We’ve restored you to life, but it’s a temporary measure. You have a little under four minutes.
Four minutes? That’s ages! What if I get bored? I need a television, a couple of books? Anyone for chess? Bring me knitting.
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We’ve restored you to life, but it’s a temporary measure. You have a little under four minutes.
Four minutes? That’s ages! What if I get bored? I need a television, a couple of books? Anyone for chess? Bring me knitting.
You’re the Sisterhood of Karn! Keepers of the flame… of utter boredom.
Eternal life.
That’s the one.
She wanted to see the universe…
She didn’t miss much. It’s very nearly over.
I could’ve saved her. I could’ve got her off but she wouldn’t listen.
Then she was wiser than you. She understood there was no escaping the Time War. You are a part of this, Doctor. Whether you like it or not.
I would rather die.
You’re dead already. How many more will you let join you?
Will it hurt?
Yes.
Good. Charley, C'rizz, Lucie, Tamsin, Molly: Friends, companions I've known, I salute you. And Cass, I apologise. Physician, heal thyself...
Do you know what they did to me? The Confession Dial is a ritual act of purification. It allows a dying Time Lord to face his demons, make his peace before his mind is uploaded to the Matrix. It was never intended as a torture chamber for the living!
Rassilon grew concerned about the coming of the Hybrid.
Afraid.
You were entrapped and imprisoned at his command.
And look at him now.
Why did you banish him? Was it punishment, or for your own protection? Were you just being cruel, or just being cowardly?
One question. And you will answer: How long was the Doctor inside the Confession Dial?
We think... four-and-a-half billion years.
He could've left any time he wanted, he just had to say what he knew. The Dial would've released him.
[Clara turns to face the Doctor, horrified.]
Four-and-a-half billion years?
If she says so.
No! Why would you even do that? I was dead! I was dead and gone! Why? Why would you even do that to yourself?!
I had a duty of care!
You have gone too far. You have broken every code you ever lived by.
After all this time, after everything I've done, don't you think the universe owes me this?
Owes you what? All you're doing is giving her hope.
Since when is hope a bad thing?
Hope is a terrible thing on the scaffold.
[The Doctor departs in the TARDIS]
Where can he run?
Where he always runs. Away. Just away.
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