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“We’re all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?”
“Never be cruel. Never be cowardly. Hate is always foolish. Love is always wise. Always try to be nice, but never fail to be kind.”
“Who I am is where I stand. Where I stand is where I fall.”
DOCTOR: He asked you a question. Will you help me? CLARA: You shouldn't have been listening. DOCTOR: I wasn't. I didn't need to. That was me talking. You can't see me, can you? You look at me, and you can't see me. Have you any idea what that's like? I'm not on the phone, I'm right here, standing in front of you. Please, just, just see me.
DOCTOR: He asked you a question. Will you help me?
CLARA: You shouldn't have been listening.
DOCTOR: I wasn't. I didn't need to. That was me talking. You can't see me, can you? You look at me, and you can't see me. Have you any idea what that's like? I'm not on the phone, I'm right here, standing in front of you. Please, just, just see me.
“I can't! Why is it always me? Why is it never anybody else's turn? Can't I just lose? Just this once?”
“Charley, C'Rizz, Lucie, Tamsin, Molly. Friends, companions I've known, I salute you. And Cass, I apologise. Physician, heal thyself.”
(Talking about Missy) BILL: She's a murderer. DOCTOR: Enjoying your bacon sandwich? BILL: Why? DOCTOR: Because it had a mummy and a daddy. Go tell a pig about your moral high ground.
(Talking about Missy)
BILL: She's a murderer.
DOCTOR: Enjoying your bacon sandwich?
BILL: Why?
DOCTOR: Because it had a mummy and a daddy. Go tell a pig about your moral high ground.
BILL: So, the Time Lords, bit flexible on the whole man-woman thing, then, yeah? DOCTOR: We're the most civilised civilisation in the universe. We're billions of years beyond your petty human obsession with gender and its associated stereotypes. BILL: But you still call yourselves Time Lords? DOCTOR: Yeah. Shut up.
BILL: So, the Time Lords, bit flexible on the whole man-woman thing, then, yeah?
DOCTOR: We're the most civilised civilisation in the universe. We're billions of years beyond your petty human obsession with gender and its associated stereotypes.
BILL: But you still call yourselves Time Lords?
DOCTOR: Yeah. Shut up.
“Without hope. Without witness. Without reward.”
“ (Looking at Trenzalor) Okay, so that's where I end up. Always thought maybe I'd retire. Take up watercolours or bee-keeping, or something. Apparently not.”
“No broken bones. Slight loss of dignity. No change there then.”
“It's weird. It's just different. It's not men, it's just him. It's only him. And I don't even know what it is, really, so. So I'm not broadcasting it.”
RIVER: Does sarcasm help? DOCTOR: Wouldn't it be a great universe if it did?
RIVER: Does sarcasm help?
DOCTOR: Wouldn't it be a great universe if it did?
“I always rip out the last page of a book. Then it doesn't have to end. I hate endings.”
“But you can't rewrite history! Not one line!”
“There's a horror movie called Alien? That's really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you.”
HANDLES: Attention. Emergency. Attention. DOCTOR: Handles, what is it? What's wrong? HANDLES: Urgent action required. You must patch the telephone device back through the console unit.
HANDLES: Attention. Emergency. Attention.
DOCTOR: Handles, what is it? What's wrong?
HANDLES: Urgent action required. You must patch the telephone device back through the console unit.
DOCTOR: Oh, look, Bill, it's Nardole. What a lovely surprise. I thought I sent you to Birmingham for a packet of crisps. NARDOLE: Yeah, I saw through your cunning ruse. DOCTOR: Yes, well, if you will go thinking for yourself. What do you want? NARDOLE: I was given strict instructions to keep you at the university. DOCTOR: Who by? NARDOLE: You. DOCTOR: Well, you're not doing a very good job, are you? I'll overlook it this once. NARDOLE: Do you know what this is? DOCTOR: If it's not crisps, you're sacked.
DOCTOR: Oh, look, Bill, it's Nardole. What a lovely surprise. I thought I sent you to Birmingham for a packet of crisps.
NARDOLE: Yeah, I saw through your cunning ruse.
DOCTOR: Yes, well, if you will go thinking for yourself. What do you want?
NARDOLE: I was given strict instructions to keep you at the university.
DOCTOR: Who by?
NARDOLE: You.
DOCTOR: Well, you're not doing a very good job, are you? I'll overlook it this once.
NARDOLE: Do you know what this is?
DOCTOR: If it's not crisps, you're sacked.
DALEK TIME CONTROLLER: (speaker) You will surrender. LUCIE MILLER: Not likely, mate. You come here, you mess up my planet, you mess up my life, and now you say you're going to kill the best bloke I ever met? You think I'm going to just, what, bleedin' surrender? Well, all I can say is you don't know me. You don't know me at all. And just in case you wanted to know who it was who blew you to pieces, the name is Lucie Miller. You got that? Lucie bleedin' Miller!
DALEK TIME CONTROLLER: (speaker) You will surrender.
LUCIE MILLER: Not likely, mate. You come here, you mess up my planet, you mess up my life, and now you say you're going to kill the best bloke I ever met? You think I'm going to just, what, bleedin' surrender? Well, all I can say is you don't know me. You don't know me at all. And just in case you wanted to know who it was who blew you to pieces, the name is Lucie Miller. You got that? Lucie bleedin' Miller!
LUCIE: What did you say it stood for again? Time And Relative Dimensions... THE DOCTOR: Yes.. LUCIE: Time And Relative Dimensions In Shed. THE DOCTOR: That is not what is stands for. LUCIE: Yes it does. It's a shed.
LUCIE: What did you say it stood for again? Time And Relative Dimensions...
THE DOCTOR: Yes..
LUCIE: Time And Relative Dimensions In Shed.
THE DOCTOR: That is not what is stands for.
LUCIE: Yes it does. It's a shed.
CLARA: If Vastra changed, if she was different, if she wasn't the person that you liked? Jenny: I don't like her, ma'am. I love her. And as to different? Well, she's a lizard.
CLARA: If Vastra changed, if she was different, if she wasn't the person that you liked?
Jenny: I don't like her, ma'am. I love her. And as to different? Well, she's a lizard.
“As my mum told me once - don't put anything off until tomorrow... Except giving up.”
DOCTOR: You betrayed me. Betrayed my trust, you betrayed our friendship, you betrayed everything that I've ever stood for. You let me down! CLARA: Then why are you helping me? DOCTOR: Why? Do you think I care for you so little that betraying me would make a difference?
DOCTOR: You betrayed me. Betrayed my trust, you betrayed our friendship, you betrayed everything that I've ever stood for. You let me down!
CLARA: Then why are you helping me?
DOCTOR: Why? Do you think I care for you so little that betraying me would make a difference?
DOCTOR: Now, do you see this mad woman sitting in this chair? Her name isn't Doctor Who. My name is Doctor Who. NARDOLE: It's not, is it? DOCTOR: I like it.
DOCTOR: Now, do you see this mad woman sitting in this chair? Her name isn't Doctor Who. My name is Doctor Who.
NARDOLE: It's not, is it?
DOCTOR: I like it.
IANTO: ...Jack? What do you want me to say on the death certificate? JACK: Good question. IANTO: She had quite a few deaths in the end. JACK: I don't know. Death by Torchwood.
IANTO: ...Jack? What do you want me to say on the death certificate?
JACK: Good question.
IANTO: She had quite a few deaths in the end.
JACK: I don't know. Death by Torchwood.
GWEN: What's the most beautiful thing you've ever seen? Not just on Earth. JACK: I'm not doing this. I'm not giving final speeches. GWEN: Just tell me. Anywhere in the Universe. JACK: …I saw a firebird once. A tiny little thing, even smaller than a hummingbird. Literally made of fire. It only lives for a minute. It blazes different colours and sings. It gets so bright you have to close your eyes. And when you open them, it's gone. But the image stays behind your eyelids for longer than it was alive.
GWEN: What's the most beautiful thing you've ever seen? Not just on Earth.
JACK: I'm not doing this. I'm not giving final speeches.
GWEN: Just tell me. Anywhere in the Universe.
JACK: …I saw a firebird once. A tiny little thing, even smaller than a hummingbird. Literally made of fire. It only lives for a minute. It blazes different colours and sings. It gets so bright you have to close your eyes. And when you open them, it's gone. But the image stays behind your eyelids for longer than it was alive.
IANTO: You're here to save me MAIRWYN: Yes I am IANTO: I didn't need saving
IANTO: You're here to save me
MAIRWYN: Yes I am
IANTO: I didn't need saving
IANTO: (Wiping down his suit) I've got bits of croissant all down me... TOMMY: You get that with sausage rolls... IANTO: Yeah.....
IANTO: (Wiping down his suit) I've got bits of croissant all down me...
TOMMY: You get that with sausage rolls...
IANTO: Yeah.....