What are all these harnesses for?
Ah, the "Almost People"?
Are they prisoners, or meditating, or what?
At the moment they fall under the "or what" category.
Halt, and remain calm!
[pause]
Well, we've halted. How are we all doing on the calm front?
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What are all these harnesses for?
Ah, the "Almost People"?
Are they prisoners, or meditating, or what?
At the moment they fall under the "or what" category.
Halt, and remain calm!
[pause]
Well, we've halted. How are we all doing on the calm front?
This is insane. We're fighting ourselves.
Yes, it's insane. And it's about to get even more insanerer. Is that a word? Show yourself! Right now!
Doctor! We are trapped in here and Rory's out there with them. Hello! We can't get to the TARDIS and we can't even leave the island.
[A voice identical to the Doctor's is heard from across the room]
Correct in every respect, Pond. It's frightening. Unexpected. Frankly, a total utter splattering mess on the carpet. [a Ganger copy of the Doctor steps out of the shadows - identically clothed, but with the gelid, half-finished face of the recently-formed Flesh] But I am certain — one hundred percent certain — that we can work this out. Trust me. [straightens his bow tie] I'm the Doctor.
[having tricked Amy and others into believing he is the Ganger version] Interesting. You definitely feel more affection for him than me.
No, no— but you're fine and everything, but he's The Doctor— no offense: being almost the Doctor is pretty damn impressive.
Being "almost the Doctor" is like being no Doctor at all.
Don't overreact!
[angry] You might as well call me Smith!
The only reason I joined the Clerics was so I could meet the Doctor again.
You wanted to meet him, so you joined an army to fight him?
Well, how else do you meet a great warrior?
He's not a warrior.
Then why is he called the Doctor?
What's wrong with you? What has she done to you?
Poisoned me, but I'm fine. Well, no. I'm dying. But I've got a plan.
What plan?
Not dying! See? Fine.
I don't understand! One minute she's gonna marry you and then she's gonna kill you?
Well, she's been brainwashed; it all makes sense to her. Plus... she's a woman! [Amy glares at him] Oh, shut up! I'm dying!
Right, okay, this is big news. This is temporal earthquake time. I'm now officially changing my own future. Hold on to your spectacles. In my past I saw my future-self refuse to help you. I'm now changing that future and agreeing. Every Law of Time says that shouldn't be possible.
Yes, except sometimes, knowing your own future is what enables you to change it. Especially if you're bloody-minded, contradictory, and completely unpredictable.
So basically, if you're Amy, then.
Yes, if anyone can defeat pre-destiny, it's your wife.
The look on your face when you carried her -- me. Her... When you carried her away, you used to look at me like that. I'd forgotten how much you loved me. I'd forgotten how much I loved being her. Amy Pond in the TARDIS, with Rory Williams...
I'm sorry, I can't do this! [He unlocks the door. Amy grips the handle tight.]
If you love me, don't let me in. Open that door, I will. I'll come in, I don't wanna die. I won't bow out bravely, I'll be kicking, screaming, fighting to the end.
Amy... I love you.
I love you too! Don't let me in. Tell Amy -- your Amy -- I'm giving her the days. The days with you, the days to come...
I'm so, so sorry...
The days I can't have. Take them, please.
Interface.
I am here, Amy Pond.
Show me Earth. Show me home. Did I ever tell you about this boy I met there? He pretended to be in a band.
[The Doctor and Rita talk by Joe's dead body.]
Every time the Doctor gets pally with someone, I have this overwhelming urge to notify their next-of-kin. [Rory flinches]
What?
Sorry. Last time I said something like that, you hit me with your shoe. And you literally had to sit down and unlace it first.
[to the Doctor] What exactly happened to him?
He died.
You are a medical doctor, aren't you? You haven't just got a degree in cheese-making or something?
No, no. Well, yes. Both, actually.
[standing over the dying Minotaur] What's it saying?
[speaking the Minotaur's thoughts aloud] "An ancient creature, drenched in the blood of the innocent... drifting in space through an endless shifting maze... for such a creature, death would be a gift." [to the Minotaur] Then accept it, and sleep well. [the Minotaur growls and the Doctor reiterates in English] "I wasn't talking about myself."
[The TARDIS lands in front of a blue house with a red Jaguar parked out front]
Don't tell me, this isn't Earth, that isn't a real house, and inside lives a goblin that feeds on indecision.
Nope. Real Earth, real house, [He hands keys to Amy] real door keys.
You're not serious.
The car, too, but that's my favourite car. How did you know that was my favourite car?
Showed me a picture of it once and said, "That's my favourite car!"
Rory, um, can I have two minutes? Two minutes.
She'll say that we can't accept it because it's too extravagant and we'll always feel a crippling sense of obligation. [looks back at the Jaguar and Amy] It's a risk I'm willing to take. [Rory approaches the house]
Hey. [Beckons the Doctor to lean against the car with her] So, you're leaving, aren't you?
You haven't seen the last of me. Bad Penny is my middle name. Seriously, the looks I get when I fill in a form, it's...
Why now?
Because you're still... breathing.
Well, I think this is about the washing up, personally. [They laugh]
[Approaching the TARDIS] I mean, you're right, there's still heaps of stuff out there to look at. Do you know, there's a planet whose name literally translates as "Volatile Circus". [Amy laughs and the Doctor looks at the new house] Or maybe there's a bigger, scarier adventure waiting for you in there.
Even so, it can't happen like this. After what we've been through, Doctor... everything. You can't just drop me off at my house and say goodbye like we shared a cab.
And what's the alternative? Me standing over your grave? Over your broken body? Over Rory's body?
[They hug]
If you bump into my daughter, tell her to visit her old mum sometime.
[Looking back at the house] And look after him.
Look after you. [She kisses his forehead]
[The Doctor departs in the TARDIS as Rory comes out of the house holding champagne and three glasses]
What happened? What's he doing?
He's saving us.
What do you know of the Dalek Asylum?
According to legend, you have a dumping ground. A planet where you lock up all the Daleks that go wrong. The battle-scarred, the insane. The ones even you can’t control. Which never made any sense to me.
Why not?
Because you'd just kill them!
It is offensive to us to extinguish such divine hatred.
Offensive?!?
Does it surprise you to know the Daleks have a concept of beauty?
[appalled] I thought you'd run out of ways to make me sick, but hello again. You think hatred is beautiful?
Perhaps that is why we have never been able to kill you.
[A hatch in the floor opens, revealing a planet surrounded by a force field]
The Asylum. It occupies the entire planet, right to the core.
How many Daleks are in there?
A count has not been made. Millions, certainly.
All still alive?
It has to be assumed. The asylum is fully automated. Supervision is not required.
Armed?
The Daleks are always armed.
What colour? [Everyone stares at him] Sorry, there weren't any good questions left.
Amy, it's me. Do you remember me? [She slaps him] She remembers me.
Same old Amy.
Do you know how you make someone into a Dalek? Subtract love, add anger. Doesn't she seem a bit too angry to you?
Well, somebody's never been to Scotland.
What about you, though, Oswin? Why are you okay? Why hasn't the nano-cloud converted you?
I mentioned the genius thing, yeah? Shielded in here.
Hmm, clever of you. Now this place, the Daleks said it was fully automated, but look at it — it's a wreck.
Well, I've had nearly a year to mess with them... and not a lot else to do.
A genius entertainment manager hiding out in a wrecked ship, hacking the security systems of the most advanced warrior race the Universe has ever seen — but, you know what really gets me about you, Oswin? The soufflés. Where do you get milk for the soufflés? Seriously, is no one else wondering about that?
No. Frankly, no! Twice.
[Door opens and they come face to face with two Ankylosaurs]
Not possible.
Run.
[The gang runs while the Doctor stays put with an expression of pure joy on his face]
Doctor!
[gleeful] I know. Dinosaurs! On a spaceship!!!
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