"One day, even here, in the future, people will turn to each other and say Binro was right"
Binro the Heretic is a man who we meet in this episode. He believes that the stars in the sky are not ice crystals, but they are Suns, just like Ribos' own Sun. He also believes that there can be a scientific explanation for how the seasons change, because of the way in which the planet rotates around the Sun. He backs this up with measurements that he has made, of the movement of the stars. These views prove to be unpopular, and so he is cast out from society and left to live as a cripple in a dirty room.
He meets Unstoffe, one of the secondary protagonists, though, and offers him a small kindness. He explains his story to Unstoffe, and is pleased when he discovers that Unstoffe has an open mind, welcoming the idea that these scientific developments could be true. And then Unstoffe reveals that, not only does he believe that Binro is right, he knows that he is right. And more than that, he comes from another world, just like Binro hypothesised about. And that in the future, the world shall realise that Binro was right. And it makes Binro immeasurably happy.
This is, for my money, the greatest scene in the history of Doctor Who, as we see a face of true happiness created from a simple act of kindness. It's not a large moment in the story, but that doesn't matter as it's a beautifully heart-warming moment, and sticks out in an already spectacular story as the absolute highlight.
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