The Doctor, Sarah Jane and others in “Unfinished Business”

There and there.

Sarah Jane

[applies the sonic lipstick] Does it hurt?

No.

Sarah Jane

I mean the regeneration. That last body of yours, was he okay, I mean?

It always hurts. And there.

Sarah Jane

So how did you end up in this place?

The Shansheeth lured me; a mighty old battlefield just begging to be explored, 'cause I'm travelling with Amy Pond now, and Rory. Then they got married, so I dropped them off on a honeymoon planet, which isn't what you'd think; It's not a planet for a honeymoon, it's a planet on a honeymoon. It married an asteroid. [Sarah Jane and the Doctor laugh] And they nicked the TARDIS. The Shansheeth, not Amy and, err... Fortunately, I had all this wreckage to build a space swapping doodah-thingy-whatsit.

So you have a married couple in the TARDIS.

Mr and Mrs Pond!

I only left you because I got married.

[quietly, to Sarah Jane] And there.

Did you think I was stupid?

Why do you say that?

Well, I was a bit dumb; still am, I suppose.

[turning to face Jo] Now what in the world would make you think that, ever, ever, ever?

We had been travelling down the Amazon for months and we reached a village in Crystalline, and it was the only place in thousands of miles that has a telephone, so I called you; I just wanted to say hello. And they told me that you left, left U.N.I.T, never came back, so I waited and waited, because you said you would see me again; you did; I asked you and you said yes, you promised, so I thought one day I would hear that sound, deep in the jungle; I would hear that funny wheezing noise and a big blue box right in the middle of the rainforest, because you wouldn't just leave; not forever, not me. [starts to cry] I've waited my whole, silly life.

Oh, but you're an idiot.

Well, there we have it!

No, but don't you see? How could I ever find you? You've spent the past 40 years living in huts, climbing up trees, tearing down barricades. You've done everything from flying kites on Kilimanjaro to sailing down the Yangtze in a tea-chest. Not even the TARDIS could pin you down!

Hold on... I did sail down the Yangtze in a tea-chest! How did you know?

And that family! All 7 kids, 12 grandchildren, 13th on his way. He's dyslexic, but that'll be fine; great swimmer.

So you've been watching me? All this time?

No. Because you're right. I don't look back. I can't. But the last time I was dying, I looked back on all of you. Every single one. And I was so proud.