Quotes from Doctor Who
Doctor Who Specials
(airing in 2009-2010)
Planet of the Dead
Christina (Michelle Ryan): So terribly sorry. That card-paying device thing. That's a lobster card, am I right?
Bus Driver: Oyster card.
Christina: Ah that's the problem you see. I only use my oyster when there's an "R" in the month.
Bus Driver: It's April.
Christina: Diamonds. Genuine. Drive.
Bus Driver: Works for me.
The Doctor: Hello, I'm the Doctor. Happy Easter!
The Doctor: Funny thing is, I don't usually do Easter. I can never find it. It's always at a different time. Although! I remember the original. Between you and me, what really happened was—
The Doctor: Rundium particles. That what I'm looking for. This thing detects them. That little dish should go around. That little dish there.
Christina: Right now a way out would come in pretty handy. Can you detect me one of those?
Carmen: Lou, can you hear them?
Lou: Hear what sweetheart?
Carmen: The voices. So many voices. Calling to us. Calling so far.
The Doctor: Ah! The little dish is going around.
Christina: Fascinating.
The Doctor: And around. Woah—
Angela: Excuse me, do you mind?
The Doctor: Sorry. That was my little dish.
Christina: Can't you turn that thing off?
The Doctor: What's your name?
Christina: Christina.
The Doctor: Christina. Hold on tight. Everyone, hold on!
The Doctor: Call it a hunch but I think we've gone a little bit further than Brigstown.
Carmen: I'm not going out there. They're still calling. All around us. The voices are cryin'.
Lou: What voices, sweetheart?
Carmen: The dead. We're surrounded by the dead.
Christina: Ready for every emeregency.
The Doctor: Me too.
The Doctor: You're called the Doctor?
Christina: Yes I am.
The Doctor: That's not a name, that's a psychological condition.
Barclay: Hold on a minute. I saw you man! You had that thing— that thing. Did you make this happen?
The Doctor: Oh... humans on buses. Always blaming me. Look if you must know I was tracking a hole in the fabric of reality (call it a hobby) but it was a tiny little hole. No danger to anyone.
Christina: Then we have to drive five tons of bus—which is currently buried in the sand—and we've got nothing but our bare hands. Correct?
The Doctor: I'd say nine and a half tons. But the point still stands.
Lou: She's got a gift. Ever since she was a little girl. She can just tell things. We do the lottery twice a week.
Christina: You don't look like millionaires.
Lou: No. But we win ten pounds. Every week, twice a week, ten pounds. Don't tell me that's not a gift.
The Doctor: Never mind losing half the top deck. You know what's worse? Sand.
The Doctor: It'd be easier if you left that backpack behind.
Christina: Where I go it goes.
The Doctor: Backpack with a spade and an ax. Christina, who's going so far away and yet scared by the sound of a siren. Who are you?
Christina: You can talk. Let's just say we're two equal mysteries.
The Doctor: We make quite a couple.
Christina: We don't make any sort of couple, thank you very much. C'mon then, tell me. If Carmen's right—that wormhole's not an accident—then what is it? Has someone done this on purpose.
The Doctor: I don't know. But every single instinct of mine is telling me to get off this planet right now.
Christina: Do you think we can?
The Doctor: I live in hope.
Christina: That must be nice.
Christina: It's Christina DeSouza. To be precise, Lady Christina DeSouza.
The Doctor: Oh. That's handy. 'Cause I'm a Lord.
Christina: Seriously? Lord of where?
The Doctor: It's quite a big estate.
The Doctor: Bit of a hush, thank you. Gotta remember the number. Very important number.
Hello, Pizza Geronimo.
The Doctor: Then again.
Captain Magambo: Captain Arissa Magambo, sir. Might I say sir. It's an honor. She salutes
The Doctor: Did you just salute?
Captain Magambo: No.
It's the Doctor.
Dr. Malcolm Taylor: No, I'm alright now, thanks. It's just a bit of a sore throat. I gotta be honest, a cup of tea might be nice.
Dr. Malcolm Taylor: Cor, blimey! I can't believe I'm actually speaking to you. I mean I've read all the files.
The Doctor: Really? What was your favorite? Giant robot? No no! Let's sort out that wormole.
Dr. Malcolm Taylor: I'm registering an oscillation of 15 Malcolms per second.
The Doctor: Fifteen what?
Dr. Malcolm Taylor: Fifteen Malcolms. It's my own little term.
The Doctor: You named a unit of measure after yourself?
Dr. Malcolm Taylor: Well it didn't do Mr. Watt any harm. Furthermore, one hundred Malcolms equals a Bernard.
The Doctor: Who's that, your dad?
Dr. Malcolm Taylor: Don't be ridiculous. That's Quatermass.
The Doctor: That's "wait". I shout "wait", people usually listen. That's begging for mercy.
Christina: That means "move".
The Doctor: Oo! You're learning.
The Doctor: Since I've met you Christina we've been through all the extremes.
Christina: That's how I like things. Extreme.
Christina: What are they doing?
The Doctor: They believe me.
Christina: What, it's as simple as that?
The Doctor: I've got a very honest face. And the translator says I'm telling the truth. Plus the face.
Christina: That lordship of yours. Lord of where, exactly.
The Doctor: Of Time. I come from a race of people called Time Lords.
Christina: You're an alien.
The Doctor: Yeah... You don't have to kiss me either.
Christina: You look human.
The Doctor: You look Time Lord.
The Doctor: Incredible. They swarm out the wormhole, strip the planet bare, and then move on to the next world. To start the life cycle again.
Christina: So... they make the wormholes?
The Doctor: They must do.
Christina: But how? They don't exactly look like techicians. And if the wormhole belongs to them why are they a hundred miles away?
The Doctor: Because they need to be? Oh that's bonkers.
Christina: How does the crystal drive the bus?
The Doctor: In a... super clever outer-spacey way.
Christina: The aristocracy survives for a reason. We're ready for anything.
The Doctor: Oh the places I've been. WWI. The creation of the universe. The end of the universe. The war between China and Japan. And... the court of King Athelstan in 924 AD. I don't remember you being there.
The Doctor: I need something non-corrosive. Something malleable. Something ductile. Something... gold.
Christina: Oh no you don't.
The Doctor: Christina, what is it worth now?
Barclay: Hey hey, use this.
The Doctor: I said gold.
Barclay: It is gold.
The Doctor: Oh they saw you coming.
Christina: It's over a thousand years old. Worth 18 million pounds. Promise me you'll be careful.
The Doctor: I promise. gingerly lifts the cup from his hands and proceeds to bang the crap out of it
Christina: I hate you.
Carmen: Doctor. You take care now.
The Doctor: You too. Chops and gravy. Lovely.
Carmen: No. You be careful. Because your song is ending sir.
The Doctor: What d'you mean?
Carmen: It is returning. It is returning through the dark. And then Doctor— Oh but then... He will knock four times.
DI McMillan: I'm charging you too. Aiding and abetting.
The Doctor: Yes. I'll just step inside this police box and arrest myself.
Christina: We could have been so good together.
The Doctor: Christina! We were.
The Waters of Mars
Captain Adelaide Brooke: State your name, rank and intention.
The Doctor: The Doctor. Doctor. Fun.
Tarak Ital: It's a man. Man on mars. How?
Steffi Erhlich: He was wearing this thing. I have never seen anything like it.
What did MIssion Control say?
Steffi Erhlich: They're out of range for 10 hours with the solar flares.
Captain Brooke: You can cut the chat everyone.
The Doctor: Actually "chat" is second on my list. The first being "gun". Pointed at my head. Which then puts my head second and chat third I think. Gun head chat. Yeah. I hate lists. But you could hurt someone with that thing. Just, put it done.
Captain Brooke: Oh you'd like that.
The Doctor: Could you find me someone who wouldn't?
Edward Gold: Was it the Branson Inheritance Fund? They've been talking about a Mars shot for years.
The Doctor: Right. Yes. You've got me. So, I'm the Doctor. And you are?
Captain Brooke: Oh come on, we're the first off-world colonists in history. Everyone on planet Earth knows who we are.
The Doctor: You're the first. The very first humans on Mars. Then this is Bowie Base One.
Captain Brooke: —Bowie Base One.
The Doctor: Number one. Founded July 1, 2058. Established Bowie Base One in the Gusev Crater.
Captain Brooke: As I said, Doctor. Everyone knows our names.
The Doctor: Oh. They'll never forget them.
Gold: Maggie, if you want to meet the only new human bring that you're going to see in the next five years better come take a look. A strange noise from the intercom
Brooke: What was that?
The Doctor: Oh, I really should go....
The Doctor: I hate robots. Did I say?
Groom: Yeah, and he's not too fond of you. What's wrong with robots?
The Doctor: It's not the robots, it's the people. Dressing them up and giving them silly voices. Like you're reducing them.
Groom: Yeah. Friend of mine, she made her domestic robot look like a dog.
The Doctor: Ah well, dogs... that's different.
The Doctor using his sonic screwdriver to illuminate the dome: There you go.
Brooke: What's that device?
The Doctor: Screwdriver.
Brooke: You the doctor or the janitor?
Brooke: Keep surveillance until I get back. And close down all water supplies. All pipes and outlets. Don't consume anything. Have you got that everyone? That's an order. Don't drink the water. Don't even touch it. Not one drop.
The Doctor: Human beings are 60 percent water so that makes them the perfect host.
Brooke: What for?
The Doctor: I dunno. And I never will. Because I've got to go. Whatever's started here, I can't see it to the end. I can't.
Brooke: We're safe. It's hermetically sealed. They can't get in.
The Doctor: Water is patient, Adelaide. Water just waits. Wears down the cliff tops, the mountains. The whole of the world. Water always wins.
The Doctor: Blimey, it's a distance. You could do with bikes in this place.
Brooke: Every pound in weight equals three tons of fuel.
The Doctor: Yeah I know. But... bikes!
The Doctor: This thing, whatever it is, doesn't just hide in water. It creates water. to Maggie Tell me what you want.
Yuri Kerenski: She was looking at the screen. At Earth. She wants Earth. A world full of water.
Gold: I'm sorry, but it's an unknown infection and it's spreading. That demands action procedure one.
Brooke: You think I
don't know that?
Gold: I think you need reminding.
Brooke: Yeah.
Gold: Well at least I'm good for something.
Brooke: Now and again.
Gold: That's almost a compliment. Things must be serious.
The Doctor: Sorry! But action one, that means evacuation, yeah?
Brooke: We're going home.
The Doctor: They tell legends of Mars, long ago. A fine and noble race built an empire out of snow. The Ice Warriors.
Brooke: I haven't got time for stories.
The Doctor: Perhaps they found something down there. Used their might and their wisdom to freeze it.
Brooke: You don't look like a coward. But all you've wanted to do is leave. You know so much about us.
The Doctor: Well, you're famous.
Brooke: It's like you know more.
The Doctor: This moment—this precise moment in time—it's like.... I mean it's only a theory, what do I know.
But. I think certain moments in time are fixed. Tiny, precious moments. Everything else is in flux, but those certain moments, they have to stand. This base on Mars, with you Adelaide Brooke, this is one vital moment. What happens here must always happen.
Brooke: Which is what?
The Doctor: I don't know. I think something wonderful happens. Something that started 50 years ago. Isn't that right?
Brooke: I've never told anyone that.
The Doctor: You told your daughter. And maybe one day she tells the story to her daughter. The day the Earth was stolen and moved across the universe. And you...
Brooke: I saw the Daleks. We looked up, the sky had changed. Everyone was running and screaming. And my father took hold of me. I never saw him again. Now my mother. They were never found. But out on the streets there was panic. And burning. I went to the window. And there, in the sky, I saw it, Doctor. And it saw me. It stared at me. It looked right into me. And then... it simply went away. I knew that night, I knew I would follow it.
The Doctor: But not for revenge.
Brooke: What would be the point of that?
The Doctor: That's what makes you remarkable.
The Doctor: Imagine it, Adelaide, if you began a journey that takes the human race all the way out to the stars. It begins with you. And then your granddaughter, you inspire her. So that in thirty years Susie Fontana Brooke is the pilot of the first lightspeed ship to Proxima Centauri. And then everywhere. With her children, and her children's children, forging the way. To the Dragon Star, the Celestial Belt of the Winter Queen. The map of the Water Snake Wormholes. One day a Brooke will even fall in love with a Tandonian prince. And that's the start of a whole new species. And everything starts with you, Adelaide. From fifty years ago to right here. Today.
Brooke: Who are you? Why are you telling me this, Doctor? Why tell me?
The Doctor: As consolation.
Brooke: You were right, Doctor.
The Doctor: What about?
Brooke: Bikes!
Brooke: Tell me! I could ramp up the pressure in that airlock and crush you.
The Doctor: Except you won't. You could have shot Andy Stone but you didn't. I loved you for that. Imagine... Imagine you knew something... Imagine you found yourself somewhere. I don;t know, Pompeii. Imagine you were in Pompeii.
Brooke: What the hell's that got to do with it?
The Doctor: And you try to save them. But in doing so you make it happen. Anything I do just makes it happen.
Brooke: Help me. Why won't you help, Doctor, if you know all of this? Why can't you change it?
The Doctor: I can't.
Brooke: Why can't you find a way?
The Doctor: I'm sorry but I can't. Sometimes I can. Sometimes I do. Most times I can save someone. Or anyone. But not you. You wondered all your life why that Dalek spared you. I think it knew. Your death is fixed in time forever. And that's right.
Brooke: You'll die here too. What's going to save you?
The Doctor: Captain Adelaide Brooke.
Brooke: Damn you.
Gold: Captain. The shuttle is down.
Brooke: What the hell do you mean?
Gold: Compromised. It was Maggie.
Brooke: Get out of there!
Gold: Too late. They want this ship to get to Earth. Got no choice. Hated it Adelaide! This bloody job. Never gave me a chance. You never could forgive me. hits the destruct button See you later.
The Doctor: Mia! Take this sealant, fix that beam. Yuri! Open the emergency oxygen. Adelaide! Don't just sit there. That's better! The dome's still got integrity. It's ten feet of steel combination made in Liverpool. Magnificent workmanship!
Brooke: It can't be stopped. Don't die with us.
The Doctor: Isn't anyone going to thank me? He's lost his signal. Doesn't know where he is.
Brooke: That's my house.
The Doctor: Don't you get it? This is the 21st of November, 2059. Same day. On Earth. And it's snowing! I love snow.
Mia Bennett : What is that thing? It's bigger— I mean, it's bigger on the inside. Who the hell are you?
Brooke: Look after her.
Kerenski: Yes ma'am.
Brooke: You saved us.
The Doctor: Just think about it. Your daughter and your daughters' daughter. You can see them again. Family reunion.
Brooke: But I'm supposed to be dead.
The Doctor: Not anymore.
Brooke: But. Susie. My granddaughter. Wasn't she supposed to become... Might never exist now.
The Doctor: Nah! Captain Adelaide can inspire her face-to-face. Different details but the story's the same.
Brooke: But you can't know that! And if my family changes the whole of history could change. The future of the human race. No one should have that much power.
The Doctor: Tough.
Brooke: You should have left us there.
The Doctor: Adelaide I've done this sort of thing before. In small ways, saved some little people. But never someone as important as you. Oh, I'm good.
Brooke: Little people?! What, like Mia and Yuri? Who decides they're so unimportant? You?
The Doctor: For a long time I thought I was just a survivor, but I'm not. I'm the winner. That's who I am. The Time Lord Victorious.
Brooke: And there's no one to stop you.
The Doctor: No.
Brooke: This is wrong, Doctor. I don't care who you are. The Time Lord Victorious is wrong.
The Doctor: That's for me to decide. Now you better get home. Aw! It's all locked up. You've been away. Still, that's easy. All yours.
Brooke: Is there nothing you can't do?
The Doctor: Not anymore.
The Doctor: I've gone too far. Is this it? My death? Is it time?