[The Doctor doesn't care about critiques or compliments. Of course he's right. You don't become billions of years old without learning a thing or two along the way.]

That could be possible, but it depends on what the gods actually are? In my experience gods are rarely gods. Usually aliens looking to take over the planet.

[Wait what?]

Have you considered that maybe if the gods were meant to fall, that maybe they should be allowed to fall and without grace? Helping them to fall gracefully might just start the whole process all over again.