Doctor Who quotes

Queen Victoria

By the power invested in me by the Church and the state, I dub thee [taps the sword on the Doctor's shoulders] Sir Doctor of Tardis. By the power invested in me by the Church and the state, I dub thee [does the same for Rose] Dame Rose of the Powell Estate. You may stand.

Many thanks, Ma'am.

They're never gonna believe this back home.

Your Majesty, you said last night about receiving no message from the Great Beyond. I think your husband cut that diamond to save your life. He's protecting you even now, Ma'am, from beyond the grave

Queen Victoria

[sternly] Indeed, then you may think on this, also; that I am not amused.

[jubilantly] Yes!

Queen Victoria

Not remotely amused. [The Doctor and Rose straighten their faces] And henceforth...I banish you.

I'm sorry?

Queen Victoria

I have rewarded you, Sir Doctor, and now you're exiled from this empire, never to return. [she steps towards Rose and the Doctor] I don’t know what you are, the two of you, or where you’re from, but I know that you consort with stars and magic, and think it fun. But your world is steeped in terror, and blasphemy, and death, and I will not allow it. You will leave these shores and you will reflect, I hope, on how you came to stray so far from all that is good, and how much longer you may survive this...terrible life. [she angrily steps away from them] Now leave my world, and never return!

Queen Victoria

What will you do? Will you stay here?

I don't think I could. I'd sell it, or I'd pull this place down.

Queen Victoria

Although we may not speak of these events in public, they will not be forgotten. I promise you that. Your husband's sacrifice, the ingenuity of his father; they will live on.

But how?

Queen Victoria

I saw, last night, that Great Britain has enemies beyond imagination, and we must defend our borders on all sides. I propose an Institute to investigate these strange happenings and to fight them. I would call it Torchwood; the Torchwood Institute. And if this Doctor should return, then he should beware, because Torchwood will be waiting.

[posing as a teacher, introducing himself to class] So, physics! Physics, eh? Physics! Phyyyysics! [catches himself] I hope you're getting all this down!

Hello, Sarah Jane.

Sarah

[softly] It's you. Doctor. Oh, my God, it's you, isn't it? [realizing] You've regenerated.

Oh. Half a dozen times since we last met.

Sarah

You look.... incredible.

So do you.

Sarah

Hm. I got old. What are you doing here?

Well. UFO sighting. School gets record results. I couldn't resist. What about you?

Sarah

Same.

Sarah

[emotional] I thought you died. I waited for you. You didn't come back, and I thought you must have died.

I lived. Everyone else died.

Sarah

What do you mean?

Everyone died, Sarah.

Sarah

I can't believe it's you.

Sarah

[her mood brightens] Okay. Now I can.

I don't age. I regenerate. But humans decay; you wither and you die. Imagine watching that happen to someone that you-- [breaks off]

What, Doctor?

You can spend the rest of your life with me, but I can't spend the rest of mine with you. I have to live on. Alone. That's the curse of the Time Lords.

Sarah

I saw things you wouldn't believe!

Try me.

Sarah

Mummies.

I've met ghosts.

Sarah

Robots. Lots of robots.

Slitheen. In Downing Street.

Sarah

Daleks!

[smugly] Met the Emperor.

Sarah

Anti-matter monsters!

Gas-mask zombies!

Sarah

Real-living dinosaurs!

Real-living werewolf!

Sarah

THE...LOCH NESS...MONSTER!

[stunned] Seriously?

Sarah

It's daft, but I haven't ever thanked you for that time, and like I said, I wouldn't have missed it for the world.

Something to tell the grandkids.

Sarah

Oh, I think it'll be someone else's grandkids now.

Right. Yes, sorry. I didn't get a chance to ask. You haven't... There hasn't been anyone? You know...?

Sarah

Well, there was this one guy. I traveled with him for a while. But he was a tough act to follow. [Sarah and the Doctor laugh] Goodbye, Doctor.

Oh, it's not goodbye—

Sarah

Say it, please. This time. Say it.

Goodbye... my Sarah Jane!

Don't worry Reinette, it's just a nightmare. Everyone has nightmares; even big scary monsters from under the bed have nightmares, don't you, monster?

What do monsters have nightmares about?

Me! Ha!

Oh, such a lonely childhood.

It'll pass. Stay with me

Oh, Doctor. So lonely, so very very alone.

What do you mean, alone? You've never been alone in your life. [pause] When did you start calling me Doctor?

Such a lonely little boy. Lonely then and lonelier now. How can you bear it?

[stunned] How did you do that?

A door, once opened, can be stepped through in either direction. Oh, Doctor. My lonely Doctor. Dance with me.

The monsters and the Doctor. It seems you cannot have one without the other.

Tell me about it. The thing is, you weren't supposed to have either. Those creatures are messing with history. None of this was ever supposed to happen to you.

"Supposed to happen"? What does that mean? It happened, child, and I would not have it any other way. One may tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel.

Oh, this is my lover, the King of France.

[dismissive] Yeah? Well I'm the Lord of Time.

[voice-over, as the Doctor reads] My dear Doctor: the path has never seemed more slow, and yet I fear I am nearing its end. Reason tells me that you and I are unlikely to meet again, but I think I shall not listen to reason. I have seen the world inside your head and know that all things are possible. Hurry though, my love: my days grow shorter now, and I am so very weak. Godspeed, my lonely angel.

[smiling] Umm... what are you doing that for?

'Cos you told me to.

[smile slowly fades] When was that?

About half an hour ago.

[sheepish] Umm... you can let go now.

How long has it been since I could've stopped?

Ten minutes? Twenty? Twenty-nine?

Have a look! [she shows him a banner that says "Happy 40th Birthday"]

What's wrong with that?

40! It says 40!

You are forty!

Well, I don't want the whole world telling, do I?

You're having a party tonight!

My thirty-ninth! My official biography says I was born on the same day as Cuba Gooding, Jr., and that makes me thirty-nine, thank you very much.

If you want to know what's going on, work in the kitchen.

According to Lucy, that man over there...

Who is Lucy?

She's carrying the salmon pinwheels. [nods towards a waitress on the other side of the room]

Oh, that's Lucy, isn't it?

Yeah. Lucy says that that is the President of Great Britain.

What, there's a "President", not a "Prime Minister"?

Seems so.

Or maybe Lucy's just a bit thick.