Bea Nelson-Stanley quotes from The Sarah Jane Adventures

Sarah Jane

[showing Bea an old photo with Bea and her husband] Can you tell me where you got this talisman?

Bea Nelson-Stanley

Oh, that’s my Edgar.

Maria

Your husband?

Bea Nelson-Stanley

Mm, yes! He used to say the Sontarans were the silliest-looking race in the galaxy. [chuckles]

Sarah Jane

[shocked] What did you say?

She’s always going on about monsters and space-men.

Sarah Jane

She’s seen Sontarans.

Maria

What’s a Sontaran?

Bea Nelson-Stanley

The silliest race in the galaxy, that’s what Edgar used to say. Like a huge… potato, with… [mimes a gun with her cane] rrrgh, a ray gun.

Bea Nelson-Stanley

Quite nasty blighters they were, all the same.

Sarah Jane

Oh yes, Bea, they are, you’re right! You’re absolutely right.

Maria

[in tears] Sarah Jane was right, wasn’t she? I thought meetin’ creatures from other planets was gonna be excitin’ and cool, but she told me, she said it wasn’t anythin’ like that. In the end it just messes you up. Your whole life, and the people you love…. That’s why Sarah Jane’s always been on her own. That’s why you’re here, isn’t it, Bea? With no one in the world who really knows you or cares. This is how we all end up, isn’t it?

Bea Nelson-Stanley

[puts a hand on Maria’s knee] I had my Edgar. You’re young! You’ll find yours.

Bea Nelson-Stanley

Not so fast, young lady! Would you, er, get, oh… fetch me – ah – my mirror!

Bea Nelson-Stanley

No, not for me! What do you think I’m going to do, powder my nose while you take on that monster? It’s for you!

Maria

[skeptically] For me?

Bea Nelson-Stanley

[sighs] Whatever do they teach you in school these days?