When Four had the chance to wipe out the Daleks, he said "Have I the right?", and put the wires down and didn't do it - Ten asks "Can I do that?", which is quite different, and then does it anyway
Not having seen that episode, there was the difference that Mrs Moore more or less responded with "Yes. Yes you can ARGH ARGH ARGH I'M DYING"
while manipulating Mickey remotely I didn't interpret it as manipulation... more a sort of coded explanation to Mickey of what he needed to do. He couldn't just out and say "Mickey! Find out what the override code is and text it to Rose!" because the Controller'd have killed the three of them, as opposed to letting them talk because he thought they were harmless.
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Not having seen that episode, there was the difference that Mrs Moore more or less responded with "Yes. Yes you can ARGH ARGH ARGH I'M DYING"
while manipulating Mickey remotely
I didn't interpret it as manipulation... more a sort of coded explanation to Mickey of what he needed to do. He couldn't just out and say "Mickey! Find out what the override code is and text it to Rose!" because the Controller'd have killed the three of them, as opposed to letting them talk because he thought they were harmless.