The glory of oratory
The most memorable moments inDoctor Whoalways come down to the speeches.
Fiery, inspirational, heartbreakingtwo hearts means twice the potential to break ours.
“Look at my girl.
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Look at her go.”
“Fear me, I’ve killed all of them.”
“I’m the Doctor.”
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(From “The Voyage of the Damned”)
“I’m the Doctor.I’m a Time Lord.
I’m from the planet Gallifrey in the Constellation of Kasterborous.
You got a problem with that?”
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Loves giving us his resume, our boy does.
The full introduction is always a magical moment.
Maybe not the most lyrical, but damn if it isn’t satisfying.Dana Schwartz
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“Have a fantastic life.”
Have a fantastic life."
Goodbyes are always meaningful.
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And, of course, to be fantastic.Dana Schwartz
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“I think that’s a hell of a bird.”
And the shepherd’s boy says, ‘There’s this mountain of pure diamond.
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And when the entire mountain is chiseled away, the first second of eternity will have passed.’
You may think that’s a hell of a long time.
Personally, I think that’s a hell of a bird."
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“I believe in her!”
I’ve had the whole pantheon.
But if I believe in one thing… just one thing…
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I believe in her!"
And never ever eat pears!
Remember: Hate is always foolish… and love is always wise."
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Capaldi went back through some of his greatest-hit sentiments in his swan song.
This was the Doctor being quirky, but still poignant.
Aka, being the Doctor.Dana Schwartz
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“I do not know who I am.”
(From “The Christmas Invasion”)
“Look at these people, these human beings.
“Fear makes companions of all of us.”
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(From “Listen”)
“Because didn’t anybody ever tell you?Fear is a superpower.
Fear can make you faster and cleverer and stronger.”
(The Doctor’s earlier speech on this sentiment is equally great.
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“Be a Doctor.”
Whatever happens next, wherever she is sending you, I know what you’re capable of.
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You don’t be a warrior.
Be a Doctor.”
Capaldi’s Doctor really brought out the best in Clara.
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“It was patronizing.”
You walk our Earth, Doctor, you breathe our air.
You make us your friend, and that is your moon too.
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And you’re free to damn well help us when we need it."
of his world-saving bombast.Dana Schwartz
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“You think you’ve broken me?
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You’ll have to try harder than that.”
(From “The Timeless Children”)
“You’ve given me a gift of myself.
You think that could destroy me?
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You think that makes me lesser?
It makes me more.
I contain multitudes, more than I ever thought or knew.
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Instead of breaking her, the revelation made her stronger and frightened the hell out of the Master.
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“I will tell you a story.”
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So… so… come on, then.
“I am TALKING.”
Has there ever been a better mic-drop?Dana Schwartz
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“We’re all stories in the end.”
Just make it a good one, eh?
Did I ever tell you I stole it?
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Well, I borrowed it; I was always going to take it back.
Oh, that box, Amy, you’ll dream about that box.
It’ll never leave you.
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Big and little at the same time, brand-new and ancient, and the bluest blue ever.
And the times we had, eh?
In your dreams, they’ll still be there.
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The Doctor and Amy Pond… and the days that never came.”
“The man that stops the monsters.”
That is the role it seems you are determined to play, so it seems I must play mine!
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The man that stops the monsters!
I’m sending you back to your own dimension.
Some of you may even survive the trip."
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The Doctor summed up his ethos and played the hero.Dana Schwartz
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(From “Family of Blood”)
“He’s like fire and ice and rage.
He’s like the night, and the storm in the heart of the sun.
He’s ancient and forever.
He burns at the center of time, and he can see the turn of the universe.
And… he’s wonderful.”
He was being kind."
This episode gets two brilliant speeches, neither from the Doctor.
And then we get a voiceover from Brother Mine (Harry Lloyd), describing their punishments.
Each equally chilling, each well-set in one of the bestDoctor Whotwo-parters to date.Dana Schwartz
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“The last of the Time Lords.”
Do you know who that leaves?
“I am an idiot!”
I am not a hero.
And I’m definitely not a president.
And no, I’m not an officer.
Do you know what I am?
I am an idiot, with a box and a screwdriver.
Just passing through, helping out, learning.
I don’t need an army.
I never have, because I’ve got them.
Because love, it’s not an emotion.
Love is a promise."
How ironic that the quirky Tennant would be the most ruthless?
This is a beautiful moment for Capaldi’s Doctor, and a perfect plot moment.Dana Schwartz
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“Just be kind.”
(From “The Doctor Falls”)
“I do what I dobecause it’s right!
Because it’s decent!
And above all, it’s kind!
It’s just that.
If I run away today, good people will die.
If I stand and fight, some of them might live.
Maybe not many, maybe not for long.
Hey, you know, maybe there’s no point to any of this at all.
But it’s the best I can do.
So I’m going to do it.
And I will stand here doing it until it kills me.
And you’re going to die too!
And how will that be?
Have you thought about it?
What would you die for?
Who I am is where I stand.
Where I stand is where I fall.
These people are terrified.
Maybe we can help a little.
Why not, just at the end, just be kind?”
Perhaps no one ever will again.
If you watch this and don’t tear up, I don’t trust you.Dana Schwartz
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“Basically, run.”
And what you’ve got to ask is, what happened to them?
I’m the Doctor.
This clip shows, if nothing else, how unfairly good all Matt Smith’s music was.
You’ve got to keep moving so long as you remember all the people that you used to be.
I will not forget one line of this, not one day, I swear.
I will always remember when the Doctor was me."
How are you going to protect your glorious revolution from the next one?"
No big music cues, no exciting “I am the Doctor!”
