History TearJerker / DoctorWhoNewSeries

* An ElephantInTheRoom is addressed between the two Doctors and Donna in the TARDIS: The Doctor has been running themself ragged ''for centuries'', maybe even ''millennia'', and is so traumatized by what they've seen and what they've done that they're running on fumes. Despite the Fourteenth Doctor [[BlatantLies trying to assure the two he's fine]] due to being ''"post bi-generation"'', the Fifteenth Doctor proceeds to list several events in his life that have emotionally impacted him the most, with [[Characters/DoctorWhoSecondDoctor Two's]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E7TheWarGames trial and exile]], [[Characters/DoctorWhoFourthDoctor Four's]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E1TheRibosOperation Key to Time adventures]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E7Logopolis Logopolis' destruction]], [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor The Last Great Time War]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E13TheBigBang The Pandorica]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterPlan Mavic Chen]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E4TheGreatestShowInTheGalaxy the Gods of Ragnarok]] being notable examples. The whole list can elicit a feeling of horror in the audience, because each viewer realizes that every time an incarnation of the Doctor happily left a planet and travelled off with the TARDIS to new adventures, they were unknowingly bottling up all the trauma they had faced and subjecting themselves to new ounces of painful experiences. ''And it's reaching critical mass here.''

* An ElephantInTheRoom is addressed between the two Doctors and Donna in the TARDIS: The Doctor has been running themself ragged ''for centuries'', maybe even ''millennia'', and is so traumatized by what they've seen and what they've done that they're running on fumes. Despite the Fourteenth Doctor [[BlatantLies trying to assure the two he's fine]] due to being ''"post bi-generation"'', the Fifteenth Doctor proceeds to list several events in his life that have emotionally impacted him the most, with [[Characters/DoctorWhoSecondDoctor Two's]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E7TheWarGames trial and exile]], [[Characters/DoctorWhoFourthDoctor Four's]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E1TheRibosOperation Key to Time adventures]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E7Logopolis Logopolis' destruction]], [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor The Last Great Time War]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E13TheBigBang The Pandorica]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterPlan Mavic Chen]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E4TheGreatestShowInTheGalaxy the Gods of Ragnarok and their space circus]] being notable examples. The whole list can elicit a feeling of horror in the audience, because each viewer realizes that every time an incarnation of the Doctor happily left a planet and travelled off with the TARDIS to new adventures, they were unknowingly bottling up all the trauma they had faced and subjecting themselves to new ounces of painful experiences. ''And it's reaching critical mass here.''

'''Doctor:''' [[StoicWoobie I will be.]]\\

'''Doctor:''' [[NotHyperbole A million years.]]

* Sarah Jane Smith has finally passed away in-universe. The Doctor finally finds it in himself to say out loud that he loved her. And Rose. And River Song. Even Adric is mentioned as one of the many people The Doctor has lost.
* The Fifteenth Doctor finally addresses the ElephantInTheRoom; The Doctor has been running themself ragged ''for centuries'', maybe even ''millennia'', and is so traumatized by what they've seen and what they've done that they're running on fumes. The first thing he does after defeating The Toymaker is give Fourteen a hug and a gentle kiss on the forehead.
* When Donna urges the Fourteenth Doctor to rest by coming "home", he is distraught that the Fifteenth Doctor would leave with the TARDIS. Why?
-->'''The Doctor:''' ''(Voice trembling)'' Do you mean... he flies off? But I could never let the TARDIS go. ''Never.'' It would ''hurt''.

-->'''The Doctor:''' ''(Voice trembling)'' Do you mean... he flies off? But I could never let the TARDIS go. Never. It would hurt.

** Sir Robert and Captain Reynolds' HeroicSacrifices. They both know that they won't be able to kill the wolf, but they're willing to let it take them down just to buy the others some time.

'''Doctor:''' [[NotHyperbole In a million years.]]

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQrd44v7Q6w I don't want to go]]." says the Doctor, alone again after a heartbreaking series of good-byes.

** The Doctor's reaction when he discovers that the Time Lords are returning when the Master tells him. He just looks so heartbroken and exhausted. And keep in mind, he had to deal with Daleks, The Master and Davros returning in prior series. Not even them returning had the Doctor this worried compared to the return of the Time Lords.

** You can just ''feel'' his rage and anger about having to die, especially after having cheated it several times (most notably in "The Stolen Earth"). Compared to the end of Nine and most other Doctors before him, he very much feared death because there was still so much left undone and he was full of guilt and regret, but ultimately had to accept it in the end. It's comparable to what many real-life people go through when they are dying, and it only makes things so much sadder.

*** A ''very'' interesting point when you realize it doesn't even end there. Eleven is forced to deal with the impending explosion of the TARDIS, his very complicated rescue from the Pandorica, the precise moment of his death, and now The Question itself all in the form of vague prophecy. You even get one more rage against the universe when Eleven declares he can still do anything he wants because he has all the time in the world, and ''"time has '''never laid a glove on me!'''"'' A fury quickly punished when he discovers that the Brig has just passed away. Damn you, Time. Damn you.

** This YouTube comment sums it up well:

* "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E8TheHauntingofVillaDiodati The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]

* [[AC: The Unicorn and the Wasp]]

* A few scenes from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime The End of Time]]", Part One qualify.

* ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E1"SmithAndJones" "Smith and Jones"]], Freema Agyeman's previous appearance on the show as a wholly different character is explained by Martha having a cousin, Adeola, who implicitly looked very similar to her -- and who never came home from the Battle of Canary Wharf.

** When Roger, Lady Eddison's son, gets murdered, we see Davenport, one of the footmen (and his secret boyfriend) sadly say "Roger..." as he sees his corpse. Later, Donna comes into the living room, feeling sorry for Davenport; as he can't publicly mourn his lover due to the 1920s being a dangerous place to have homosexual relations (which was illegal at the time).

* When Fifteen travels to a timeline where Ruby was stolen instead of Lulubelle, he finds that Carla is a depressed mess who has a very distant relationship with her mother. The flat has none of its Christmas cheer from Ruby's timeline, and Carla had only agreed to take on a foster baby because she needed the money.

[[caption-width-right:550:''I WANT MORE TIME!'']]

--->'''Sarah Jane:''' ''[embracing Luke]'' Oh, God! You're so ''young!''
*** When you look at their faces, as Jack was killed by Daleks, and Sarah Jane, who obviously knows the Daleks very well, and their dread is tangible.