I don’t want to go. I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. Don’t you think she looks tired? There was a war. A Time War. The Last Great Time War. My people fought a race called the Daleks, for the sake of all creation. And they lost. We lost. Everyone lost. They’re all gone now. My family. My friends. Even that sky. Black tie…Whenever I wear this, something bad always happens. I’d call you a genius, except I’m in the room. Blimey, trying to make an Ood laugh… Allons-y! Please, when Torchwood comes to write my complete history, don’t tell people I travelled through time and space with her mother!

I don’t want to go. It is! It’s the city of New New York! Strictly speaking, it’s the fifteenth New York since the original, so that makes it New-New-New-New-New-New-New-New-New-New-New-New-New-New-New New York. There was a war. A Time War. The Last Great Time War. My people fought a race called the Daleks, for the sake of all creation. And they lost. We lost. Everyone lost. They’re all gone now. My family. My friends. Even that sky. New-new-Doctor. I’d call you a genius, except I’m in the room.

Yeah? Well I’m the Lord of Time. New-new-Doctor. What? What?! WHAT?! Blimey, trying to make an Ood laugh… River, you know my name. You whispered my name in my ear! There’s only one reason I would ever tell anyone my name. There’s only one time I could… Oh, yes. Harmless is just the word: that’s why I like it! Doesn’t kill, doesn’t wound, doesn’t maim. But I’ll tell you what it does do: it is very good at opening doors! You can spend the rest of your life with me, but I can’t spend the rest of mine with you. I have to live on. Alone. That’s the curse of the Time Lords.