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Originally Posted by Susan Foreman  Doctor Who over the years: Episode quotes The Invasion Of Time – Part 5 The Doctor: A Sontaran. Leela: What are these Sontarans? The Doctor: A race devoted to perpetual war. Leela: Then I shall kill him. The Doctor: You don't know how. Leela: Do you know? The Doctor: Oh, yes. Leela: Well, tell me. The Doctor: Small vent at the back of the neck. Leela: Is that all? (She partly covers her mouth and calls in a deep voice.) Over here! (Her voice echoes down the corridor. The Sontaran turns to look behind him, and she throws her knife straight into his probic vent. The group run down to the body and Leela retrieves her weapon.) The Doctor: Oh, that was a prodigious throw! Leela: Prodigious? The Doctor: Well, it was an amazing throw. Leela: Oh, it was nothing. The Doctor: Well, yes, I know it's just an old hunting trick. Leela: That's right. The Doctor: Come on. |
It's scenes like this that made even the worst episodes of classic Doctor Who more than watchable.
Not that
The Invasion of Time is unwatchable, it isn't, but it's not the classic series at it's best either.