the potential to kill like that again is still in him, no matter how much he tells himself otherwise. The problem is that those words are really apt for Ten I as well: He's too dangerous to be left on his own. Post-Rose we've seen how vengeful the Doctor can be. Donna even identified that he needs someone to stop him.

Physician, heal thyself.

Anyway, I got off on a tangent. I really now think that Nine was running around in the Time War for a bit. At least long enough to be the one to end it all, as opposed to regenerating as a result of whatever he did.