"You look Time Lord."

but ultimately death is death and killing is killing.

Fair point. Just seemed less violent in my mind to put him back in Idris' Body. Sentencing House to experience what he had done to so many others? Not that it matters, what's canon is canon now :P It's just a preference I have.

SM has a much more 'willing to kill' Doctor than I have ever seen before - other than that one moment of Seven and Skaro, but that's another story :P - it's just not sitting well with me, especially when he touts "DW is a children's show." Well, if it IS? I don't want my kids learning that killing without remorse is okay.