Doctor Who quotes

My father... He'd tell me stories about you when I was a kid. We'd sit there in the firelight, telling tales of the Doctor, his eyes shining. But he never ever mentioned a granddaughter.

I was a different Doctor back then, Kate. Great enigma. Still can't shake it off. I'm trying.

If you've got a granddaughter, that means you've got kids!

Well, not quite. Not yet.

What? You mean... you can have a granddaughter before a granddaughter?

Life of a Time Lord.

...Okay. The grandchild exists, and you've got the TARDIS, but you've never come back to see her. Why not?

You've seen my life. I bring disaster, Kate. Disaster. What if I go back and I ruin her?

For what it's worth, I think you bring joy.

If time is memory, and memory is time, then what is a memory of a time machine?

He is hidden in the howling void, he is hidden within the tempest...

What...?

He has braved the storm, and the darkness, and the pain. And he whispered to the vessel.

Wh-- Who has? What do you mean?

For all this time, he whispered, and delighted, and seduced, and the vessel did obey, for none shall be more mighty and none shall be more wise than the king himself.

Harriet. What are you doing?

And the Lord of Time was blind and vain and knew nothing.

But who am I?!

There is the Toymaker, the god of games. There is Trickster, the god of traps. There is Maestro, the god of music. There is Reprobate, the god of spite.

No, no, no! Get away from her! Don't touch her!

There is the Mara, the god of beasts, and the threefold deity of malice and mischief and misery.

Warning. Manifestation.

There are gods of skin and shame and secrets.

Doctor, she needs you!

There is Incensor, the god of disaster, and her children called Doubt and Dread. And standing on high is the mother and father and other of them all.

Whatever it is... here it comes.

For the god of all gods has returned. And his names are many. His name has been Set, and Seth, and Sithifer. And his one true name for evermore is... Sutekh!

...It was the wrong anagram.

Probable trap... 100%.

Mel, get away from her. Both of you, don't let her touch you!

Bailey, get back. Leave her alone.

You said you were a doctor! Why don't you try to help...?

Sutekh is the god of death, and by his hand, all creation shall fall into dust and ashes and ruin!

I bring Sutekh's gift of death... to all humanity.

Sutekh

I am Sutekh, the god of death. I am the night. I am the terror. I am the loss.

[approached by a robed, hooded figure] Mum?

Sutekh

And all life will perish at my hand! [laughs]

Did you think I was family, Doctor? I bring Sutekh's gift of death... for you, and for all in your tiny, vile, incessant universe!

Do you believe in the power of prayer?

I most certainly do.

Then tell your maker I will come to storm down his gates of gold and seize his kingdom in my true name.

Sutekh

[gripping the TARDIS] We meet again, my old friend.

Don't you dare...!

Doctor, what is that thing?

Sutekh. The Death of Ages. The Typhonian Beast. The greatest monster I have ever fought. [sees scenes from their previous encounter on his monitor] The time window has my memories too.

It's your life, Doctor. It's telling the story of your life.

A long time ago, in the England of 1911, Sutekh had been bound and imprisoned for all eternity, but he rose again, and I defeated him. I cast you into the Time Vortex, I sent you forward to your own death!

Sutekh

Instead, I found a home. I clung to your infernal machine, and for so many years, I hid. I have travelled with you for all this time, riding the spine of your ship, staring into eternity and evolving into my true godhood. Now I know every beat of the heart of your time machine, and I can bend it to my will. It will stand as my altar. The temple of my empire of death. Never yours again, Doctor, never. And I saw, inside the TARDIS, so many secrets. Her name.

Susan.

Sutekh

The perfect trap. I created an apparition of her universally. Every time we landed, on every single world, I birthed them all. My angels of death, now standing triumphant across the universe. Every living thing is an abomination. I am come to release them into blessed death - and I find that good.

Then I damn you, Sutekh! I damn you in the name of life itself! And I swear to you, with both the hearts of the last of the Time Lords, I will stop you! I will defeat you! And I will turn back death! And why... am I still alive? Killing me is your gift. And believe me, Sutekh, I'm an extinction event. So what is stopping you? Why is the god of death not killing me? What am I missing? I'll tell you a secret, Sutes. This feeling that you have now, this doubt... have you ever felt so alive? And doesn't it feel good?

You saw all of time and space with me, Sutekh! So I thought: what if you see it again? What happens if you bring death to death? You bring life!

Sutekh the Destroyer, the lord god of death itself... you win! Because I pride myself! I pride myself that I am better than you! Because if you're death, then I must represent life! Surely that's what I am - life! And that's how you win, Sutekh. Because you turned me into this! I am the one that brings death.

And that's how the story of the Church on Ruby Road comes to an end - with a very happy ending for little Ruby Sunday! But life goes on, doesn't it? Ruthlessly! "And what happens", you might wonder... "oh, what happens to that mysterious traveller in time and space known as the Doctor?" I'm sorry to say his story ends in absolute terror. Night-night!

Sorry, is that a toilet?

Is it a what?!

You've got a newspaper.

And a coffee. Who takes a coffee to the loo?

I d-dunno... Each to their own. Is somebody else in there?

N... Ah, yes. [The Doctor tuts, noting that he has taken two cups.] Habit. Never get used to them leaving. Here. Keep the mug. It's bigger on the inside.

H-How can there be two of you?

There aren't. He's the future. He's me after I get the code.

I'm not the future - he is the past. The future is this way. Come on.

No, no! How does this work? How do I get to be you?

The long way 'round.

Yes, but how long?!

You'll find out.

What do I do, where do I go?!

You will find out.

Oh, do you see?! That is why nobody likes you! You have to be mysterious all the time! That's why everyone leaves you. That is why you are always alone.

Who are you not phoning? You keep looking at the phone, it's very obvious.

Nobody.

Name?

Ruby. Ruby Sunday.

What's the problem with Ruby?

No problem. Just... gotta let people get on with their lives.

Yeah. You and me. Letting people get on with their lives. For Auld Lang Syne.

You see, a house, that's a... That's a disguise. It's a fortress. You can... you can hide yourself away with... with pictures and flowers and... and tables, but... a hotel room? That's you without make-up. It's "what do you think you need?" It's what you're willing to accept. Not a selfie that you posed for, more like catching yourself in the mirror. What's your mirror telling you, Joy?

Oh, of course. Joy. Of course you are, you're Joy. Joy to the World! [Camera moves down to show a town with the title 'Bethlehem, 0001'.]

If you travel to that star, it's four quadrillion miles away. I know girls aren't good at maths, but that's a long way. Cos the thing is, Belinda, I look up at the night sky, and it is so beautiful, and I think, "How can I capture this? How can I celebrate your birthday and treasure this moment forever?" So I bought you... this. Happy birthday.

Thank you.

You could fold the paper and save it for later, but never mind. [Gives her a framed Star Certificate.]

Oh! Wow.

So, what it means is, that star, that's yours. That star, right there. Shining down upon us.

Does it have to say Miss?

Are you married?

No.

Then it's Miss. Do you like it, or...?

Yes! I'm sorry, Alan. Yes. This is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me. Thank you.

[awkwardly] Just... gonna... kiss you.