“The Sea Devils” quotes from Doctor Who

Mister Trenchard paid me to bring you out here and take you back. You want to go over to the naval base, then you make your own arrangements.

Yes, well, you're probably perfectly right. Look, er, I wonder whether you'd like to go and see what's happening to my young friend? She said she was going to buy some picture postcards. [Holds up a note of the realm]

I don't mind.

I'd go myself, only my bad leg's playing me up a bit. The Crimea, you know.

[Confused] I see. Crimea?

Oh, Gallipoli? El Alamein? Does it really matter?

I reckon not.

What are you watching?

It seems to be a rather interesting extraterrestrial life form.

[looks over at the TV] Only puppets, you know? For children.

Oh. [Turns off the TV]

How much to see you?

A fiver.

Right.

Full house, kings on twos.

[sarcastic] Oh, that's marvellous, innit? Just marvellous.

Come on, it's not your life savings, it's only a couple of quid. I'll give you a chance to get your own back.

Ah, forget it.

What's the matter with you?

I don't know. Being stuck out here, I suppose.

It's not so bad. Are you sure you don't want another game?

Do you know, there's something funny about this place.

[not believing him] Share the joke.

Well, the place is deserted, right?

So?

Just the two of us on maintenance?

Right.

Yet I keep getting the feeling I'm being watched.

Now, are there are more transmitters on this fort?

No, nothing.

Any transistor radios, that sort of thing?

I think so. The crew's quarters. The crew...

Jo Grant

What do you want to do? Listen to Night Ride?

Jo Grant

Those things that attacked us - you said you'd seen something like it before.

Something very similar, certainly. They emerged from some caves in Derbyshire.

Jo Grant

The Silurians, wasn't it? The Brigadier was telling me.

That's a complete misnomer. The chap who discovered them must have got the period wrong. No, properly speaking, they should have been called the "Eocenes".

Jo Grant

That was that race of super-reptiles that had been in hibernation for billions of years, wasn't it?

That's right, and if you want my opinion, there's another of their colony right here beneath us.

Jo Grant

Well, something seems to have woken them up.

Probably the rebuilding of this fort.

Jo Grant

But I thought you said they lived in caves?

Well, this is a different species, completely adapted to life underwater.

Jo Grant

And they've been sinking the ships?

Very likely.

Jo Grant

Why? I mean, why are they so hostile? What have we done to them?

They still think of Earth as their planet, Jo, and they want it back. As far as they're concerned, man is just an ape who got above himself.

Chief Sea Devil

This is our planet. My people ruled the Earth when man was only an ape.

Your people went into hibernation and abandoned Earth to its fate.

Chief Sea Devil

Our astronomers predicted that a great catastrophe would end all life on the face of the Earth.

Yes, but the catastrophe that you predicted never happened. And the apes that you left behind on the surface to die became man.

Chief Sea Devil

You know our history?

Yes. Yes, I've encountered your people before. That is why I want to prevent a conflict that can only end in your destruction.

Chief Sea Devil

We shall destroy man and reclaim the planet. Already we have begun to sink his ships.

Yes, and already more ships are being sent to hunt you down.

Chief Sea Devil

The submarine? We have captured it.

You may win a few victories to begin with but eventually you're bound to lose.

Chief Sea Devil

There are many thousands of our people in hibernation in this base. We have other colonies hidden all round the world. We shall be the victors in the war against mankind.

But there's no need for a war! Why can't you share the planet?

Chief Sea Devil

That would be impossible.

The depths of the sea and those areas on Earth where man cannot live can be yours.

Chief Sea Devil

And man would agree to that?

There's a chance. Wouldn't it be better to try for a peace, than to launch yourself into a war that you cannot possibly win?

Chief Sea Devil

I will consider what you have said.

Let me return to the humans, and I will endeavour to make a peace for you.

Chief Sea Devil

Perhaps it would be possible...

No! The Doctor is your deadly enemy! He must be destroyed!

Once they see that the device works properly, they'll release me.

I very much doubt it. You see, before you reactivated it, I reversed the polarity of the neutron flow.

You did what?! You realise what will happen?!

Oh, yes. Do you?

Well, there'll be a massive reverse feedback into their whole power system.

Exactly. In about ten minutes from now, the whole place should go up. Enjoy your revenge.