Doctor Who quotes

Is it (travelling in the TARDIS) like....

... Like what?

.... An addiction?

Well, you can't really tell if something's an addiction 'til you try and give it up.

And you never have.

Let me know how it goes.

I don't know if you'll ever hear this, Clara... I don't even know if you're still alive out there. But you were good! And you made a mighty fine Doctor...

[confronting the monsters] I tried to talk. I want you to remember that. I tried to reach out. I tried to understand you, but I think that you understand us perfectly. And I think that you just don't care! And I don't know whether you're here to invade, infiltrate or just replace us. I don't suppose it really matters now. You are monsters! That is the role you seem determined to play, so it seems that I must play mine: the man that stops the monsters. I'm sending you back to your own dimension. Who knows? Some of you may even survive the trip. And if you do, remember this: You are not welcome here! This plane is protected! I am the Doctor, and I name you the Boneless!

It's like a forest fire though, isn't it? The objective is to save the great trees, not the brushwood, am I right?

It wasn't a fire, those weren't trees, those were people.

Community Payback scumbags, I wouldn't lose any sleep.

I bet you wouldn't.

[To Rigsy] Your last painting was so good it saved the world. I can't wait to see what you do next.

Come on, why can't you say it? I was the Doctor, and I was good.

You were an exceptional Doctor, Clara.

Thank you.

Goodness had nothing to do with it.

[Sprites suddenly appear] They're lovely! They don't like it when you're holding them. They want you to let them go.

Who are they?

[through Maebh] We are here. Here always since the beginning and until the end.

Here, that's it?

We are the green shoots that grow between the cracks. The grass that grows over the mass graves. After your wars are over, we will still be here. We are the life that prevails.

Why now? Why are you here now?

We hear the call and we come. As we came before to the great north forest, where we lie still in the great circle, as we came to the vast southern forest.

Who's calling you now?

The sun that creates, the sun that destroys. You are hurting us, let us go.

You sent for me. The girl came looking for me. Why? Why me?

We did not… send… pain, did not send for you. We don't know you. We were here before you, and we'll be here after you.

This really is gonna happen, isn't it?

Stars implode, planets grow cold, catastrophe is the metabolism of the universe. I can fight monsters, I can't fight physics.

Why would trees want to kill us? We love trees.

You've been chopping them down for furniture for centuries. If that's love, no wonder they're calling down fire from the heavens.

But we saw the future. Lots of futures. Earth's futures.

They're about to be erased.

If you can't save them all, save what you can. TARDIS. It's a lifeboat, isn't it? Not everybody has to die.

I can save you.

I don't want you to.

What, you don't want to live?

Of course I want to live, I just--

What?

Don't make me say it.

Say what?

I don't want to be the last of my kind.

Then why did you bring us all here?

Because it's the only way to get you back to the TARDIS -- make you think you're saving someone. Well, you know what, Doctor? This time, the human race is saving you. Make it worthwhile.

This is my world, too. I walk your Earth, I breathe your air...

And on behalf of this world, you're very welcome. Now go. Save the next one.

So, trip to space, anyone?

I want my mum.

I slightly want my mum too.

Tell them, Mr. Pink, what an educational opportunity…

You… You go. This… this is enough for me.

What? Coronal ejections, geomagnetic storms, how often do you get a playlist like that?

I was a soldier. I put myself at risk. I didn't try too hard to survive but somehow, here I am. And now I can see what I nearly lost and it's enough. I don't want to see more things, I want to see the things that are in front of me more clearly. There are wonders here, Clara Oswald. Bradley saying "please", that's a wonder. One person is more amazing… harder to understand, but more amazing than universes.

Really? What person is that, then? [They kiss]

It’s the human superpower: forgetting. If you remembered how things felt, you’d have stopped having wars. And stopped having babies.

You're going to help me?

Well, why wouldn't I help you?

Because what I just did. I--

You betrayed me. You betrayed my trust, you betrayed our friendship, you betrayed everything I ever stood for. You let me down!

Then why are you helping me?

Why? Do you think I care for you so little that betraying me would make a difference?

Hello. I hope you're well. How may I assist you with your death?

Well, there is, er, no immediate hurry. We're just, er. We're just…

Browsing.

Yeah, yeah, browsing.

Please, take all the time you need. At 3W, you always have the rest of your life.

Oh, good. That's good to know, Clara, isn't it?

Yeah. Great.

Exactly what is 3W?

Apologies. Clearly you have not received the official 3W greetings package.

Well, you know, it's just an unexpected—

[Missy lunges at the Doctor, pushing him against the wall, kissing him intently. The Doctor grabs the wall for support. Missy kisses his nose thrice and steps back.] Welcome to the 3W institute.

Clara, is it over now?

I think it's over, yeah.

You also have not received the official welcome package. [Leans in to Clara]

Oh, I'm good, thanks. No worries.

My heart is maintained by the Doctor.

Doctor who?

[yelling] Dr Chang!

White noise off the telly. We've all heard it. A few years ago, Dr Skarosa, our founder, did something unexpected: he played that noise through a translation matrix of his own devising. This is a recording of what he heard.

Okay, people, voices…

So what?

Over time, Dr Skarosa became convinced these were the voices of the recently departed. He believed it was a telepathic communication from the dead.

Why, was he an idiot?

He was able to isolate some of the voices, hear what they were saying.

So, an idiot, then?

Shut up, Doctor.

What I'm about to play for you will change your life, and not for the better. These are the three words that caused Dr Skarosa to set up institutes like one, all over the world, to protect the dead. If you'd rather not hear these words, there's still t–

[exasperated] Can you just hurry up, please? Or I'll hit you with my shoe.

[repeating] Don't cremate me… don't cremate me…

There is one simple, horrible possibility that has never occurred to anyone throughout human history.

[horrified] Don't say it.

The dead remain conscious. The dead remain fully aware of everything that is happening to them.