Belinda quotes from Doctor Who

I watched with my mum and dad when I was little. Best night of the year! They'd let me stay up late for voting, as long as I'd brush my teeth and got into my pajamas, and look at me now!

If you travel to that star, it's four quadrillion miles away. I know girls aren't good at maths, but that's a long way. Cos the thing is, Belinda, I look up at the night sky, and it is so beautiful, and I think, "How can I capture this? How can I celebrate your birthday and treasure this moment forever?" So I bought you... this. Happy birthday.

Thank you.

You could fold the paper and save it for later, but never mind. [Gives her a framed Star Certificate.]

Oh! Wow.

So, what it means is, that star, that's yours. That star, right there. Shining down upon us.

Does it have to say Miss?

Are you married?

No.

Then it's Miss. Do you like it, or...?

Yes! I'm sorry, Alan. Yes. This is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me. Thank you.

[awkwardly] Just... gonna... kiss you.

Ah-ha. It's the same object twice.

Do you mean it's literally the same diploma, like in a time-travel way?

Timey-wimey.

Timey-wimey?

Yup.

Am I six?

It is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside.

Yeah, I know. Now get me home. 24th of May, 2025. My shift starts at 7.30am, thank you very much.

Yeah, but we don't need to rush, cos... Time Lord, time machine.

This is a time machine?

Boom! Because there is something already connecting us, Belinda, way beyond Robots. I have been to the future, and I have met your descendant on a planet far away, in the 51st century. Her name was Mundy Flynn.

Did she look like me?

Absolute match.

The 51st century? You're saying... 3,000 years' time? Is that supposed to be a coincidence?

Well, that is what I am worried about. [He scans her and uploads the results.]

Cos the genetic link is amazing. Is that just chance, or something more? Cos I can't help thinking, Bel, that maybe we are meant to be connected.

Like this is destiny? Is that what you say to all the girls? Is that what you said to Sasha? She trusted you, and she died. And you tested my DNA without even asking my permission. God. You're dangerous.

I'm sorry. Inexcusable. With both hearts, I apologise.

I am not one of your adventures. Now I'm asking you, Doctor, to do the right thing.

I will take you home.

Thank you.

Oh! Something is stopping us! Something is bouncing us off Planet Earth on the day that we left. But why?

Doctor, I told you. Get me home!

I am.

You are not!

Oh, this might be the long way round, Miss Belinda Chandra, but hold on tight. Because this is going to be quite a ride.

Like this is destiny? Is that what you say to all the girls? Is that what you said to Sasha? Sorry. But she trusted you, and she died. And now all I can see here is a great big temple of a… spaceship? And it's empty, Doctor. It's empty, you could not have a more empty space! So maybe you invite people in and say it's destiny and smile that smile… Which is a hell of a smile, okay? And it works. Well, it almost works. You are so clever, and so stupid. And you tested my DNA without even asking my permission.

Oh.

God. You're dangerous.

I'm sorry. Inexcusable. With both hearts, I apologise.

Doctor, the only power I have in this room is to ask you if my life is in danger. With you, yes? I won't live like that. I will not.

We don't exist.

But... you do!

No. We're the sort of characters who don't have surnames. We're just part of the trap so that... creature can play with your minds.

But we're cleverer than him! We learnt from the Doctor so we worked it out. We can set you free.

It's time for you to go back and fight him, and beat him for us.

I am sure that there is something we can--

No, no, off you go! Come on, cos you'd better be quick! Up. Come on. You're thirty minutes in. Time for the third act.

Thanks. Keep watching!

You don't get it, do you?

What? What don't I get?

They are not real. Once we move on, Lizzie, Hassan and Robyn will all blink out of existence.

You mean... You'll die?

It's not death. We just... end.

But... that is death.

Yeah. But we're not important. It doesn't matter what happens to us.

And it's been so worth it, just to meet you.

We had so much fun. And, thanks to you, I met my two best friends.

We'll be gone any second. Oh, my goodness. But maybe... just now and then you can think of us. Then we might live on just a little bit. Now, go and save the world, Doctor.

I wish that there was something that we could--

We love you so much.

But... he was made of light.

We're sixty percent water and we can still drown. That's why Lux stayed inside. And we gave him all the light in the universe. And that's what he became - light without end.

So he's actually a god now. Infinite. Invisible. Intangible...

Amen.

I am an evolved life-form. And, uh... my body changes a lot. It's the first time I've had this black body. In some parts of the Earth, I'm now treated differently. But here, in Africa, in that barbershop, I'm accepted. I'm able to forget. Boy, we... we laugh. We tell stories. They...

Treat you like one of their own? You say you're not human, but that's the most human thing ever, Doctor. Go on, then. Take as long as you need.

You wanna hear a story?

Don't give him more power.

Really short, really short. You know Hemingway. I saw some of his books back there. I met him. I wanted to see how good he was, so I challenged him. "Hemy, baby, write me the shortest story you can". He wrote it in six words. Short as hell! Do you wanna hear mine? I'm born. I die. I'm born.

You are giving me power. But how? I am not connected to you!

No, the engine is connected to me. My stories, my voice. Look. On!

...in the universe can do what we're doing.

Just this once...

I'm the Doctor. I'm a Time Lord.

When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die!

When people need help, I never refuse.

I am definitely not the man I was.

My body is like a barbershop. All of them inside, telling their stories, bickering! I... will not... fail them!

[laughs] You told a never-ending story, and gave me never-ending power!

He's taken out a third of the engine. You can't process that power. Your engine could overload and explode! We'll all be sucked into space!

You will not do that. You will not! No. No! Would you? The stories say you protect life.

That is what I am doing.