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therealbitchpudding:

Doctor Who rewatch: The Family of Blood, 3.09

 #John Smith has no idea how emotionally broken the Doctor is #He can’t begin to imagine #How someone would numb himself to the idea of love so thoroughly #Because it’s the only way the Doctor knows how to cope with his heartbreak (gallifreyburning)

Well now I’m depressed. 

melisestel:

Portrait of the Doctor: Darkness 1.08 - The Family of Blood

“He never raised his voice, that was the worst thing – the fury of the Time Lord.  And then we discovered why, why this Doctor who had fought with gods and demons, why he’d run away from us and hidden – he was being kind. […] We wanted to live forever.  So the Doctor made sure that we did.”