Wilfred: 900 years? We must look like insects to you.
The Doctor: I think you look like giants.

There have been many noteworthy Doctor Who quotes, some funny and some inspirational, but the quote above is my favorite of the series thus far.  It seems to sum up everything about the show.  The Doctor has so much power, even if it’s only a mental one.  No matter what he does, there is always a consequence, always someone or something that will lose the battle or perish, yet he always chooses the human race as the survivors.  He may be faced with a decision to finally exterminate a particular race of beings that have threatened or insulted his very existence, but he always chooses to save the human race if it comes to that.  It’s as if the doctor knows that the human race is worth something and that they can hold so much more power than his one time lord existence.  Human beings are giants in their capacity to care and love and want to change the world, but also in their ability to change his own life.

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