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Doctor Who S6 • Episode 8

Let’s Kill Hitler

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Quotes

“You said he was funny. You never said he was hot.”

— Mels, Let’s Kill Hitler
Mels, looking down, TARDIS in the background

“Well, let's see. You've got a time machine, I've got a gun. What the hell. Let's kill Hitler.”

— Mels, Let’s Kill Hitler
Melt pointing a gun at the Doctor

DOCTOR: You've shot it! You shot my TARDIS! You shot the console!

MELS: It's your fault!

DOCTOR: Argh! How's it my fault?

MELS: You said guns didn't work in this place. You said we're in a state of temporal grace.

DOCTOR: That was a clever lie, you idiot! Anyone could tell that was a clever lie.

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The Doctor, looking at the TARDIS time rotor which has a bullet hole in it

“Welcome. You are unauthorised. Your death will now be implemented. Welcome. You will experience a tingling sensation and then death. Remain calm while your life is extracted.”

— Antibodies, Let’s Kill Hitler
An Antibody

HITLER: Thank you, whoever you are. I think you have just saved my life.

DOCTOR: Believe me, it was an accident.

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MELS: When I was little, I was going to marry you.

DOCTOR: Good idea, let's get married. You stay alive and I'll marry you, deal? Deal?

MELS: Shouldn't you ask my parents permission?

DOCTOR: As soon as you're well, I'll get on the phone.

MELS: Might as well do it now, since they're both right here. Penny in the air. Penny drops.

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Mels, dying, speaks to The Doctor

DOCTOR: Mels. Short for-

MELS: Melody.

AMY: Yeah. I named my daughter after her.

DOCTOR: You named your daughter after your daughter.

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Amy, The Doctor, and Rory, looking stunned

“Oh! Oh! Oh! Whoa! Right, let's see, then. Ooo, it's all going on down there, isn't it? The hair! Oh, the hair. It just doesn't stop, does it? Look at that. Everything changes. Oh, but I love it. I love it! I'm all sort of mature.”

— River Song, Let’s Kill Hitler

AMY: That's Melody.

RORY: That's River Song.

RIVER: Who's River Song?

DOCTOR: Spoilers.

RIVER: Spoilers? What's spoilers?

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“Oh, that's magnificent! I'm going to wear lots of jodhpurs.”

— River Song, Let’s Kill Hitler
River Song

“Oh, Mummy, Mummy, pay attention. I was trained and conditioned for one purpose. I was born to kill the Doctor.”

— River Song, Let’s Kill Hitler
River pointing a gun

NAZI OFFICER: What are you doing here?

RIVER: Well, I was on my way to this gay Gypsy Bar-Mitzvah for the disabled, when I thought gosh, the Third Reich's a bit rubbish. I think I'll kill the Fuhrer. Who's with me?

NAZI OFFICER: Shoot her.

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River Song

“Tip for you all. Never shoot a girl while she's regenerating.”

— River Song, Let’s Kill Hitler
River Song, exploding with regeneration energy

HOLO-DOCTOR: Voice interface enabled.

DOCTOR: Oh no, no, no, no, no. Give me someone I like.

(Holo-Rose Tyler.)

DOCTOR: Oh, thanks. Give me guilt.

(Holo-Martha Jones.)

DOCTOR: Also guilt.

(Holo-Donna Noble.)

DOCTOR: More guilt. Argh. Come on, there must be someone left in the universe I haven't screwed up yet.

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The Doctor, dying

“Okay. Okay, I am trapped inside a giant robot replica of my wife. I'm really trying not to see this as a metaphor.”

— Rory Williams, Let’s Kill Hitler
Amy and Rory in the Tesselecta

“I might take the age down a little, just gradually, to freak people out.”

— River Song, Let’s Kill Hitler
River Song, checking herself out in the mirror

“Never knowingly be serious.”

— Eleventh Doctor, Let’s Kill Hitler
The Doctor in a top hat, on a view screen

TESELECTA-AMY: The Silence is not a species. It is a religious order, or movement. Their core belief is that silence will fall when the question is asked.

DOCTOR: What question?

TESELECTA-AMY: The first question. The oldest question in the universe, hidden in plain sight.

DOCTOR: Yes, but what is the question?

TESELECTA-AMY: Unknown.

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Tesselecta Amy

“All life forms prepare for immediate decease. You will experience a tingling sensation and then death.”

— Antibodies, Let’s Kill Hitler
An Antibody

“I seem to be able to fly her. She showed me how. She taught me. The Doctor says I'm the child of the TARDIS. What does he mean?”

— River Song, Let’s Kill Hitler
River Song, flying the TARDIS

AMY: You can't die now. I know you don't die now.

DOCTOR: Oh, Pond, you've got a schedule for everything.

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The Doctor, on the floor dying

RIVER: Just tell me. The Doctor, is he worth it?

AMY: Yes! Yes, he is!

(River pours her golden regeneration energy into the Doctor, and he revives.)

DOCTOR: River. No. What are you doing?

RIVER: Hello, sweetie.

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“Rule one. The Doctor lies.”

— Eleventh Doctor, Let’s Kill Hitler
The Doctor

RORY: Doctor, River was brainwashed to kill you, right?

DOCTOR: Well, she did kill me, and then she used her remaining lives to bring me back. As first dates go, I'd say that was mixed signals.

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The Doctor

PROFESSOR: So then, tell me. Why do you want to study archaeology?

RIVER: Well, to be perfectly honest, Professor, I'm looking for a good man.

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River Song

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