Carson Beckett quotes from Stargate Atlantis ... TV Quotes Database

Played by Paul McGillion

4th most-quoted character in Stargate Atlantis: in 60 of its 512 quotes
Most scenes with: Rodney McKay (31), John Sheppard (19), Elizabeth Weir (16)

Lines by Carson Beckett 9

[Beckett is told to rouse his (very) elderly patient]

Dr. Beckett

Ten thousand years… d'you expect her to dance a bloody jig?

S1 E15 Unfinished Business

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Dr. Beckett

I can barely make it to the main land and back without crashing. For the last time, I'm a medical doctor, not a bloody fighter pilot!

[Reference to Star Trek 's Dr. McCoy and his line "I'm a doctor, not a..."]

S1 E15 Unfinished Business

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Dr Beckett

I ran every test I could on all of you from the get-go. Physiologically, you and your people are the same as we are. I have no explanation for any of your special super-powers.

Teyla I only have one power.

Dr Beckett

I've seen you fight, my dear.

S1 E15 Unfinished Business

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[Two Marines beam down into Atlantis with a ZPM]

Dr. Beckett

[jumps] How did they do that?!

S1 E15 Unfinished Business

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Lt. Col. Sheppard [On Wraith physiology]: So it's a teenage thing? Pimples, rebellion, life-sucking?

Dr. Beckett

Something like that!

S1 E15 Unfinished Business

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[The lights are out and Beckett is about to operate on Ronon]

Dr Beckett

Bloody dark ages.

S1 E15 Unfinished Business

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Dr. Beckett

So you finally came around did you. You know, you'll come to know Lucius eventually. He really is a kind and wise...

[Sheppard turns and pulls out a Wraith stun pistol]

Dr. Beckett

Oh crap.

[Sheppard stuns him]

S1 E15 Unfinished Business

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[John, Rodney and Ronon step into a doorway, aiming their weapons ... and stop and stare in total disbelief at what they see. A man is sitting on a bunk inside the room, dressed in a grey prison outfit. He sighs in relief at the sight of them.]

Dr. Beckett

Finally. It’s about bloody time. [standing up] What took you so long?

S1 E15 Unfinished Business

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Beckett, McKay and Keller are in the infirmary and Keller had just told Beckett that he's a clone and needs to take a weekly injection to keep his internal organs from shutting down, one they don't have in Atlantis.

Dr. Beckett

My Lord. No wonder I've felt like a dog's breakfast ever since I got here.

(Note: This is probably a hint at David Hewlett's movie, A Dog's Breakfast, in which Paul McGillion participated)

S1 E15 Unfinished Business

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