A character in Doctor Who
Ninth Doctor
Doctor Who · 1,966 quotes
9th most-quoted character in Doctor Who: in 65 of its 1,966 quotes
Most scenes with: Rose Tyler (27), Dalek (4), Jack (3)
If you're not holding us hostage, then open the door and let us out. The staff are terrified!
That's the same staff who execute hundreds of people every day?
That's not our fault! We're just doing our jobs!
And with that sentence, you just lost the right to even talk to me. Now, back off!
I will talk to the Doctor.
Oh, will you? That's nice. Hello!
The Dalek stratagem nears completion. The fleet is almost ready. You will not intervene.
Oh, really? Why's that, then?
We have your associate. You will obey or she will be exterminated!
No.
[The Daleks glance at each other in confusion.]
Explain yourself.
I said no.
What is the meaning of this negative?
It means no.
But she will be destroyed!
No! 'Cos this is what I'm gonna do: I'm gonna rescue her! I'm gonna save Rose Tyler from the middle of the Dalek fleet, and then I'm gonna save the Earth, and then, just to finish off, I'm gonna wipe every last stinking Dalek out of the sky!
But you have no weapons! No defenses! No plan!
Yeah! And doesn't that scare you to death? [speaking to Rose] Rose?
Yes, Doctor?
I'm coming to get you.
[The Doctor steps out of the TARDIS]
Exterminate! Exterminate!
[They fire their weapons, which are stopped by a force-field extending a good three metres out from the Tardis]
Is that it? Useless! Nul points! [to Rose and Jack] It's all right, you can come out; that force-field can hold back anything.
Almost anything.
Yes, but I wasn't going to tell them that, thanks.
Sorry.
Do you know what they call me in the ancient legends of the Dalek Homeworld? The Oncoming Storm. You might've removed all your emotions but I reckon right down deep in your DNA, there's one little spark left, and that's fear. Doesn't it just burn when you face me? So tell me. How did you survive the Time War?
They survived through me.
[The Doctor turns to the sound of the voice, the lights then come on revealing the Dalek Emperor and his army]
[shocked] Rose...Captain...This is the Emperor of the Daleks.
You destroyed us, Doctor. The Dalek race died in your inferno, but my ship survived. Falling through time, crippled but alive.
I get it.
Do not interrupt!
Do not interrupt!
Do not interrupt!
I think you're forgetting something. I'm the Doctor, and If there's one thing I can do, it's talk! I've got five billion languages, and you haven't got one way of stopping me. So if anyone's gonna shut up, [turns around and angrily yells at the Daleks] IT'S YOU!
[The Daleks back up from the Doctor's outburst. The Doctor turns back to the Emperor, his face once again calm]
[cheerfully] Okie-doke! So, where were we?
[The Daleks have cornered the Doctor]
You really wanna think about this. 'Cos if I activate this signal, every living creature dies.
I am immortal.
Do you wanna put that to the test?
I want to see you become like me. Hail the Doctor, the great exterminator!
[gripping the switch] I'LL DO IT!
Then prove yourself, Doctor! What are you? Coward or killer?
[hesitates, then finally steps away] Coward. Any day.
Mankind will be harvested because of your weakness.
And what about me? Am I becoming one of your angels?
You are the heathen. You will be exterminated!
Maybe it's time.
Rose Tyler. I was going to take you to so many places. Barcelona. Not the city Barcelona, the planet Barcelona. You'd love it. Fantastic place! They've got dogs with no noses! [Laughs] Imagine how many times a day you end up telling that joke and it's still funny!
Then... why can't we go?
Maybe you will, and maybe I will. But not like this.
You're not making sense.
I might never make sense again! I might have two heads, or no head. Imagine me with no head, ha! And don't say that's an improvement... But it's a bit dodgy, this process. You never know what you're going to end up with. [he gasps as a burst of regenerative energy erupts from his torso]
Doctor!
Stay away!
Doctor, tell me what's going on.
I absorbed all the energy of the time vortex, and no one's meant to do that! [chuckles, but then looks up at her seriously] Every cell in my body's dying.
Can't you do something?
Yeah. I'm doing it now! Time Lords have this little trick. It's sort of a way of cheating death. Except... it means I'm going to change. And I'm not going to see you again. Not like this. Not with this daft old face. And before I go--
Don't say that!
Rose, before I go, I just want to tell you you were fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. And do you know what? So was I! [The Doctor regenerates.]
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