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[Susan Foreman]

Doctor Who over the years: Episode quotes

The Ghost Monument

Epzo: Right, blast shields up. Don't know how long they'll last for, though.
The Doctor: Brilliant. About to crash land on Desolation. Real grounds for optimism.
Epzo: Do you not understand anything? I can't even get us there, because of the fuel... because of the fuel I've wasted scooping you up.
Yasmin: I'm on a spaceship. Okay.
The Doctor: I can get us into the atmosphere if we jettison the rear section.
Epzo: Listen to me. Nobody is jettisoning anything. This is the Cerebos, all right? She's the envy of millions.
The Doctor: Really?
Epzo: Yes, people have written songs about her.
The Doctor: They'll be writing operas about our pointless deaths if we don't take drastic action right now.
Yasmin: We're about to die?
The Doctor: Oh, sorry, Yaz, I forgot you were there. All going to be fine

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Yasmin: You can be honest with me. Are we going to die?
The Doctor: One day, yes. Comes to us all. But not right now, not if I've got anything to do with it.

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Yasmin: I've got a couple of questions.
Graham: A couple? I've got a book full.

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The Doctor: What are you doing?
Ryan: Fighting back.
The Doctor: No. Guns, never use 'em.
Ryan: They're shooting at us.
The Doctor: I know.
Ryan: They're going to kill us with their guns!
Graham: He's got a point, Doc.
The Doctor: Put the gun down, Ryan.
Ryan: What's your better idea?
The Doctor: Out-think them.
Graham: You can't out-think bullets.
The Doctor: Been doing it all my life.
Ryan: Uh-uh. Sorry. Call of Duty, man. I've trained for this. (So Ryan runs outside, yelling and shooting.) Argh! Who's next? See, that's what I'm talking about! That's how you deal with things. Taking out the aliens! (Which get back up again.) No, no, no! Where's the reload? Where's the reload? Where's the reload! (And runs back inside screaming.)
The Doctor: Made it worse?
Ryan: Just a little bit, yeah.
The Doctor: Now do you see why I don't like guns?

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(The distant wheeze of a time engine.)
Yasmin: Can you hear that noise?
(And again, commonly referred to in subtitles as Vworp.)
The Doctor: Come on, please. Give us this. (activates the Sheffield sonic) It's all right, it's me! Stabilise. Come to Daddy. I mean Mummy. I mean, I really need you right now. (The Tardis materialises with a decisive thud.) My beautiful Ghost Monument. (runs over to her) Hello, you. I've missed you. Ah, you've done yourself up. Very nice. Lost my key. Sorry.
(The Tardis door opens.)

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The Doctor: Oh. You've redecorated. I really like it. This is my Tardis.
Yasmin: Wow.
Ryan: Yeah.
Graham: It was a police box.
The Doctor: It still is on the outside.
Graham: How do you fit all this stuff inside a police box?
The Doctor: Dimensional engineering.
Yasmin: You can't engineer dimensions.
The Doctor: Maybe you can't.
Ryan: Can I press any of...?
The Doctor: No.
Graham: It's a spaceship?
The Doctor: And a timeship.
Ryan: Get out.
The Doctor: Seriously.
Ryan: This... is proper... awesome.
The Doctor: I thought maybe you didn't believe me that I'd get you home.
Yasmin: I thought you didn't believe yourself for a second back there.
The Doctor: Who, me? No. Never doubted. Don't know what you mean. Home, then?
Yasmin: You can get us there? Really?
The Doctor: Start believing.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Thals, Marat (Hilary Minster), Rebec (Jane How) and Taran (Bernard Horsfall) in the cooling chamber on the Planet of the Daleks (1973)

[Susan Foreman]

Doctor Who over the years: Episode quotes

Rosa

(The Tardis materialises in an alley and the Doctor pokes her head out.)
The Doctor: Nearly.
Yasmin: Sheffield?
The Doctor: Almost. Really close.
Graham: So not Sheffield, then?
The Doctor: You're doing this deliberately, aren't you?
Yasmin: Who are you talking to?
Ryan: If it's me, I haven't touched anything.
The Doctor: I'm talking to the Tardis, because this is our ninth attempt.
Graham: Fourteenth. You can't control this thing, can you?
The Doctor: Excuse me. Yes, I can. Most of the time. Just sometimes, like now, it has a mind of its own.
Yasmin: So where are we, actually?
The Doctor: Earth, United States. 1955, Montgomery, Alabama, if I'm reading this properly. New displays. Still figuring them out.
Graham: 1955? Elvis. Could we see Elvis?
The Doctor: I think he's in New York this week. I could give him a call.
Graham: You haven't got Elvis's phone number.
The Doctor: Don't ever tell anyone I lent him a mobile phone.

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(A passing woman drops her glove, Ryan picks it up.)
Ryan: Excuse me. Excuse me. You dropped this. (Her husband slaps Ryan across the face, hard.) Hey.
(Graham grabs Ryan.)
Steele: Get your filthy black hands off my wife.
The Doctor: Whoa. Stop.
Yasmin: Sir, please take a step back. You okay, Ryan?
Ryan: I was just trying to give her back her glove.
(Throws it back on the ground.)
Steele: Is this your boy?
Graham: He's my grandson, actually.
Steele: Your what?
Graham: My grandson.
Steele: You ain't from around here.
The Doctor: We don't want any trouble.
Steele: I don't know how it goes where you folks are from, but your boy, he'll be swinging from a tree with a noose for a neckerchief if he touches a white woman in Montgomery.

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The Doctor: We're very grateful, Miss...
Rosa: Mrs Parks, Rosa Parks.
Yasmin: No way.
Graham: You're kidding.
The Doctor: Brilliant. Rosa Parks. Lovely to meet you, Rosa Parks. Big fan.

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Yasmin: We were in Rosa Parks class in primary. Do you remember? All the Year 4, 5 and 6 classes were named after inspirational people.
Ryan: She's the bus woman, right?
Yasmin: You do remember what she did.
Ryan: Yeah, first black woman to ever drive a bus.

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Graham: Is it me, or has it gone very quiet in here?
Waitress: We don't serve negroes.
Ryan: Good, cos I don't eat them.
Waitress: Or Mexicans.
Yasmin: Is she talking to me?
Waitress: Y'all need to eat somewhere else.

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(The Doctor starts writing on the wall.)
Graham: Oi, whoa, whoa, whoa. What are you doing?. That is vandalism. We'll have to pay for that.
The Doctor: Don't worry, special pen.
Graham: No, pack it in. You ain't Banksy.
The Doctor: Or am I?

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Graham: Doc, The wall.
(She sonicks it clean.)
The Doctor: Banksy doesn't have one of those. Or have I?

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Officer: What's your business here in Montgomery?
Graham: We're here to, er, pitch an invention. Yeah, er, it's a telephone... that plays music, and it's a camera also, takes photo... and it's a calendar. And it send letters.
Officer: Sounds ridiculous.
Graham: Yeah, I know.
Officer: What's your name, sir?
Graham: Steve... Jobs. Steve Jobs.

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Rosa: This is Ryan Sinclair. He's from England. I'm thinking he might be a new recruit to our Youth Council. I said he could listen in and serve coffee. This is my husband, Parks. This is Mister Fred Gray. And this is Doctor King from Dexter Avenue Baptist Church.
Ryan: What? Martin Luther King?
King: That's correct.
(Ryan can't stop shaking his hand.)
Ryan: Oh, my days. Me Nan loves you.

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The Doctor: On Monday, the boycotts begin. Across Montgomery, people refuse to use the buses as a response to Rosa's arrest. And in just over a year, on 21st December 1956, segregation on buses in Montgomery was ended.
(Damn! Posted this two days too early!!!)
Ryan: So it all worked out for her.
The Doctor: No, life's still hard for Rosa. She loses her job, so does her husband. It's a struggle, but they keep fighting. And in June 1999, Rosa receives the Congressional Medal from President Clinton, the highest award given to any civilian, recognising her as a living icon for freedom.
(Actual news footage on the Time-Space Visualiser.)
Ryan: It took so long, though. Her whole life.
The Doctor: Yes, it did. But she changed the world. In fact, she changed the universe. Look at this. (She opens the Tardis doors. They are in the asteroid belt.) Asteroid 284996. Also known as Rosaparks.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The cover to Jacqueline Rayner's BBC novel Wolfsbane, published in September 2003. It features both the Fourth and Eighth Doctors, Sarah Jane, and Harry.

[Susan Foreman]

Doctor Who over the years: Episode quotes

Arachnids In The UK

The Doctor: Got you back. Guess we're done. Nice having you aboard.
Graham: Thanks, Doc. It's been a blast, truly.
The Doctor: Pleasure.
Yasmin: What're you going to do now?
The Doctor: Oh, you know. Back in the box. There's loads to see.
Yasmin: By yourself?
The Doctor: Yeah, I suppose.
Yasmin: Do you want to come for tea at mine?
The Doctor: Definitely! Yes, I would. Thanks. I love tea. Tea at Yaz's? Amazing. Are you coming? Are we all going for tea at Yaz's?
Ryan: She didn't invite us.
Yasmin: Don't be daft, course you're invited.
Ryan: All right, then.
Yasmin: Graham?
Graham: I think I'll nip home first, Yaz. Maybe join you later, if that's all right?
Ryan: Shall I come with you?
Graham: I'd rather do it alone. Don't go without saying goodbye.
The Doctor: Tea at Yaz's. I've never been for tea at Yaz's.

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The Doctor: Look at your views. Never had a flat. I should get one, I'd be good in a flat. I could get a sofa. Imagine me with a sofa, like my own sofa, I could get a purple one and sit on it. Am I being weird?
Ryan: A little bit, yeah.
The Doctor: (sotto) I'm trying to do small talk. I thought I was doing quite well.
Yasmin: (sotto) Needs work.
The Doctor: Maybe I'm nervous. Or just socially awkward. I'm still figuring myself out.

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Jade: We reckon there could be around 21 quadrillion spiders on the planet in total.
The Doctor: So what sort of research are you doing in here?
Jade: We're interested in utilising the genetic strengths of arachnids. Ordinary spider silk is as strong as steel or as tough as Kevlar.
Graham: That still don't make me like them.
The Doctor: Ooo, fun fact, if you weave dragline spider silk as thick as a pencil, it's strong enough to stop a plane in flight.
Graham: You're kidding.
The Doctor: I'm not. I've had to deal with it. Well, me and Amelia Earhart. You'd like her, she's a right laugh

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(The Doctor flashes her psychic paper.)
The Doctor: Crisis investigators. You just ran really quickly out of a room looking really scared. Tell me exactly what's going on, omitting no detail, no matter how strange.
Robertson: A giant spider just smashed through my bathtub and took out my bodyguard, Kevin.
The Doctor: Right. Very succinct summary. Well done

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The Doctor: Okay, thinking. Need to be quick, spiders are moving fast. Why is this hotel the epicentre of spider activity?
Robertson: Wait! Nobody talk until you tell me what you're all doing here. Spiders. Plural?
The Doctor: Very plural. Sorry, I don't know who you are.
Robertson: Oh, really? Cos you must be the only person on the planet that doesn't.
The Doctor: Are you Ed Sheeran? Is he Ed Sheeran? Everyone talks about Ed Sheeran round about now, don't they?

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Yasmin: So, what do we do?
Robertson: Why are you asking her?
Ryan: Cos she's in charge, bro.
Robertson: Says who?
Graham, Yasmin, Ryan: Says us!

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Robertson: You're not going down there. It's too dangerous.
The Doctor: I eat danger for breakfast. I don't, I prefer cereal. Or croissants. Or those little fried Portuguese... Never mind, it's not important.

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Ryan: Massive spider in the ballroom!
The Doctor: How massive?
Graham: The size of a large van.
The Doctor: Wow, that is massive.

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The Doctor: Proper goodbye this time.
Ryan: About that.
Graham: Do we have to? You see, Doc, the thing about grief is it needs time. I don't want to sit around my house waiting for it to go away, cos that house is full of Grace and it makes it so much harder. But, er, being with you and seeing all these things out there, it really helps.
The Doctor: What about you?
Ryan: Do you really think I want to go back to working in that warehouse? No way.
The Doctor: Yaz, you wanted to come home.
Yasmin: I know. I love my family, but they also drive me completely insane. I want more. More of the universe. More time with you. You're like the best person I've ever met.
Ryan: You're pretty awesome.
Graham: You're all right, I suppose.
The Doctor: I can't guarantee that you're going to be safe.
Yasmin: We know.
The Doctor: Do you? Really? Cos when I pull that lever, I'm never quite sure what's going to happen.
Ryan: That's okay.
The Doctor: You're not going to come back as the same people that left here.
Graham: But that's all right. I think that's good.
The Doctor: Be sure. All of you, be sure.
Yasmin: Sure.
Graham: Sure.
Ryan: Deffo.
The Doctor: Look at you. My fam. No, still doesn't quite work. Team Tardis?
Yasmin: Meh. We'll take that.
The Doctor: Welcome aboard. Properly. Oh. Do you want to do it together? (They all put their hands on the dematerialisation lever.) I love this bit.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Clara (Jenna Coleman) brings the turkey in a promo picture for the 2013 Christmas special The Time of the Doctor.

[Demoncrat]

Yes, I have watching the Hinchcliffe stuff again. Robots Of Death tonight. How I wish it had been D84 instead of Kamelion cough

[Susan Foreman]

Doctor Who over the years: Episode quotes

The Tsuranga Conundrum

Cicero: Durkas. And who are you?
The Doctor: I'm the Doctor.
Cicero: Wait. I've heard that name. Aren't you in the Book of Celebrants? Isn't there a whole chapter about you?
The Doctor: Me? No. Very common name. Anyway, lovely chatting. Must be off. Hope you all get better soon. (starts to leave) I'd say it was more of a volume than a chapter. Just so you know.

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Computer: Thank you for choosing Perils Of The Constant Division. We know you have a choice of vid-briefings concerning the most threatening of...
Mabli: Sorry. Here we go.
(Hologram of the little being.)
Computer: Item Seven Alpha Cubed. Pting.
All: Pting?
Computer: Pting. Threat Level, Chalice.
Ryan: Is that bad?
Mabli: Worst one. One up from Beetroot.
Computer: Few facts are known about the organism Pting. (lost under Mabli's last line) the species, if it is a species, birth or creation, many studies having failed due to the fatally violent nature of the Pting. No Pting has ever been kept in captivity due to their ability to eat through any material that would incarcerate them. While strictly non-carnivorous, they devour all non-organic material. (continues under dialogue)
Yasmin: Well, at least that's something.
Graham: Is it really? I mean, it won't eat us, but it will eat the ship we're on.
Computer: They move at great speed, and while they may be momentarily stunned, are impossible to wound or kill. Pting skin is understood to be toxic to most life forms. Never touch a Pting directly. Pting should never be restricted to a confined space. Condensed advice. Never engage with Pting. Risk to life, ultimate.
The Doctor: On the plus side, I now feel very well informed

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The Doctor: Too fast to chase and capture, too toxic to touch directly. It's a bit of a puzzler.
Mabli: It's going to kill us all, isn't it?
The Doctor: Whoa, Mabli! You went there way too quick. I said a puzzler, not a death sentence. I mean, it's a bit of a challenge, and I can't quite see the solution yet, but that's life. Or medicine. Patients present problems, you figure them out and come up with solutions. That's what this is. A problem to be diagnosed. Medicine to be administered. You're a medic, I'm the Doctor.
Mabli: A doctor of medicine?
The Doctor: Well, medicine, science, engineering, candyfloss, Lego, philosophy, music, problems, people, hope. Mostly hope.
Mabli: I'm struggling to see much hope here.
The Doctor: It doesn't just offer itself up. You have to use your imagination. Imagine the solution and work to make it a reality. Whole worlds pivot on acts of imagination.

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The Doctor: You're probably wondering why I called you all here. Sorry, bit Poirot. I need to bring you all up to speed very directly, very succinctly. I can't sugar-coat this.
Cicero: Where's the Chief Medic?
The Doctor: Gone. Killed by an alien organism called Pting that's come on board. Very fast moving, very deadly, and it's eating its way through the structure of the ship. Also, and this is the bit you need to work on not panicking, it's jettisoned the life-pods. I'm the Doctor. These are my friends, Ryan, Graham and Yaz. You know Mabli, our very capable medic. We will pool all our brilliance and get us all safely to Resus One. (She looks around the room.) I thought there'd be more questions.
Cicero: I've encountered a Pting before. It massacred my fleet.
The Doctor: Okay. What did you learn about them? What do they want?
Cicero: They kill. Relentlessly.

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The Doctor: Sorry, where are we? Oh, anti-matter drive. What century is this?
Cicero: Are you joking?
The Doctor: No. We travel in Time.
Cicero: Are you joking now?
The Doctor: No.
Durkas: 67th.
The Doctor: Ah. Nice century. Bit tricky in the middle. It turns out all right in the end

[Susan Foreman]

December 21st, 1963 - 56 years ago today

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A promo image for the 2007 Christmas special, Voyage of the Damned. Starring David Tennant as the tenth Doctor and Kylie Minogue as Astrid.

13.31 million people watched the episode - the highest number of viewers since the show's revival in 2005.