The Doctor Who Thread

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by nosferatu42

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When i saw the still my brain said "Inferno" for some reason so i looked it up.
Found this image from an old dvd cover that uses the shot, not sure if it's the right story or just a pic they decided to use.

Thanks, nos. I looked up the story on Google images and he's wearing the same get up so i think you are correct.

[Susan Foreman]

Doctor Who over the years: Episode quotes

Forest Of The Dead

(The large moon is hanging high in the orange sky. River cuts a square in the wall with her gun and enters.)
River: OK, we've got a clear spot. In, in, in! Right in the centre. In the middle of the light, quickly. Don't let your shadows cross. Doctor.
The Doctor: I'm doing it.
River: There's no lights here. Sunset's coming. We can't stay long. Have you found a live one?
The Doctor: Maybe. It's getting harder to tell. What's wrong with you?
River: We're going to need a chicken leg. Who's got a chicken leg? Thanks, Dave. (She throws the meat into the shadow, and once again it is just bone before it hits the ground.) Okay. Okay, we've got a hot one. Watch your feet.
The Doctor: They won't attack until there's enough of them. But they've got our scent now. They're coming.
Other Dave: Oh, yeah, who is he? You haven't even told us. You just expect us to trust him?
River: He's the Doctor.
Lux: And who is the Doctor?
River: The only story you'll ever tell, if you survive him.
Anita: You say he's your friend, but he doesn't even know who you are.
River: Listen, all you need to know is this. I'd trust that man to the end of the universe. And actually, we've been.
Anita: He doesn't act like he trusts you.
River: Yeah, there's a tiny problem. He hasn't met me yet.

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The Doctor: Don't play games with me. You just killed someone I liked. That is not a safe place to stand. I'm the Doctor, and you're in the biggest library in the universe. Look me up.

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The Doctor: Why am I handcuffed? Why do you even have handcuffs?
River: Spoilers.
The Doctor: This is not a joke. Stop this now. This is going to kill you! I'd have a chance, you don't have any.
River: You wouldn't have a chance, and neither do I. I'm timing it for the end of the countdown. There'll be a blip in the command flow. That way it should improve our chances of a clean download.
The Doctor: River, please. No.
River: Funny thing is, this means you've always known how I was going to die. All the time we've been together, you knew I was coming here. The last time I saw you, the real you, the future you, I mean, you turned up on my doorstep, with a new haircut and a suit. You took me to Darillium to see the Singing Towers. What a night that was. The Towers sang, and you cried.
Computer: Autodestuct in one minute.
River: You wouldn't tell me why, but I suppose you knew it was time. My time. Time to come to the library. You even gave me your screwdriver. That should have been a clue. (The two screwdrivers and her diary are just out of the Doctor's reach.) There's nothing you can do.
The Doctor: You can let me do this.
River: If you die here, it'll mean I've never met you.
The Doctor: Time can be rewritten.
River: Not those times. Not one line. Don't you dare. It's okay. It's okay. It's not over for you. You'll see me again. You've got all of that to come. You and me, time and space. You watch us run.
The Doctor: River, you know my name.
Computer: Autodestruct in ten
The Doctor: You whispered my name in my ear.
Computer: Nine, eight, seven
The Doctor: There's only one reason I would ever tell anyone my name. There's only one time I could.
River: Hush, now.
Computer Four, three
River: Spoilers.
Computer: Two, one
(River joins two power cables together, and there is a blinding light.)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Alister Pearson's cover for the Virgin Missing Adventure novel Twilight of the Gods, published in 1996.

[Susan Foreman]

Doctor Who over the years: Episode quotes

Midnight

Hostess: Complimentary juice pack and complimentary peanuts.
Sky: Just the headphones, please.
Hostess: There you go. (The hostess leaves the woman in the blue suit and goes to the Doctor.) That's the headphones for channels one to thirty six. Modem link for 3D vidgames. Complimentary earplugs. Complimentary slippers. Complimentary juice pack and complimentary peanuts. I must warn you some products may contain nuts.
The Doctor: That'll be the peanuts.
Hostess: Enjoy your trip.
The Doctor: Oh, I can't wait. Allons-y.
Hostess: I'm sorry?
The Doctor: It's French, for let's go.
Hostess: Fascinating.

*********************

Hostess: I do apologise, ladies and gentlemen, and variations thereupon. We seem to had a failure of the Entertainment System.
The Doctor: Oh.
Val: But what do we do?
Biff: We've got four hours of this? Four hours of just sitting here?
The Doctor: Tell you what. We'll have to talk to each other instead.

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(The Doctor is sitting with Sky as they unwrap their meals.)
The Doctor: No, no, I'm with this friend of mine, Donna. She stayed behind in the Leisure Palace. You?
Sky: No, it's just me.
The Doctor: Oh, I've done plenty of that. Travelling on my own. I love it. Do what you want, go anywhere.
Sky: No, I'm still getting used to it. I've found myself single rather recently, not by choice.
The Doctor: What happened?
Sky: Oh, the usual. She needed her own space, as they say. A different galaxy, in fact. I reckon that's enough space, don't you?
The Doctor: Yeah. I had a friend who went to a different universe.
Sky: Oh, what's this, chicken or beef?
The Doctor: I think it's both.

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Jethro: Why won't she turn around?
The Doctor: What's her name?
Hostess: Silvestry. Mrs Sky Silvestry.
The Doctor: Sky? Can you hear me? Are you all right? Can you move, Sky? Just look at me.
Jethro: That noise from outside. It's stopped.
Val: Well, thank God for that.
Jethro: But what if it's not outside anymore? What if it's inside?
Val: Inside? Where?
Jethro: It was heading for her.
The Doctor: Sky? It's all right, Sky. I just want you to turn around, face me. (Sky turns slowly and stares into the torchlight.) Sky?
Sky: Sky?
The Doctor: Are you all right?
Sky: Are you all right?
The Doctor: Are you hurt?
Sky: Are you hurt?
The Doctor: You don't have to talk.
Sky: You don't have to talk.
The Doctor: I'm trying to help.
Sky: I'm trying to help.
The Doctor: My name's the Doctor.
Sky: My name's the Doctor.
The Doctor: Okay, can you stop?
Sky: Okay, can you stop?
The Doctor: I'd like you to stop.
Sky: I'd like you to stop.
Hobbes: Why's she doing that?
Sky: Why's she doing that?
Biff: She's gone mad.
Sky: She's gone mad.
Val: Stop it.
Sky: Stop it.
Val: I said stop it.
Sky: I said stop it.

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The Doctor + Sky: Just stop it, all of you. Stop it, please. Now then, Sky. Are you Sky? Is Sky still in there? Mrs Silvestry? You know exactly what I'm going to say. How are you doing that? Roast beef. Bananas. The Medusa Cascade. Bang! Rose Tyler, Martha Jones, Donna Noble, Tardis. Shamble bobble dibble dooble. Oh, Doctor, you're so handsome. Yes, I am, thank you. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O. First she repeats, then she catches up. What's the next stage?
Dee Dee + Sky: Next stage of what?
Jethro + Sky: That's not her, is it. That's not Mrs Silvestry any more.
The Doctor + Sky: I don't think so, no. I think the more we talk, the more she learns. Now, I'm all for education, but in this case, maybe not. Let's just move back. Come on. Come with me. Everyone, get back. All of you, as far as you can.

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The Doctor + Sky: Mrs Silvestry, I'm trying to understand. You've captured my speech. What for? What do you need? You need my voice in particular. The cleverest voice in the room. Why? Because I'm the only one who can help? Oh, I'd love that to be true, but your eyes, they're saying something else. Listen to me. Whatever you want, if it's life, or form, or consciousness, or voice, you don't have to steal it. You can find it without hurting anyone. And I'll help you. That's a promise. So, what do you think?
Sky: Do we have a deal?
The Doctor: Do we have a deal?
Dee Dee: Hold on, did she?
Jethro: She spoke first.
Val: She can't have.
Hobbes: She did.
Jethro: She spoke first.
Sky: Oh, look at that. I'm ahead of you.
The Doctor: Oh, look at that. I'm ahead of you.
Hobbes: Did you see? She spoke before he did. Definitely.
Jethro: He's copying her.
Hobbes: Doctor, what's happening?

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Midnight was a classic piece of Who horror.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Paul McGann as the eighth Doctor in the 2013 mini episode Night of the Doctor.

[Rob4]

Would love a Paul McGann prequel series. he would have been a great Doctor.

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Midnight was a classic piece of Who horror.

Agreed

It's certainly one of my top 5 stories from Nu-Who and one of my top 10 stories from the entire programme

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Agreed

It's certainly one of my top 5 stories from Nu-Who and one of my top 10 stories from the entire programme

It reminds me of a Nu-Who Ghost Light. Not in it's actual premise but that it improves over the years. It's not reliant on FX that become out dated it's just a classic bit of timeless horror story telling helped by very good performances.

[Susan Foreman]

Doctor Who over the years: Episode quotes

Turn Left

Fortune Teller: Oh, you fascinating. No, but you good. I can see a man. The most remarkable man. How did you meet him?
Donna: You're supposed to tell me.
Fortune Teller: I see the future. Tell me the past. When did your lives cross?
Donna: It's sort of complicated. I ended up in a spaceship on my wedding day. Long story.

***********************************

[Car]
(Donna is at a junction, waiting to turn onto the main road.)
Silvia: It won't take long. Just turn right. We'll pop in and see Mister Chowdry, so Suzette can introduce you.
Donna: I'm going left. If you don't like it, get out and walk.
Silvia: If you turn right, you'll have a career, not just filling in.
Donna: You think I'm so useless.
Silvia: Oh, I know why you want a job at HC Clements, lady. Because you think you'll meet a man with lots of money and your whole life will change. Well let me tell you, sweetheart. City executives don't need temps, except for practice.
Donna: Yeah. Well, they haven't met me.

[Fortune teller's tent]
Fortune Teller: You turned left. But what if you turned right? What then?
Donna: Let go of my hands.
Fortune Teller: What if it changes? What if you go right? What if you could still go right?
Donna: Stop it. (Something jumps onto Donna's back.) What's that? What's on my back? What is it? What, what's on my back?
Fortune Teller: Make the choice again, Donna Noble, and change your mind. Turn right.
(A hooked claw reaches to Donna's shoulder.)
Donna: I'm turning.
Fortune Teller: Turn right. Turn right. Turn right!

[Car]
Silvia: Well, let me tell you, sweetheart. City executives don't need temps, except for practice.
Donna: Yeah. Suppose you're right.
Fortune Teller [OC]: Turn right, and never meet that man. Turn right, and change the world.
(Donna turns right.)

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News 24 [on TV]: To confirm, the Royal Hope hospital was returned to it's original position, but with only one survivor. The only person left alive is medical student Oliver Morgenstern.
Morgenstern [on TV]: And there were these creatures, like rhinos. Talking rhinos, in, in, in black leather.
Donna: Rhinos?
Wilf: Rhinos could be aliens.
Donna: Shush.
Morgenstern: There were hundreds of them. We couldn't breathe. We were running out of air. A colleague of mine gave me the last oxygen tank. Martha. Martha Jones. And she died.
Silvia: At least you got a hole punch and a raffle ticket.
Donna: Yeah, well, they can keep the raffle. I won't take a penny off that man.
Wilf: Honestly, you two. There's aliens on the news. They took that hospital all the way to the moon, and you're banging on about raffle tickets.
Donna: Don't be daft, Gramps. It wasn't the moon. It couldn't be.
Wilf: Yes, well, I am telling you it is getting worse, these past few years. It's like, all of a sudden, they suddenly know all about us, and there's keen eyes up there and they're watching us, and they're not friendly.
Silvia: This stapler says Bea.
Donna: I can't believe how well you're taking it, me getting sacked. Thought you'd hit the roof.
Silvia: I'm just tired, Donna, what with your father and everything. To be honest, I've given up on you.
News 24 [on TV]: This further report just in from Oliver Morgenstern.
Morgenstern [on TV]: There was this woman who took control. Said she knew what to do, said she could stop the MRI or something. Sarah Jane, her name was. Sarah Jane Smith.
News 24 [on TV]: Sarah Jane Smith was a freelance investigative journalist, formerly of Metropolitan Magazine. Her body was recovered from the hospital late this afternoon. Miss Smith had a son called Luke, but early reports that Luke
Donna: What's for tea?
Silvia: I've got nothing in.
Donna: I'll get chips. Last of my wages. Fish and chips, yeah?
News 24 [on TV]: Also had been inside the Royal Hope, along with his teenage friends Maria Jackson and Clyde Langer. It is feared that they also perished.

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(Night. Donna is walking slowly when there is a blinding flash in a nearby jennel and Rose runs out.)
Donna: Blimey! Are you all right? What was that, fireworks or
Rose: I don't know. I was just walking along. That's weird.
Donna: You're the one. Christmas Eve. I met you in town.
Rose: Donna? Isn't it?
Donna: What was your name?
Rose: How're you doing? You're looking good. How's things, what have you been up to?
Donna: You're doing it again.
Rose: What?
Donna: Looking behind me. People keep on doing that, looking at my back.
Rose: What sort of people?
Donna: People in the street. Strangers. I just catch them sometimes, staring at me. Like they're looking at something. And then I get home, and I look, and there's nothing there. See? Look, now I'm doing it!
Rose: What are you doing for Christmas?
Donna: What am I what?
Rose: Next Christmas. Any plans?
Donna: I don't know. That's ages away. Nothing much, I suppose. Why?
Rose: Just, I think you should get out, you and your family. Don't stay in London. Just leave the city.
Donna; What for?
Rose: Nice hotel Christmas break?
Donna; Can't afford it.
Rose: Well, no, you got that raffle ticket.
Donna: How do you know about that?
Rose: First prize, luxury weekend break. Use it, Donna Noble.
Donna: Why won't you tell me your name? I think you should leave me alone.
(Donna walks on. There is a flash of light behind her.)

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The Doctor: Everything all right?
Donna: Oh, God.
(Donna hugs the Doctor.)
The Doctor: What was that for?
Donna: I don't know. (Later, the Doctor is prodding the dead beetle with a stick.) I can't remember. It's slipping away. You know like when you try and think of a dream and it just sort of goes.
The Doctor: Just got lucky, this thing. It's one of the Trickster's Brigade. Changes a life in tiny little ways. Most times, the universe just compensates around it, but with you? Great big parallel world.
Donna: Hold on. You said parallel worlds are sealed off.
The Doctor: They are. But you had one created around you. Funny thing is, seems to be happening a lot to you.
Donna: How do you mean?
The Doctor: Well, The Library and then this.
Donna: Just goes with the job, I suppose.
The Doctor: Sometimes I think there's way too much coincidence around you, Donna. I met you once, then I met your grandfather, then I met you again. In the whole wide universe, I met you for a second time. It's like something's binding us together.
Donna: Don't be so daft. I'm nothing special.
The Doctor: Yes, you are. You're brilliant.
Rose [OC]: He thought you were brilliant.
Donna: She said that.
The Doctor: Who did?
Donna: That woman. I can't remember.
The Doctor: Well, she never existed now.
Donna: No, but she said the stars. She said the stars are going out.
The Doctor: Yeah, but that world's gone.
Donna: No, but she said it was all worlds. Every world. She said the darkness is coming even here.
The Doctor: Who was she?
Donna: I don't know.
The Doctor: What did she look like?
Donna: She was blonde.
The Doctor: What was her name?
Donna: I don't know.
The Doctor: Donna, what was her name?
Donna: But she told me to warn you. She said two words.
The Doctor: What two words? What were they? What did she say?
Donna: Bad Wolf. Well, what does it mean? (The Doctor runs outside. Every printed thing now says Bad Wolf. Even the Tardis says Bad Wolf instead of Police Box.) (The inside is lit by red emergency lighting, and the cloister bell tolls.)
Donna: Doctor, what is it? What's Bad Wolf?
The Doctor: It's the end of the universe.