Nardole quotes from Doctor Who

He's the Doctor. He's very brave and he's very silly, and I think, for a time, he's going to be very sad. But I promise, in the end, he'll be alright.

Sir, I must protest in the strongest, most upset terms possible! Don't make me go squeaky-voiced.

Can't I ever have peace? Can't I rest?

Of course you can.

It's your choice.

Only yours.

We understand.

No. No, you don't. You're not even really here. You're just memories, held in glass. Do you know how many of you I could fill? I would shatter you. My Testimony would shatter all of you. A life this long -- do you understand what it is? It's a battlefield, like this one. It's empty. Because everyone else has fallen. Thank you. Thank you both, for everything that you were to me. What happens now... Where I go now.. has to be alone.

We weren't sure where you'd come down.

Sorry?

In your capsule.

I'm never sure. I don't like being sure about things. One minute you're sure, the next, everyone tuns into lizards and a piano falls on your head.

A piano?

It's been a long day.

Oh. There's the smile. I don't like the smile.

The Sword of Damocles hanging over New York. I can't destroy it, I can't remove it, I can't stop it falling. There's only one thing I can do.

What?

The unexpected! The thing about being in a room full of buttons and switches is… I love buttons and switches! [he frantically presses various buttons and switches]

[about the TARDIS] Doctor, it's bigger on the inside than it is on the outside!

Hey hey, we got there!

How is that possible? How'd he do that?

Well, first, you have to imagine a very big box fitting inside a very small box.

Okay.

Then you have to make one. It's the second part people normally get stuck on.

Bill told me you went on a little adventure. You see?

See what?

Well! You don't have to go to outer space to find monsters. There's plenty of things wanna kill you right here on Earth.

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.

Hello? Who’s there, hello? Please report status.

Ooh, look at this one! You’re probably handsome, aren’t you? Congratulations on your relative symmetry.

Who are you?

Well, I'm that mysterious adventurer in time and space, known only as Doctor Who, and these are my disposables - Exposition and Comic Relief.

We're not functions!

Darling, those were genders.

Are you having an emotion?

I know I can help her.

Yeah! Look at that face, he's having an emotion! Yeah! Yes, look at that bit, he's doing emotions.

Oh, leave him alone!

Can I take a selfie with you?

Bill? Bill, talk to me. What have they done to you?

Operation Exodus… whatever that is.

[from behind them] Well, wrong name, for a start.

I… waited.

[standing at one side of Bill] This is not an exodus, is it? More of a beginning, really, isn't it?

I… waited.

[from behind the Doctor] In fact, d'you know what I'd call it? [enters and stands on the other side of Bill]

I'd call it a genesis.

You've met the ex.

Specifically… the genesis of the Cybermen.

[pointing at the Doctor] I… waited… for you. [a single tear runs from Bill's left eye and through her cybermask]