Doctor Who (TV Series)

Robot: Part One (1974)

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• The Doctor : Never cared much for the word "impregnable". Sounds a bit too much like "unsinkable".

  Harry : What's wrong with "unsinkable"?

  The Doctor : Nothing. As the iceberg said to the Titanic.

  Harry : What?

  The Doctor : [sitting down]  Gloop, gloop, gloop, gloop, gloop, gloop, gloop.

• The Doctor : A new body is like a new house... takes a little bit of time to settle in. As for the physiognomy? Well... nothing's perfect. Have to take the rough with the smooth. Mind you... I think the nose is a definite improvement. As for the ears? Well I'm not too sure. Tell me quite frankly... what do you say to the ears?

• [Catching the Doctor at the TARDIS, Harry tries to convince him to return to the sick bay] 

  Harry : No, Doctor, I'm the doctor and I say that you're not fit.

  The Doctor : You may be *a* Doctor, but I'm *the* Doctor. The definite article, you might say.

  Harry : Look here, Doctor, you're not fit...

  The Doctor : Not fit! Not fit! Of course I'm fit. All systems go!

  [the Doctor karate chops a convenient brick in twain, then jogs in place] 

  Harry : Well, look...

  [the Doctor stops, grabs the end of Harry's stethescope and holds it to his heart. Harry listens. The Doctor moves it to his other heart] 

  The Doctor : Heartsbeat?

  Harry : I say, I don't think that can be right.

  The Doctor : Both a bit fast, are they?

• The Doctor : [peeks out the TARDIS again]  Excuse me.

  Brigadier : What?

  The Doctor : Haven't we met somewhere before? No, don't tell me. Alexander the Great? No. Hannibal? No. Ah! Brigadier. Brigadier Alastair Gordon Lethbridge Stewart. How are you?

  Brigadier : [having his hand shaken vigorously]  Very well, thank you.

  The Doctor : And Sarah Jane! Well, now, isn't this... What was that you said about a secret weapon?

• [the Doctor, desperate to prove his fitness to Harry Sullivan, grabs a cord and turns on him menacingly] 

  Harry : [nervous]  I... I feel I ought to warn you, Doctor, that there's grave danger of myocardial infarction, not to speak of pulmonary embolism. Yes, I should, I should...

  [the Doctor flips the rope behind Harry and he reflexively jumps to avoid it tripping him from behind. The Doctor does too, and suddenly they are both in a rhythm of skipping rope] 

  The Doctor : [to rhythm]  Mother, mother / I feel sick / Send for the doctor / Quick, quick, quick / Mother, dear / Shall I die? / Yes, my darling / By and by / One, two / Three, four...

• [first lines] 

  [after brief recap of the previous episode's regeneration scene] 

  Brigadier : [dials operator on telephone]  Get me the medical officer.

  [the Doctor mumbles something] 

  Brigadier : Lieutenant Sullivan, emergency. Come to the lab at once, please.

  The Doctor : ...human history.

  Brigadier : What's he talking about?

  Sarah Jane Smith : It's something that happened when we first met.

  The Doctor : [sits up rapidly]  I tell you, Brigadier, there's nothing to worry about. The brontosaurus is large and placid.

  [the Doctor collapses again. Harry Sullivan enters] 

  Harry : This is the patient, sir?

  The Doctor : And stupid.

  The Doctor : [sits up again, clutching Sarah]  The square on the hypotenuse equals the sum of the square on the other two sides. Why is a mouse when it spins? Never did know the answer to that one.

  Sergeant Benton : [entering]  Excuse me, sir. The daily reports.

  Harry : Take him to the sick bay, I'll make a proper examination there.

  Sergeant Benton : What's happening, sir? Who's...

  Brigadier : That, Mr. Benton, is the Doctor.

  Sergeant Benton : You mean he's done it again? He's changed?

  Brigadier : Apparently. Saw it happen this time. Lieutenant Sullivan?

  Harry : Yes, sir?

  Brigadier : I'm placing the Doctor in your personal charge. He is to have your full attention.

  Harry : Right-o, sir.

• [to Harry Sullivan, who'd been locked in a cabinet by the Doctor] 

  Brigadier : Well, where is he?

  [vworp, vworp] 

  Brigadier : [recognizing the TARDIS dematerialization]  Ah, too late.

  Sarah Jane Smith : [to the TARDIS pounding the wood exterior]  Ohh, no! No, Doctor, wait! Doctor, listen! Please, it's Sarah! Doctor...

  [the TARDIS winds down, the Doctor peeks out] 

  The Doctor : Hello. Come to see me off, have you? Well, I hate goodbyes. I'll just slip away quietly.

  Sarah Jane Smith : No, no, Doctor, you *can't* go!

  The Doctor : "Can't"? "*Can't*"? There's no such word as "can't"!

  [the Doctor slams the door] 

  Sarah Jane Smith : [to the Brigadier, heartbroken]  Wha...

  [the Doctor opens the door, taps Sarah's arm] 

  Sarah Jane Smith : Oh!

  The Doctor : Why not?

  Sarah Jane Smith : Well, because you're not... Well, because, um, the Brigadier needs you. Don't you, Brigadier?

  Brigadier : [caught not paying attention]  What? Oh, yes, of course, depending on you.

  The Doctor : What for?

  Sarah Jane Smith : There's been this robbery, hasn't there, Brigadier? Some kind of secret weapon.

  Brigadier : Ah, yes. Very serious business.

  Sarah Jane Smith : I mean, you are still UNIT's scientific adviser. Remember? Well, you can't go rushing off and leave them in the lurch.

  The Doctor : Can't I? Goodbye.