Doctor Who quotes

Just stand still and let the Defabricator work its magic.

What's a Defabricator?

Okay. Defabricator. Does exactly what it says on the tin. Am I naked in front of millions of viewers?

Absolutely!

Ladies, your viewing figures just went up!

You mind flirting outside?

I was just saying "hello"!

For you, that's flirting.

If you're not holding us hostage, then open the door and let us out. The staff are terrified!

That's the same staff who execute hundreds of people every day?

That's not our fault! We're just doing our jobs!

And with that sentence, you just lost the right to even talk to me. Now, back off!

[to Jack, after hearing him flirt again] There's a time and a place.

I will talk to the Doctor.

Oh, will you? That's nice. Hello!

The Dalek stratagem nears completion. The fleet is almost ready. You will not intervene.

Oh, really? Why's that, then?

We have your associate. You will obey or she will be exterminated!

No.

Explain yourself.

I said no.

What is the meaning of this negative?

It means no.

But she will be destroyed!

No! 'Cos this is what I'm gonna do: I'm gonna rescue her! I'm gonna save Rose Tyler from the middle of the Dalek fleet, and then I'm gonna save the Earth, and then, just to finish off, I'm gonna wipe every last stinking Dalek out of the sky!

But you have no weapons! No defenses! No plan!

Yeah! And doesn't that scare you to death? [speaking to Rose] Rose?

Yes, Doctor?

I'm coming to get you.

Fitch, you are the weakest link! Goodbye! [zaps contestant]]

Exterminate! Exterminate!

Is that it? Useless! Nul points! [to Rose and Jack] It's all right, you can come out; that force-field can hold back anything.

Almost anything.

Yes, but I wasn't going to tell them that, thanks.

Sorry.

Do you know what they call me in the ancient legends of the Dalek Homeworld? The Oncoming Storm. You might've removed all your emotions but I reckon right down deep in your DNA, there's one little spark left, and that's fear. Doesn't it just burn when you face me? So tell me. How did you survive the Time War?

Dalek Emperor

They survived through me.

[shocked] Rose...Captain...This is the Emperor of the Daleks.

Dalek Emperor

You destroyed us, Doctor. The Dalek race died in your inferno, but my ship survived. Falling through time, crippled but alive.

I get it.

Do not interrupt!

Do not interrupt!

Do not interrupt!

I think you're forgetting something. I'm the Doctor, and If there's one thing I can do, it's talk! I've got five billion languages, and you haven't got one way of stopping me. So if anyone's gonna shut up, [turns around and angrily yells at the Daleks] IT'S YOU!

[cheerfully] Okie-doke! So, where were we?

[as a hologram] This is Emergency Programme One. Rose, now listen. This is important. If this message is activated, then it can only mean one thing. We must be in danger, and I mean fatal. I'm dead, or about to die any second with no chance of escape. And that's okay. Hope it's a good death. But I promised to look after you, and that's what I'm doing. The TARDIS is taking you home. [Rose protests] And I bet you're fussing and moaning now. Typical! But hold on and just listen a bit more. The TARDIS can never return for me. Emergency Programme One means I'm facing an enemy that should never get their hands on this machine. So this is what you should do: let the TARDIS die. Just let this old box gather dust. No one can open it. No one will even notice it. Let it become a strange little thing standing on a street corner. And over the years, the world will move on and the box will be buried. And if you wanna remember me, then you can do one thing, that's all, one thing. [turns to Rose, his voice no longer sounding projected] Have a good life. Do that for me, Rose. Have a fantastic life.

But what do I do every day, Mum? Get up. Go to work. Catch the bus, eat chips, and go to bed.

It's what the rest of us do.

But I can't.

Because you’re better than us?

No, I didn't mean that. But it was, it was a better life. I don’t mean all the travelling and seeing aliens and spaceships and things. That don't matter. The Doctor showed me a better way of living your life. [to Mickey] You know, he showed you too. [continues] You don't just give up. You don’t just let things happen. You make a stand. You say "no." You have the guts to do what's right when everyone else just runs away, and I just can't...! [runs out in tears]

You really wanna think about this. 'Cos if I activate this signal, every living creature dies.

Dalek Emperor

I am immortal.

Do you wanna put that to the test?

Dalek Emperor

I want to see you become like me. Hail the Doctor, the great exterminator!

[gripping the switch] I'LL DO IT!

Dalek Emperor

Then prove yourself, Doctor! What are you? Coward or killer?

[hesitates, then finally steps away] Coward. Any day.

Dalek Emperor

Mankind will be harvested because of your weakness.

And what about me? Am I becoming one of your angels?

Dalek Emperor

You are the heathen. You will be exterminated!

Maybe it's time.

Rose Tyler. I was going to take you to so many places. Barcelona. Not the city Barcelona, the planet Barcelona. You'd love it. Fantastic place! They've got dogs with no noses! [Laughs] Imagine how many times a day you end up telling that joke and it's still funny!

Then... why can't we go?

Maybe you will, and maybe I will. But not like this.

You're not making sense.

I might never make sense again! I might have two heads, or no head. Imagine me with no head, ha! And don't say that's an improvement... But it's a bit dodgy, this process. You never know what you're going to end up with. [he gasps as a burst of regenerative energy erupts from his torso]

Doctor!

Stay away!

Doctor, tell me what's going on.

I absorbed all the energy of the time vortex, and no one's meant to do that! [chuckles, but then looks up at her seriously] Every cell in my body's dying.

Can't you do something?

Yeah. I'm doing it now! Time Lords have this little trick. It's sort of a way of cheating death. Except... it means I'm going to change. And I'm not going to see you again. Not like this. Not with this daft old face. And before I go--

Don't say that!

Rose, before I go, I just want to tell you you were fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. And do you know what? So was I! [The Doctor regenerates.]

The funny thing is... Switzerland? Now, I know I am suffering from memory loss. But, that seems wrong to me.

What do you mean?

Well, whoever I am. I am not the person who would say "let's go to Switzerland. It just sounds wrong coming out of my mouth.

It does?

"I say. How about a trip to Vevey? Oh the Cantons are so lovely at this time of the year. I do love the cheese with the holes." It's just not very me, is it? I mean, do you believe I like that sort of thing? Vevey? Cantons? I mean, do you? I don't even know the name of this place.

What happened to you, Doctor?

I used to march around saying things like “Don’t worry, Evelyn; it’ll all work out for the best in some way I haven’t quite thought up yet!” How did that work out for us? How did that work out for Cassandra Schofield? I need to be in control.

You can’t control everything.

I can certainly try.

So this is the new you! I take it the scarf is your idea of a joke.

D'you like it? I was thinking more "homage".

You'll forgive me if I'm not flattered.

Killjoy.