Twelfth Doctor quotes from Doctor Who

I was given strict instructions to keep you at the university.

Who by?

You!

Well you're not doing a very good job, are you? I'll overlook it this once.

Greetings, sinner. [quoting] Only in darkness are we revealed.

I didn't send for you.

[continuing] Goodness is not goodness that seeks advantage. Good is good in the final hour. In the deepest pit. Without hope. Without witness. Without reward. Virtue is only virtue in extremis. This is what he believes. And this is the reason, above all, I love him. My husband. My madman in a box. My Doctor.

Your missus wouldn't approve.

[shocked, angry] How the hell did you get here?

Followed you from Darillium. On the explicit orders of your late wife, River Song. Warning: I have full permission to kick your arse.

So, you're blind and you don't want your enemies to know. I get it. But why does it have to be a secret from Bill?

Because I don't like being worried about. Around me, people should be worried about themselves.

Yeah. Shall I tell you the real reason?

No.

Because the moment you tell Bill, it becomes real, and then you might actually have to deal with it.

Good point. Well made. Definitely not telling her now.

You're an idiot.

Everyone knows that.

You swore an oath--!

I swore an oath I'd look after her body for a thousand years; nobody mentioned "dead".

You are unarmed?

Always.

You stand alone.

Often.

You're the one who should be afraid.

Never.

[walking around the TARDIS console] The end of your life… has already begun. There is a last place you will ever go. The last door you will ever walk through. A last sight you will ever see. And every step you ever take… is moving you closer. The end of the world is a billion, billion tiny moments. And somewhere unnoticed, in silence or in darkness… it has already begun.

[from outside the TARDIS] Are you talking to yourself in there?

I'm meditating.

It's an alien spaceship.

There you go.

But what's it doing?

It could have chosen anywhere on this planet. It chose to sit on the strategic intersection of the three most powerful armies on Earth. So what it's doing, Colonel, is sending us a message.

What message?

"Bring it."

We know you.

Then you'll know that there is a line in the sand, and I'm the man on the other side of it. You want to keep me that way.

Bill, what have you done?!

I'll tell you what, old man... You better get my planet back!

Enjoy your sight, Doctor. Now see our world.

Human society is… stagnating. You've stopped moving forward. In fact, you're regressing.

Well, this isn't exactly much better.

It's safer.

Not so much for the people the Monks are killing.

The Romans killed people and saved billions more from disease. War. Famine. And barbarism.

No, wait. What about free will? You believe in free will. Your whole thing is - you made me write a 3000-word essay on free will!

Yes, well, you had free will, and look at what you did with it. Worse than that, you had history. History was saying to you, "Look, I've got some examples of fascism here for you to look at. No? Fundamentalism? No? Oh. Okay. You carry on." I had to stop you, or at least not stand in the way of someone else who wanted to. Because the guns were getting bigger, the stakes were getting higher, and any minute now, it's gonna be "Goodnight, Vienna". By the way, you never delivered that essay.

Because the world was invaded by zombie monks!

Do you have any idea how hard the past few months have been? How hard it's been to hold on to the truth? It would've been so easy to just-- to just give in and believe their lies. But I didn't. I fought against it for you! For when you came back! And now you're saying you've joined them? You're helping them? [She grabs a gun from a soldier and points it at the Doctor.]

Bill, put-- put, put the gun down.

I'm serious, Doctor. We'll think of something else. But you better tell me now. Cause-- Cause if you help the Monks, then nothing will ever stop them. They'll be here forever!

It's not a trick, it's not a plan, I have joined the Monks. Whatever it takes... I'm gonna save you from yourselves.

It's a woman! The way you and Nardole were carrying on, I thought you had a monster in here or something.

I do. Missy, Bill. Bill, Missy. The other last of the Time Lords.

Even if that was the truth, the fact that you're suggesting it shows there's been no change. No hope, no point. We don't sacrifice because it's wrong. Because it's easy.

You know, back in the day, I burned an entire city to the ground just to see the pretty shapes the smoke made. I'm sorry your plus one doesn't get a happy ending. But like it or not, I just saved this world because I want to change. Your version of "good" is not absolute. It's vain and arrogant and sentimental. If you're waiting for me to become all that, I'm going to be here for a long time yet.

Why do you put up with us (humanity), then?

In amongst seven billion, there's someone like you. That's why I put up with the rest of them.

[tearfully] You remember all the people I've killed? Every day, I think of them all. Being bad… being bad. I didn't know I even knew their names. You didn't tell me about this bit.

I'm sorry, but this is good.

[trying to hold it together] Okay.