Doctor Who quotes

[Angrily] Today, I honour victims first; his, The Master's, the Daleks', all the people who died because of my mercy!

See, this is what happens when you travel alone for too long. Well listen to me, Doctor. We can't be like him. We have to be better than him.

How old are you?

Nearly 19.

That's 18, then. Too young to have fought in the war, so I'm guessing you've never shot anyone before, have you?

First time for everything.

But that's how all this started. Jex turned someone into a weapon. Now that same story's gonna make you a killer, too. Don't you see? Violence doesn't end violence, it extends it. And I don't think you want to do this. I don't think you want to become that man.

There's kids here.

I know, who I can save, if you'll let me.

[Nodding to the building holding Kahler-Jex] He really worth the risk?

I don't know. But you are.

Frightened people. Give me a Dalek any day.

If I had a restaurant, this'd be all I'd serve.

Yeah, right! You running a restaurant.

I've run restaurants. Who do you think invented the Yorkshire pudding?

[Laughs, then realises the Doctor is being serious] You didn't?

Pudding, yet savoury. Sound familiar?

Well, there was a time -- there were years when I couldn't live without you, um... When just the whole "everyday" thing would drive me crazy... But since you've dropped us back here, since you've given us this house, y'know, we've built a life! I-- I don't know if I can have both.

Why?

Because they pull at each other. Because they pull at me, and because the traveling is starting to feel like running away.

That's not what it is.

Oh, c'mon, look at you. Four days in a lounge and you go crazy.

I'm not running away. But this is one corner of one country in one continent on one planet that's a corner of a galaxy that's a corner of a universe that is forever growing and shrinking and creating and destroying and never remaining the same for a single millisecond, and there is so much, so much, to see, Amy, because it goes so fast. I'm not running away from things, I am running to them before they flare and fade forever. And it's alright. Our lives won't run the same. They can't. One day, soon maybe, you'll stop. I've known for a while.

Then why do you keep coming back for us?

Because you were the first. The first face this face saw. And you're seared onto my hearts, Amelia Pond. You always will be. I'm running to you and Rory before you fade from me.

The pest-controllers of the universe, that's how the tales went, isn't it?

Wow. That's some seriously weird bedtime story.

You can talk. Wolf in your grandmother's nightdress?

Look, I know -- you both have lives here. Beautiful, messy lives. That is what makes you so fabulously... human! You don't want to give them up. I understand.

Actually, it's you they can't give up, Doctor. And I don't think they should. Go with him! Go save every world you can find -- who else has that chance? Life'll still be here.

You could come, Brian.

Somebody's gotta water the plants.

Why did you do that?

Oh, I always rip out the last page of a book. Then it doesn't have to end. I hate endings!

Where did you get this book?

It was in my jacket.

How did it get there?

How does anything get there? I've given up asking.

That gravestone, Rory's, there's room for one more name, isn't there?

What are you talking about? Back away from the Angel. Come back to the TARDIS. We'll figure something out.

The Angel – would it send me back to the same time, to him?

I don't know. Nobody knows.

But it's my best shot, yeah?

No!

Doctor, shut up! Yes! Yes, it is!

Amy...

Well, then. I just have to blink, right?

No!

It'll be fine. I know it will. I'll- I'll- I’ll be with him, like I should be. Me and Rory together. [She pauses] Melody?

Stop it! Just- Just stop it!

[Crying] You look after him, and you be a good girl, and you look after him. [River kisses her hand]

You are creating fixed time. I will never be able to see you again!

[Sobbing harder] I'll be fine. I'll be with him.

[Also crying now] Amy, please, just come back into the TARDIS. Come along, Pond, please.

Raggedy man, [Amy turns to look the Doctor in the eye] goodbye!

[Sobbing] No!

River... They were your parents. Sorry. I didn't even think.

Doesn't matter.

Course it matters.

What matters is this: Doctor, don't travel alone.

Travel with me, then.

Whenever and wherever you want. But not all the time! One psychopath per TARDIS, don't you think?

Afterword, by Amelia Williams. Hello, old friend. And here we are, you and me, on the last page. By the time you read these words, Rory and I will be long gone. So know that we lived well, and we're very happy. And above all else, know that we will love you, always. Sometimes, I do worry about you, though. I think, once we're gone, you won't be coming back here for a while. And you might be alone, which you should never be. Don't be alone, Doctor. And do one more thing for me... There's a little girl waiting in a garden. She's going to wait a long while, so she's going to need a lot of hope. Go to her. Tell her a story. Tell her that if she's patient, the days are coming that she'll never forget. Tell her that she'll go to see and fight pirates. She'll fall in love with a man who'll wait two thousand years to keep her safe. Tell her she'll give hope to the greatest painter who ever lived. And save a whale in outer space! Tell her... "this is the story of Amelia Pond." And this is how it ends.

Sir, permission to express my opposition to your current apathy?

Permission granted.

Sir, I am opposed to your current apathy.

Thank you, Strax. And if I'm ever in need of advice from a psychotic potato dwarf, you'll certainly be the first to know.

Doctor Simeon, sir, there's someone demanding to see you.

No callers, not in here, not ever. Did he leave his name?

Sir... it's Sherlock Holmes!

Oh, yes! Nice office, big globey thing. Now, shut up, don't tell me! I see from your collar stud you have an apple tree and a wife with a limp. Am I right?

[annoyed] No.

Do you have a wife?

No.

Bit of a tree? Bit of a wife? Some apples? Come on, work with me here.

I enjoy The Strand Magazine as much as the next man, but I am perfectly aware that Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character! Get out!

[to Simeon's servant] Do you have a goldfish named Colin?

...No.

Thought not.

What are you doing here?

Madame Vastra wondered if you were needing any grenades?

Grenades?

She might have said "help".

Help for what?

Well, your investigation.

[looking offended] Investigation? Who says I'm investigating? Do you think I'm going to start investigating just because some bird smiles at me? Who do you think I am?!

... Sherlock Holmes.

Don't be clever, Strax, it doesn't suit you.

Sorry, sir.

I'm the clever one, you're the potato one!

Yes, sir.

Now go away.

[snidely] Yes...Mister Holmes. [leaves, sniggering]

Oi! Shut up! You're not clever or funny, and you've got tiny little legs!

[Clara and the Doctor descend the stairs.] Who the devil are you? What are you doing in my house?

It's okay! I am your governess' gentleman friend! We've just been upstairs... kissing!

Captain Latimer! In the garden there's snowmen! And they're just growing! Out of nowhere, all by themselves! Look!

Good evening. I'm a lizard woman from the dawn of time, and this is my wife.

This dwelling is under attack! Remain calm, human scum!

So, any questions?

[to Clara/Miss Montague] You have a... gentleman friend?