You and the Doctor have been travelling time and space for a while now and he’s always been able to protect you - to save you from harm and shield you away even as Daleks shot at you relentlessly.

But now? Now, you were hurt. Hurt by a species that even the Doctor hadn’t encountered before. Their power and strength was unknown, everything completely unknown yet he stood, in front of you, with confidence and a fierce glare that would make even Vashta Nerada quiver and run away.

“You know - I’m old now… I used to have so much mercy…” He said, venom behind his words as he glared furiously to the creature in front of him, “But you’ve hurt someone I like… that is not a safe place to stand.”