Small, Beautiful Events

1. A calm summer's morning. There's something to be said for simple, quiet pleasures.

2. Peri's enthusiasm when she's with her plants.

3. Erimem's inquisitive awe as I explain something new.

4. Their smiles, their laughter, their youth. They're saving me, I think. Don't tell Peri.

5. The great courage, compassion, and brilliance that people are capable of.

6. Landing precisely where and when I wanted to. It's a bit of a novelty, you see.

7. The joy of discovery.

8. Watching history unfold. Taking part in it, if needed. There's nothing quite like becoming a musketeer, attending the council of Nicaea, struggling alongside Radu the Handsome…

9. Managing to save a universe, a world, a person.

10. Waking up and realising there is so, so much more yet to see.

Ten Significant Truths:

1. A very long time ago, I ran away from home.

2. When I did that, I became the Doctor; that's the only name that matters now.

3. Since then, I've seen countless wonders and horrors, saved worlds, cost lives, and died four times.

4. Once, because of all of this, I was executed, and had my friends taken from me; it didn't stop me then, and it wouldn't stop me now.

5. I still miss them, and everyone else I've lost, but I will always feel grateful to have known them – though, sometimes, I wish they hadn't known me.

6. My life can be very dangerous, and on occasion that's very tiring, but I don't regret having it.

7. Boundless freedom, the power to make a difference, the joy of discovery, the wondrous potential in every living being…I could never it up.

8. That doesn't mean I will ever forget being helpless to save lives, being forced to violence, knowing there are things I cannot change.

9. I am a pacifist, a murderer, a hero, a demon, a genius, a fool; an ancient renegade and a lost youth.

10. I can show you the stars.