Doctor Who quotes

I was dying. To save my own life, I changed my body — every single cell, but… still me.

(whispering) But… you can’t be.

Then how could I remember this? Very first word I ever said to you, trapped in that cellar, surrounded by shop window dummies, ooh… such a long time ago. I took your hand and I said one word, just one word, I said… “Run!”

Doctor?

Hello!

Can you change back?

D’you want me to?

Yeah.

Oh.

Can you?

No. D’you wanna leave?

D’you want me to?

No! But… your choice, you wanna leave.

Think you've seen it all? Think again. Outside those doors, we might see anything. We could find new worlds, terrifying monsters, impossible things. And if you come with me... nothing will ever be the same again!

[recurring line — brandishing ID card] Harriet Jones, Prime Minister.

Yes, I know who you are.

The transmission didn't come from the surface of Mars. Guinevere One was broadcasting from a point five thousand miles above the planet.

In other words, they've got a ship and the probe is on board.

But-but if they're not from the surface, then...they might not be from Mars itself. Maybe they're not actual Martians.

[matter-of-factly; to Daniel] Of course not. Martians look completely different. We think the ship was in flight when they just came across the probe.

And they're moving. The ship's still in flight now. We've [turns around and begins typing] got it on the Hubble Array.

Moving in which direction?

Towards us. [a graphic appears, showing Earth, Mars, and the Sycorax ship]

How fast?

Very fast.

I'm getting demands from Washington, ma'am. The President is insisting that he takes control of the situation.

You can tell the President, and please use these exact words: "he's not my boss, and he's certainly not turning this into a war". [leaves, goes to Alex] What have you got?

[frustrated] Nothing yet. Translating an alien language is going to take time.

How far off is the ship?

About five hours.

What is that?! What's happening?!

[outraged, glaring at Harriet] That was murder.

That was defence. It's adapted from alien technology. A ship that fell to Earth ten years ago.

But they were leaving!

You said yourself, Doctor, they'd go back to the stars and tell others about the Earth. I'm sorry, Doctor, but you're not here all the time; you come and go. It happened today. Mister Llewellyn and the Major, they were murdered. They died right in front of me while you were sleeping. In which case, we have to defend ourselves.

[disgusted] "Britain's Golden Age".

It comes with a price.

I gave them the wrong warning. I should have told them to run, as fast as they can, run and hide, because the monsters are coming: the human race!

Those are the people I represent. I did it on their behalf.

Then I should have stopped you.

What does that make you, Doctor? Another alien threat?

[stepping towards her] Don't challenge me, Harriet Jones! 'Cause I'm a completely new man! I could bring down your government with a single word!

[glaring back at him] You're the most remarkable man I've ever met. But I don't think you're quite capable of that.

No, you're right, not a single word. Just six.

I don't think so.

Six words.

Stop it!

Six. [walks over to Alex and whispers to him] Don't you think she looks tired? [glares at Harriet one more time before leaving with Rose, Jackie and Mickey]

[rushing over to Alex] What did he say?

[nervously] Oh, well, nothing, really--

[frantically] What did he say?!

Uh, nothing, I don't know--

[hysterical] Doctor! Doctor, what did you--?! What was that?! What did he say?! What did you say, Doctor?! Doctor! [quietly, starting to look remorseful] I'm sorry.

Well, I reckon you're mad, the pair of you. It's like you go looking for trouble.

Trouble's just the bits-in-between! It's all waiting out there, Jackie. And it's brand new to me-- all those planets and creatures and horizons! I haven't seen them yet, not with these eyes. And it is gonna be... fantastic!

What's the city called?

New New York.

Oh, come on.

It is! It's the city of New New York! Strictly speaking, it's the fifteenth New York since the original, so that makes it New-New-New-New-New-New-New-New-New-New-New-New-New-New-New New York. [Rose laughs.] What?

You're so different.

[grins] New-New Doctor.

One story says that just before his death, the Face of Boe will impart his greatest secret. He will speak those words only to one like himself.

What does that mean?

It's just a story.

Tell me the rest.

It is said he will talk to a wanderer, to the man without a home, a lonely god.

Ooh, my. Well this is... different.

Cassandra?

Goodness me, I'm a man! Yum! So many parts... and hardly used. [clutches the Doctor's chest] Oh, two hearts! [dancing to the dual heartbeat] Oh, baby, I'm beating out a samba!

Get out of him!

Oh, he's slim. [turn to Rose] And a little bit foxy! [raises eyebrows] You thought so, too. I've been inside your head, you've been looking. You like it.

I got the impression there was something you wanted to tell me.

A great secret...

So the legend says.

It can wait.

[disappointed] Oh, does it have to?!

We shall meet again, Doctor. For the third time, for the last time, and the truth shall be told. Until that day...

That is enigmatic. That is-- That is textbook enigmatic.

We will take the house.

Would you like my wife while you're at it?

If you won't stand aside then we'll take it by force.

By what power? The hand of God?

No. The fist of man. [He whips the steward into submission with his cane. At the wave of his hand, his fellow monks take off their robes, and, demonstrating incredible martial skills, they make short work of the rest of the men.]

Queen Victoria

Since my husband's death, I find myself with more of a taste for supernatural fiction.

You must miss him.

Queen Victoria

Very much. Oh, completely. And that's the charm of a ghost story, isn't it? Not the scares and chills, that's just for children, but the hope of some contact with the great beyond. We all want some message from that place. It's the Creator's greatest mystery that we're allowed no such consolation. The dead stay silent, and we must wait.

[about the Koh-i-Noor] How much is that worth?

They say the wages of the entire planet for a whole week.

Good job my mum's not here, or she'd be fighting the wolf off with her bare hands for that thing.

She'd win.