[The Doctor is sitting on the chair next to the TARDIS control console, bouncing a rubber ball against the floor and catching it again and again. He glances sideways at the camera, making a noise between his lips and his teeth.]It's hard to know what to say, isn't it? After something like that. A lot of people hurt, or scared. A lot of people out of work because the buildings they work in were wrecked. Even school's down to half-days while they repair the damage.
But I can tell you this. Whatever kind of trouble we go through, we can all go on. Every last one of you. You are all --
we are all -- amazing people. Trolls, humans, Time Lords, assorted other species... we're resilient. Got depth nobody can guess at, not even ourselves. I've seen you all do it before, and it has been... incredible. A privilege, really.
And I think, right now, that might be what you all need to hear. We're going to make it. We're going to make it because you are all so strong, so
astounding... such brilliant people.
I might not always be happy to be here, but I'm always proud to be one of you.
[The camera shuts off. Then, after a moment, it turns on again, with him crouching in front of it, squinting into the lens.]And because of that, by the way. When the school does go back to a full day and my classes start again. Because you are such fantastic people... all the homework I assigned for Monday is still going to be due.