It all just disappears, doesn't it? Everything you are, gone in a moment, like breath on a mirror. Any moment now... He's a-comin'.
Who's coming?
The Doctor.
You. You are the Doctor.
Yep, and I always will be. [his hand starts glowing] But times change, and so must I.
[From the Doctor's perspective, he hears a little girl's laugh and sees a young Amelia Pond runs past him, the TARDIS walls and rails covered with drawings of the Eleventh Doctor and his adventures]
Amelia!
Who's Amelia?
The first face this face saw. We all change. When you think about it, we're all different people all through our lives, and that's okay, that's good, you gotta keep moving, so long as you remember all the people that you used to be. I will not forget one line of this. Not one day. I swear. I will always remember when the Doctor was me.
[A vision of an adult Amy walks down the stairs. They touch each other's faces]
Raggedy man... Goodnight.
[The Amy vision disappears. The Doctor slowly takes off his bow tie and drops it on the floor, then closes his eyes in preparation to regenerate.]
No, no, no!
Hey... [extends his glowing hand to her]
Please don't change.
[The Doctor abruptly regenerates.]
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