Doctor Who quotes

[to the Doctor] Every conversation with you just goes... mental. And there's no one else I can talk to. I've seen all that stuff up there, the size of it, and I can't say a word. Aliens and spaceships and things and... I'm the only person on planet Earth who knows they exist. [a large spaceship crashes into Big Ben and lands in the Thames] Oh, that's just not fair. [the Doctor laughs delightedly and pulls her toward the crash]

My mum's here.

Oh, that's just what I need! Don't you dare make this place domestic!

You ruined my life, Doctor. [the Doctor turns and looks at him, irritated] They thought she was dead, I was a murder suspect because of you!

[looks at Rose] See what I mean? Domestic!

I bet you don't even remember my name!

Ricky.

It's Mickey!

No, it's Ricky.

I think I know my own name!

You think you know your own name? How stupid are you?

(after being told she can't go into the conference room) Damn. You've seen through my cunning plan.

Excuse me, do you mind not farting while I'm saving the world?

Would you rather silent, but deadly?

[disguised as General Asquith] Under the jurisdiction of the Emergency Protocols, I authorize you to execute this man!

Ah, well, now, you see, uh, the thing is, if I was you, if I was gonna, uh, execute someone by backing them against the wall, between you and me, a little word of advice: [there is a ping and lift door slides open behind the Doctor] don't stand him against the lift! [he steps backwards and the lift door closes]

Installed in 1991. Three inches of steel lining every single wall. They'll never get in. [smiles triumphantly]

And how do we get out?

[still smiling, he looks around and then nods] Ah. [continues smiling]

We've got to tell someone.

Who do we trust? For all we know, they've all got big... bog monsters inside of 'em! I mean, this is what he does, Jacks. That Doctor bloke. Everywhere he goes, death and destruction. And he's got Rose in the middle of it.

Has he got a great big green thing inside him, then?

I wouldn't put it past him. But like it or not, he's the only person who knows how to fight these things.

There's a way out.

What?

There's always been a way out.

Then why don't we use it?

[to Jackie, over the phone] Because I can't guarantee your daughter will be safe.

Don't you dare! Whatever it is, don't you dare!

That's the thing. If I don't dare, everyone dies.

Do it.

You don't even know what it is. You'd just let me?

Yeah.

Please, Doctor, please, she's my daughter, she's just a kid.

Do you think I don't know that? 'Cause this is my life, Jackie - it's not fun, it's not smart, it's just standing up and making a decision. Because nobody else will.

Then what are you waiting for?

I could save the world but lose you.

My mother's cooking.

Good. Put her on a slow heat and let her simmer!

She's cooking tea. For us.

I don't do that.

She wants to get to know you.

Tough. I've got better things to do.

It's just tea.

Not to me, it isn't.

She's my mother!

Well, she's not mine!

That's not fair!

Well, you can stay there if you want. But right now, there's this plasma storm brewing in the Horsehead Nebula. Fires are burning ten million miles wide. I could fly the TARDIS right into the heart of it, then ride the shock wave all the way out, hurtle right across the sky and end up... anywhere. Your choice.

I just went down the shop, and I was thinking, you know, like, the whole world's changed. Aliens and spaceships, all in public. And here it is. [shows a newspaper dismissing the crashing Slitheen ship as a hoax] How could they do that?! They saw it!

They're just not ready. You're happy to believe in something that's invisible, but if it's staring you in the face, nope, can't see it. There's a scientific explanation for that: you're thick!

[amused] We're just idiots.

[smiling] Well, not all of you.

Your race is dead! You all burnt, all of you! Ten million ships on fire! The entire Dalek race wiped out in one second!

You lie!

I watched it happen! I made it happen!

You destroyed us?!

[sombre] I had no choice.

And what of the Time Lords?

Dead. They burnt with you. The end of the last great Time War. Everyone lost.

And the coward survived.

[mocking] Oh, and I caught your little signal. "Help me". Poor little thing. But there's no one else coming 'cos there's no one else left.

I am alone in the universe?

[smirking] Yep.

So are you. [The Doctor's smirk fades] We are the same.

[enraged] We're not the same, I'm not-- No, wait. Maybe we are. You're right, yeah, okay. You've got a point. 'Cos I know what to do. I know what should happen. I know what you deserve. [pauses dramatically] Exterminate! [he pulls a nearby lever, causing the Dalek to be electrified. The Dalek screams.]

HAVE PITY!

Why should I? You never did!

What are you going to do? Sucker me to death?

I thought you were the great expert, Doctor. If you're so impressive, then why not just reason with this Dalek? It must be willing to negotiate. There must be something it needs. Everything needs something.

What's the nearest town?

Salt Lake City.

Population?

One million.

All dead. If the Dalek gets out, it'll murder every living creature. That's all it wants.

[shouting] But why would it do that?!

Because it honestly believes they should die. Human beings are different, and anything different is wrong. It's the ultimate in racial cleansing, and you, van Statten, you've let it loose!

You're just a soldier without commands.

Then I shall follow the primary order: the Dalek instinct to destroy, to conquer!

What for? What's the point?! Don't you see? It's all gone. Everything you were, everything you stood for.

Then what should I do?

Alright, then. If you want orders, follow this one: Kill yourself.

The Daleks must survive!

The Daleks have failed! Now why don't you finish the job and make the Daleks extinct; rid the universe of your filth?! Why don't you just DIE?!

You would make a good Dalek.

I killed her.

I'm sorry.

I said I'd protect her. She was only here because of me, and you're sorry? I could have killed that Dalek in its cell. But you stopped me.

It was the prize of my collection!

[outraged] YOUR COLLECTION?! Well, was it worth it?! Worth all those men's deaths, worth Rose?! Let me tell you something, van Statten. Mankind goes into space to explore, to be part of something greater!

Exactly! I wanted to touch the stars!

You just want to drag the stars down and stick them underground, underneath tons of sand and dirt, and label them! You're about as far from the stars as you can get! [quietly] And you took her down with you. She was nineteen years old.