"If you didn't, millions more children would've suffered a far worse fate," the Doctor said, solemnly. "I meant what I said that night in the bar, Jack. You did the right thing."

And maybe that was what would make the Doctor a terrible father. He knew the bigger picture, he could see it like humans couldn't. And sometimes, it meant sacrificing. Sometimes, it meant losing everything you cared for.

"The longer we wait in here, the more likely we are to find out what that storm is," he commented. "Rain the middle of the Sahara."