10 Most Profound Doctor Who Quotes
8. All Just Stories In The End - The Big Bang
Our next entry comes from Series 5’s wonderful finale, The Big Bang.
After piloting The Pandorica into the heart of his exploding TARDIS in order to restart the universe (a standard Friday), The Doctor finds himself travelling backwards through his own timeline, as a Doctorless universe begins to fix itself. Whilst watching back his adventures with Amy, he realises his companion can hear him, but not see him (I still love the twist that the Doctor that comforts a blind Amy in Flesh and Stone is this Doctor). Knowing that Rory was able to be bought back through Amy's memories of him, Eleven comes up with a last-ditch plan to save his own life.
Finding himself in 1996, the night he abandoned a young Amelia Pond in her garden, he picks her up and tucks her into bed, telling her a bedtime story and reminiscing about the good times they had together. Choosing his words carefully, he tells Amelia about the TARDIS: Ancient and brand new at the same time, stolen (well, borrowed), and the bluest blue. In other words: Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. He hopes that Amy will find him in these words at her wedding, and that he will be restored, but he’s not optimistic. Ready to face an eternity trapped outside the universe, The Doctor takes comfort that, at the very least, he will live on as a story in Amelia’s head, and goes on to say:
"But that’s okay, we’re all just stories in the end... just make it a good one eh?"
It’s a clear comment on death, and the common sentiment that our loved ones are kept alive in our memories, and that we should live life to its fullest. This iconic line has been a great source of comfort to many fans, and it’s not hard to see why.