Doctor Who quotes

Human progress isn't measured by industry. It's measured by the value you place on a life. An unimportant life. A life without privilege. The boy who died on the river, that boy's value is your value. That's what defines an age. That's what defines a species.

What a beautiful speech. The rhythm and... and vocabulary are quite outstanding. It's enough to move anyone with an ounce of compassion. So it's really not your day, is it?

OK, now's the time for the plan.

That was it. No plan. Info-dump, then busk it.

Well, start busking!

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.

Look. I know you miss it all, but I'm stuck here too, y'know? We're both prisoners...

Space. The final frontier. "Final" because it wants to kill us. Sometimes we forget that, start taking it all for granted — the suits, the ships, the little bubbles of safety — as they protect us from the void. But the void… is always waiting.

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.

The universe shows its true face when it asks for help. We show ours by how we respond.

I’ve got no sonic, no TARDIS, about ten minutes of oxygen left, and now I’m blind. Can you imagine how unbearable I’m going to be when I pull this off?

The end point of capitalism. A bottom line where human life has no value at all. We're fighting an algorithm. A spreadsheet! Like every worker, everywhere, we're fighting the suits.

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.

Funny. I don't believe much. I'm not sure I believe anything. But right now, belief is all I am. "Virtue is only virtue in extremis"... I take it that your intention is to invade the Earth?

The simulations have been run. Earth will be ours.

Well, consider this... a warning, on the eve of war. I am the Doctor! I am what stands between you and them!

You are not the Doctor. You are not real.

You don't have to be real to be the Doctor, as long as you never give up! Long... as you always trick the bad guys into their own traps! And here's the trap you fell into -- your simulation is far too good!

D'you see these? They're set to record. I'm blind, you see. So I'm psychically wired into these, so my memory print of the last few hours will still be intact on here! Information about you.

You are not real. There is nothing you can do.

There's always one thing you can do from inside a computer! Even if you're a jumped up little subroutine, you can do it! You can always... e-mail!

What are you doing?!

I'm doing what everybody does when the world is in danger -- I'm calling the Doctor! Pressing "send"!

You swore an oath--!

I swore an oath I'd look after her body for a thousand years; nobody mentioned "dead".

You are unarmed?

Always.

You stand alone.

Often.

You're the one who should be afraid.

Never.

[walking around the TARDIS console] The end of your life… has already begun. There is a last place you will ever go. The last door you will ever walk through. A last sight you will ever see. And every step you ever take… is moving you closer. The end of the world is a billion, billion tiny moments. And somewhere unnoticed, in silence or in darkness… it has already begun.

[from outside the TARDIS] Are you talking to yourself in there?

I'm meditating.