Doctor Who · Season 12, Episode 5
“Revenge of the Cybermen” · Season 12, Episode 5
In this episode: Fourth Doctor (10), Sarah Jane Smith (3), Commander Stevenson (3), Lester (3), Harry Sullivan (2), Cyberman (1)
[while examining an infected man who's going to be shot by his comrades] The man is sick, he needs treatment!
There is no treatment. All we can try to do is stop the infection spreading!
Sorry, gentlemen, I can't allow it.
You can't allow it?
My colleague is a doctor of medicine and I'm a doctor of many things. If we could examine him-
[interrupting him] Commander, I'm afraid we have to kill these people, too. They brought the plague in here.
Who's the homicidal maniac?
Have you noticed these rather strange scratches, Commander?
Can’t say that I have.
All over the ship. I’ve seen them somewhere before, if only I could remember where.
Is it important?
Everything’s important. Well well well.
What is it?
I’ve just made a third interesting discovery about your plague virus, Commander.
A third?
Yes. One, it scratches metal. Two, it attacks its victims so suddenly that they become unconscious before they can even raise the alarm, and three…
Go on.
It removes tape from radio logs. It must be a very literate and inquisitive virus.
I smell a rat. [The Doctor exits]
[to Sarah Jane] You know, I sometimes wonder if your friend is quite right in the head.
If the Doctor scented a rat, Commander, he'll find one.
[Sarah and Harry are chained in a prison]
[picks up chain, fascinated] Sarah, these chains are solid gold.
Harry, will you just shut up about your rotten gold!
Twenty-four carat, by the looks of it.
It's because of gold that we're in this mess.
Just thinking.
Well don't!
Gold's a very soft metal, isn't it, Sarah, so if we can find a decent bit of rock we might be able to file through.
Well, we can't just sit here glittering, can we!
[The Cybermen have gunned the Doctor down]
All resistance overcome.
The beacon is ours!
You've no home planet, no influence, nothing! You're just a pathetic bunch of tin soldiers skulking about the galaxy in an ancient spaceship!
Why don't we just wait here?
I think my idea is better.
What is your idea?
I don't know yet. That's the trouble with ideas - they only come a bit at a time.
[Harry tries to unbuckle the strap the Doctor is wearing]
Harry, don't touch it! Open that buckle and you'll be blown to kingdom come.
You mean it's booby-trapped?
These buckles can't be opened until the Cybermen beam the release signal.
Harry, [sits up] were you trying to undo this?
Well, naturally.
Did you make the rocks fall, Harry?
Well, I suppose I must have done that, yes...
...Yes, yes... [starts laughing, and then roars] HARRY SULLIVAN IS AN IMBECILE!!!
[after unclasping his harness and it doesn't explode] Well, I'm impressed.
Oh please, don't call me human. Just "Doctor" would do very nicely, thank you.
[The Doctor has been tied up back to back with Sarah]
The Beacon is approaching Voga at ten thousand light units. It is time for us to leave.
Bye bye.
[the Doctor turns to stare out window, dragging Sarah around]
You two are especially privileged. You are about to die in the biggest explosion ever witnessed in this solar system. It will be a magnificent spectacle. Unhappily, you will be unable to appreciate it.
[The Cybermen leave]
Nice sense of irony. I thought for a moment he was going to smile.
Cogito ergo sum.
What?
I think, therefore it missed.
Yes, but we're still headed for the biggest bang in history!
Oh yes...Oh no. They've locked the gyro controls. The flight trimmers are jammed!
What - what does that mean?
It means we're heading for the biggest bang in history.
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