[Harriet Jones has just ordered the Torchwood institute to destroy the Sycorax spaceship, despite the fact that they have agreed to leave Earth, never to return]
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--
[Rose and Jackie glance back at her as she calls after them, but do not answer and continue following the Doctor away]
[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.
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