Ryan quotes from Doctor Who

Have you got family?

No. Lost them a long time ago.

How'd you cope with that?

I carry them with me. What they would have thought, and said, and done. Make them a part of who I am. So even though they’re gone from the world, they’re never gone from me.

I don’t need other people.

We all need other people, mate.

We’re all alone. That’s how we start, and end, and its the natural state of all points in between.

Were you born that miserable, or did you have to work at it?

You know, when I was four my mum told me to climb a tree. She made me climb until I was too scared to climb any higher. Then she told me to jump into her arms. “Don’t worry,” she said. “I’m your mum. I’m here for you. I’ll catch you.” So I jumped. And she moved out of the way.

What?

Sorry, did you say your mum did this to you?

Smashed into the ground, smashed this arm, shattered that ankle. And she stood over me and she said, “Now you’ve learned. You can never trust anyone in this life.”

That is messed up.

Best thing she ever did for me. I loved my mum.

[sarcastically] Yeah, she sounds terrific.

Your mum was wrong. We’re stronger together.

Now do you see why I don’t like guns?

Don’t go on about it.

Oh, I will go on about it! A lot.

We don’t serve Negroes.

Good. 'Cause I don't eat them.

I need oil, water, tree bark, a saucepan, nine containers, an old newspaper, a touch of ox spit, a chicken poo, and a biscuit.

Bagsy not chicken poo!

Why a biscuit?

I love biscuits!

Did you hear the noises in the valley in the night?

The violence is getting closer

Who's doing this stuff?

Well, all we can strive to be... is good men. And you, Prem, are a good man.

We've gotta do something, Doctor.

The Doc said don't interfere. You said don't interfere, right?

So much for not interfering.

You brought us all together. You ain't going to tear us apart. You ain't worth killing. But you can have a taste of your own medicine.

We're not weak, we're strong. And we sentence you to life.

So, as you're contemplating eternity, keep one name on your mind...

[speaking together] Grace.

What do you need me to say? Hmm? 'Cause I want to say it.

Okay. You say "Ryan,... I'm sorry. I've messed up. I am never good enough. I've let you down. A lot. And I always made life hard for you. And if it meant that, over the years, you ever felt lonely, or abandoned, or didn't know where to turn, or who to talk to, or how to be, then I'm sorry. 'Cause...'cause you mustn't ever think that you didn't deserve my love."

You didn't ever think that.

Yeah. Why wouldn't you?.... Okay. Listen. Here's what you find out when you get older. There's things you done in your life... to others. The decisions you've made... maybe when... things were difficult... you get it wrong. But by the time you realize you got it wrong,... it's too late. You can't fix it because the damage is done. So you run. 'Cause you're too ashamed... to make it right. That's what I did.

No. You hid when I needed ya. First Mum. Then Nan.

I'm not hiding anymore.

Fighting with the vending machine?

No, it just gave me an electric shock.

That's not a shock. It's a hopper virus. This machine's sick and it just passed its virus onto you.

How did I get a virus the same as a vending machine? I'm not a machine.

Hoppers are multi-platform. They'll go for anything. Don't pick at it!

Oh, did it just go through me?

It's moving deeper inside you to mutate into your nervous system.

What?

Important not to panic. Humans always have the same reaction to a hopper virus. First you get the wiggly fingers, which is a warning the legs are about to go. [Catches Ryan as he falls] Luckily, this is where my hopper first-aid training kicks in. Need to get rid of these. [Opens the packet of snacks and empties its contents on the floor] Then pinch your ear! [Does so]

Ow!

Then you're going to sneeze!

[Sneezes]

Yes. Now suck your thumb until the hallucinations stop. And remember, they're not real bats. [Helps Ryan to his feet]

He's fine. He's fine.

Make the bats go away!

I was at home- you know, normal life, work- then, boom- the Doctor. Changed me whole life.

I was the same, before I met Mr. Tesla. I wanted my own career, something steady. Then he showed me all these discoveries that could be made. But it seemed like impossible things that could be made. And now, something normal, steady...

Doesn't seem so important?

Was that more or less impossible than your usual day?

Yeah, about average. You?

Slightly stranger. Normal would be boring, wouldn't it?

She's doing it again. Spending hours at the controls looking for something. Thinks we haven't noticed.

I'll ask her. [Calls out louder] Hey, Doc, what you looking for?

[looks up surprised] How long have you been there?

Twenty minutes.

You haven't.

What you looking for?

Not looking for anything.

Don't lie to us.

[After a pause] The Master

Why would you do that?

The Kasaavin took him.

Yes. They transported him to their dimension and I can't get there in the TARDIS, but I thought... if he escaped I could track him. There's no sign.

I thought he'd be that last person you'd wanna see.

He left a message for me.

Saying what?

It's personal.

Is that where you go? When you leave us to explore and you say you'll be back in an hour but you never are? Are you out looking for him? Where do you go?

Home. On my own.

Why? Why not with us?

Cuz you ask too many questions!

Shelley's only one life against all those others.

But is he, Ryan? His thoughts, his words, inspire and influence thousands for centuries. If he dies now, who knows what damage that will have on future history? Words matter! One death, one ripple, and history will change in a blink. The future will not be the world you know. The world you came from, the world you were created in, won't exist, so neither will you. It's not just his life at stake, it's yours. You want to sacrifice yourself for this? You want me to sacrifice you? You want to call it? Do it now. All of you. [None of the companions respond] Yeah. Cos sometimes this team structure isn't flat. It's mountainous, with me at the summit in the stratosphere. Alone. Left to choose. Save the poet, save the universe. Watch people burn now or tomorrow. Sometimes, even I can't win.

You saved Shelley, but what does that mean for the future?

It means I put it in the gravest danger.

Please, tell me that was part of the plan.

Yes. A last-minute, imperfect, all-I've-got plan. Saving Shelley was step one.

What's step two?

Fix the mess I created in step one.