Clara Oswald quotes from Doctor Who

This isn't a potential future. This is the future now. It's already happened. The proof is right there in front of you. I have to die.

No. You can change things.

I can't. Even the tiniest change, the ramifications could be catastrophic. It could spread carnage and chaos across the universe like ripples on a pond. Oh, well, I've had a good innings. This regeneration, it's a bit of a clerical error anyway. I've got to go sometime.

Not with me! Die with whoever comes after me. You do not leave me.

Listen to me. We all have to face death eventually, be it ours or someone else's.

I'm not ready yet. I don't want to think about that, not yet.

I can't change what's already happened. There are rules.

So break them. And anyway, you owe me. You've made yourself essential to me. You've given me something else to, to be. And you can't do that and then die. It's not fair. No, Doctor, I don't care about your rules or your bloody survivor's guilt. If you love me in any way ... you'll come back.

It won't stop, the repair kit I put inside Ashildr, not ever. It'll just keep fixing her.

Well, good.

I'm not sure, but it's entirely possible she has lost the ability to die.

The ability?

Oh, dying's an ability, believe me. Barring accidents, she may now be functionally immortal.

If the repair kit never stops working, then why did you give her two?

Immortality isn't living forever, that's not what it feels like. Immortality is everyone else dying. She might meet someone she can't bear to lose. That happens… I believe.

I thought you didn't like being President of the World.

No, but I like poncing about in a big plane.

We have to go after them!

Don't be ridiculous.

Doctor!

They're under my command: I owe it to them.

To die? They wouldn't thank you for that. Nor you, Clara. "To die, to die, Glamis hath murdered sleep, therefore Cawdor shall sleep no more. Macbeth shall sleep no more."

What?

Shakespeare. He really knew his stuff. They all did: The ancients, the poets. All those sad songs, all those lullabies. Sleep is essential to every sentient being in the universe. But to humans — greedy, filthy, stupid humans? It's an inconvenience… to be bartered away!

What now? We can't stay in here. We're going to freeze to death. And we can't go back out there because the Sandmen will get us.

Sandmen?

Yeah, it's a good name. It fits, like the song. #Bom, bom, bom.#

No, you don't get to name things. I'm the Doctor. I do the naming.

Alright, Sorry.

It's like the Silurians all over again.

Okay, well, what would you prefer then? The Dustmen?

[beat] Sandmen.

[to Ashildr] Fix this. Fix it now.

It's not possible. I— I can't.

Yes, it is. You can, and you will, or this street will be over. I'll show you and all your funny little friends to the whole laughing world. I'll bring UNIT, I'll bring the Zygons - give me a minute, I’ll bring the Daleks and the Cybermen. You will save Clara, and you will do it now, or I will rain hell on you for the rest of time!

Doctor, stop talking like that.

You can't.

I can do whatever the hell I like. You read the stories, you know who I am! And in all that time, did you ever hear anything about anyone who stopped me?

I know the Doctor. The Doctor would nev—

The Doctor is no longer here! You are stuck with me! And I will end you and everything you love.

Doctor, for God's sake, will you stop?!

No!

I did this, do you hear me? I did this. This is my fault.

I don't care!

Liar. You always care. Always have. Your reign of terror will end with the sight of the first crying child, and you know it.

No, I don't.

I do. Listen, if this is the last I ever see of you, please, not like this.

[to the Doctor] You. You listen to me. You're going to be alone now, and you're very bad at that. You're going to be furious, and you're going to be sad, but listen to me. Don't let this change you. No, listen. Whatever happens next, wherever she is sending you, I know what you're capable of. You don't be a warrior. Promise me. Be a Doctor.

What's the point of being a Doctor if I can't cure you?

Heal yourself. You have to. You can't let this turn you into a monster. So, I'm not asking you for a promise. I'm giving you an order. You will not insult my memory. There will be no revenge. I will die, and no one else, here or anywhere, will suffer.

What about me?

If there was something I could do about that, I would. I guess we're both just going to have to be brave.

I can't keep doing this! I can't! I can't... always do this! It's not fair! It's not fair, Clara! Why can't I just lose?!

But I can remember, Clara. You don't understand. I can remember it all. Every time.

And you'll still be gone. Whatever I do... You still won't be there.

Doctor. You are not the only person who ever lost someone. It’s the story of everybody. Get over it. Beat it. Break free.

Doctor, it's time. Get up, off your arse, and win.

Is this a story, or did this really happen?

Every story ever told really happened. Stories... are where memories go when they're forgotten.

One question. And you will answer: How long was the Doctor inside the Confession Dial?

We think... four-and-a-half billion years.

He could've left any time he wanted, he just had to say what he knew. The Dial would've released him.

Four-and-a-half billion years?

If she says so.

No! Why would you even do that? I was dead! I was dead and gone! Why? Why would you even do that to yourself?!

I had a duty of care!

What if one last heartbeat is all I've got? What if Time isn't healing? What if the universe needs me to die?

The universe is over! It doesn't have a say any more! We're standing on the last ember, the last fragment of everything that ever was. As of this moment, I'm answerable to no-one!

You and me, together... Look how far I went, for fear of losing you. This has to stop. One of us has to go.

[after seemingly reversed the polarity of the neural interface] You really don't know which?

Let's find out. Let's do it... like we've done everything else: together.

[losing memory of Clara] Run like hell, because you always need to. Laugh at everything, because it's always funny.

No. Stop it. You're saying goodbye. Don't say goodbye!

Never be cruel and never be cowardly. And if you ever are, always make amends.

Stop it! Stop! Stop it!

Never eat pears. They're too squishy and they always make your chin wet. That one's quite important. Write it down.

I didn't mean to do this. I'm sorry.

It's OK. It's OK. I went too far. I broke all my own rules. I became the Hybrid. This is right. I accept it.

I can't. There has to be something I can do.

Smile for me. Go on. Clara Oswald… one last time.

How could I smile?

It's OK. Don't you worry. I'll remember it.

What Clara told you in the Cloisters...

I don't remember a single thing about it.

You said memories become stories when we forget them. Maybe some of them become songs.

That would be nice...

Yeah, it would be, wouldn't it?