Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Ten Doctors had gone out with something like acceptance; this one asks not to. After two series of a Doctor who is clever, funny and heartbroken, the line says he would give up all the future to keep going. Fans still treat it as the regeneration that hurt most, and it passed into Doctor Who history as a comparison point for every farewell that followed.
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In context
Spoilers for Doctor WhoShow the scene
The Tenth Doctor's last words close "The End of Time, Part Two" (BBC One, 1 January 2010), David Tennant's final story and Russell T Davies' last as head writer. Dying of radiation poisoning, the Doctor takes a quiet tour of his companions' lives, glimpsing Rose on New Year's Day 2005 and telling her she will have a great year. Ood Sigma tells him the song is ending but the story never ends. He staggers into the TARDIS, sets it in flight, fights back tears and says this, as regeneration begins.
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- TARDIS Data Core: The End of Time (TV story)Plot (ending) and NotesReference checked
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