He is a Time Lord and they have a way of cheating death so when they are dying they're bodies regenerate and their appearance and personality changes, By the way the 10th Doctor, David Tennant, was my favorite also.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.