Stories Television Doctor Who Season 17 Classic Who S17 Serial: 1 2 3 4 5 6 City of Death 1 image Back to Story Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite DOCTOR: I suppose the best way to find out where you come from is to find out where you’re going, and then work backwards. — Fourth Doctor, City of Death Link to Quote Favourite DOCTOR: I say, what a wonderful butler. He's so violent. — Fourth Doctor, City of Death Link to Quote Favourite Tags: Funny SCARLIONI: Yes, it would. So you stole the bracelet simply because it's pretty? DOCTOR: Yes. Well, I think it is. Don't you? SCARLIONI: Yes. COUNTESS: My dear, I don't think he's as stupid as he seems. SCARLIONI: My dear, nobody could be as stupid as he seems. DOCTOR: Oh. SCARLIONI: This interview is at an end. — City of Death Link to Quote Favourite DOCTOR: Romana? ROMANA: Yes? DOCTOR: You know, I think something very funny's going on. Do you remember that man who was following us? Well, he's standing behind me, poking a gun in my back. — City of Death Link to Quote Favourite DOCTOR: Can I ask you where you got these? SCARLIONI: No. DOCTOR: Right. Or how you knew they were here? SCARLIONI: No. DOCTOR: They've been bricked up a long time. SCARLIONI: Yes. DOCTOR: I like concise answers. SCARLIONI: Good. — City of Death Link to Quote Favourite DOCTOR: Duggan! Duggan, why is it that every time I start to talk to someone, you knock him unconscious? DUGGAN: I didn't expect him to go down that easy. DOCTOR: Well, if you don't understand heads, you shouldn't go about hitting them. — City of Death Link to Quote Favourite ROMANA: That equipment of Kerensky's wouldn't work effectively as a time machine. DUGGAN: It wouldn't. ROMANA: You can have two adjacent time continuums running at different rates. DUGGAN: You can. ROMANA: But without a field interface stabiliser, you can't cross from one to the other. DUGGAN: You can't. — City of Death Link to Quote Favourite TANCREDI: I can see that you are a dangerously clever man, Doctor. I think it's time we conducted this conversation somewhat more formally. DOCTOR: Oh, thank you. TANCREDI: Hold him here while I collect the instruments of torture. If he wags his tongue, confiscate it. DOCTOR: How can I talk if you confiscate my... TANCREDI: You can write, can't you? — City of Death Link to Quote Favourite Tags: Funny (On the train.) ROMANA: Where are we going? DOCTOR: Are you talking philosophically or geographically? ROMANA: Philosophically. DOCTOR: Then we're going to lunch. I know a little place that does a wonderful bouillabaisse. Do you like bouillabaisse? ROMANA: Mmm, bouillabaisse, yum-yum. — City of Death Link to Quote Favourite COUNTESS: I was rather under the impression that Mister Duggan was following me. DOCTOR: Ah. Well, you’re a beautiful woman, probably, and Duggan was trying to summon up the courage to ask you out to dinner, weren’t you, Duggan? — City of Death Link to Quote Favourite Tags: Funny (The Doctor and Romana are in Paris, on top of the Eiffel Tower) DOCTOR: It's the only place in the world where one can relax entirely. ROMANA: Mmm. That bouquet. DOCTOR: What Paris has, it has an ethos, a life. It has- ROMANA: A bouquet? DOCTOR: A spirit all of its own. Like a wine, It has- ROMANA: A bouquet. DOCTOR: It has a bouquet. Yes. Like a good wine. — City of Death