Cheating Death

The Ninth Doctor Regenerates | The Parting of the Ways | Doctor Who

[TARDIS]

Good Wolf : 

What happened?

The Designated Survivor : 

Don't you remember?

Good Wolf : 

It's like there was this singing.

The Designated Survivor : 

That's right. I sang a song 

and The Daleks ran away.

Good Wolf : 

.....I was at Home. 

No, I wasn't, I was 

in the TARDIS, and 

There was This Light -- 

.....I can't remember anything else

(The Doctor's skin is darkening.)

The Designated Survivor : 

Rose Tyler. I was going take 

you to so many places. 

Barcelona. 

Not The City Barcelona, 

The Planet Barcelona. 

You'd Love it -- Fantastic place. 

They've got Dogs with no noses. 

Imagine how many times a day you end up 

telling that joke, and it's still funny.

Good Wolf : 

Then, why can't we go?

The Designated Survivor : 

Maybe You Will; and 

maybe I Will -- 

But not like This.

Good Wolf : 

You're not making sense.

The Designated Survivor : 

I might never make sense again! 

I might have two ‘eads, or no ‘ead. 

Imagine Me with no 'ead..! 

And don't say "That's 

an improvement!" 

But it's a bit dodgy, This Process.... 

You never know what you're 

going to end up with --

(The Doctor double over in pain.)

Good Wolf : 

Doctor!

The Designated Survivor : 

Stay away!

Good Wolf : 

Doctor, Tell Me What's going on.

The Designated Survivor : 

I absorbed all the energy 

of The Time Vortex, and 

no one's meant to DO that -- 

Every cell in my body's dying.

Good Wolf : 

Can't you do something?

The Designated Survivor :

Yeah, I'm doing it, now -- 

Time Lords have this little trick, 

it's sort of a way of Cheating Death.

......except it means I'm 

gonna CHANGE; and 

I'm not gonna See You 

again -- Not like this. 

Not with THIS 

daft old face -- 

-- and before I Go :

Good Wolf : 

Don't say that.

The Designated Survivor : 

Rose, before I go, 

I just want to Tell You, 

You were Fantastic -

Absolutely fantastic. 

And do you know what....? 

.......So was I!

(Golden light burst out of The Doctor's body. 

This is not a nice quiet regeneration of the usual kind. 

Everything changes very suddenly and The Tenth Doctor 

is standing there. Everyone say Hi! to David Tennant using 

a South London accent instead of his natural Scottish burr.)

Perfect-10 :

 — Hello. Okay. 

Ooo, new teeth. 

(That's weird). 

So, where was I?

 Oh, that's right —

Barcelona,