City of Death

“I suppose the best way to find out where you come from is to find out where you’re going, and then work backwards.”

“I say, what a wonderful butler. He's so violent.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?