Ten had some obvious problems. He did sulk a bit after each companion, but then quickly found a new one... except after Donna, when he absolutely refused to find someone else and went off the rails.
He was simultaneously almost suicidal, yet when his time came he didn't want to go. Contrast that with Eleven's philosophical exit and recognition that everything moves on, and even Nine's almost cheerful exit. Ten's exit was extremely destructive; he destroyed the TARDIS in the process. That, too, was extremely difficult to watch. His views on regeneration as expressed to Wilf were not focused on the rebirth, but death; he said it with venom and loathing of the process...
Ten was, many times, difficult to watch, but it was rather like a train wreck; you have to watch even as you know that there is massive destruction. You can't turn away.
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Date: 2015-03-30 11:34 am (UTC)He was simultaneously almost suicidal, yet when his time came he didn't want to go. Contrast that with Eleven's philosophical exit and recognition that everything moves on, and even Nine's almost cheerful exit. Ten's exit was extremely destructive; he destroyed the TARDIS in the process. That, too, was extremely difficult to watch. His views on regeneration as expressed to Wilf were not focused on the rebirth, but death; he said it with venom and loathing of the process...
Ten was, many times, difficult to watch, but it was rather like a train wreck; you have to watch even as you know that there is massive destruction. You can't turn away.