The parallel between the Doctor and the Dalek is closer if you look at the First Doctor. The First Doctor was an amoral, bitter selfish prick, it was only after going to Skaro that he develop a sense of good and evil. So the Doctor's morality is essentially based on his disgust of the Dalek and being the opposite of…

When I saw Clara slap the Doctor, I thought it was a bit weak. But then I began to think about the first doctor and realized why the Doctor is happy. Before the first Doctor met the Daleks, he was just an amoral person who kidnapped two innocent teachers(and would have probably gotten rid of them if it weren't for his…