Doctor Who (TV Series)

A Good Man Goes to War (2011)

Neve McIntosh: Madame Vastra

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• Commander Strax : [marching Col. Manton down hallway at gunpoint]  All airlocks sealed, resistance neutralized.

  The Doctor : Sorry, Colonel Manton, I lied! 3 minutes, 42 seconds.

  Commander Strax : Colonel Manton, you will give the order for your men to withdraw.

  The Doctor : No. Colonel Manton, I want you to tell your men to run away.

  Colonel Manton : You what?

  The Doctor : Those words: "Run away." I want you to be famous for those exact words. I want people to call you "Colonel Run Away"; I want children laughing outside your door 'cause they found the house of Colonel Run Away; and when people come to you and ask if trying to get to me through people *I love*!

  Madame Vastra : [inhales sharply] 

  The Doctor : ...is in any way a good idea... I want you to tell them your name. Oh, look. I'm angry. That's new.

  The Doctor : [crying]  I'm really not sure what's going to happen now.

  Madame Kovarian : The anger of a good man is not a problem. Good men have too many rules.

  The Doctor : [turns his head slowly to look at her]  Good men don't need rules. Today is not the day to find out why I have so many. Hmm?

  Madame Kovarian : Give the order. Give the order, Colonel: "Run away."

• Madame Vastra : When did this baby... begin?

  The Doctor : Oh, you mean...?

  Madame Vastra : Quite.

  The Doctor : Well how would I know? That's all humany private stuff. It just sort of goes on, they don't put up a balloon or anything!

  Madame Vastra : Could the child have begun on the TARDIS, in flight, in the Vortex?

  The Doctor : No! No! Impossible! It's all running about, sexy fish vampires, and blowing up stuff; and Rory wasn't even there at the beginning, then he was *dead*, then he didn't exist, then he was plastic, then I had to reboot the whole Universe-long story- so, technically, the first time they were on the TARDIS together in this version of reality was on their w...

  Madame Vastra : On their what?

  Dorium Maldovar : Hmm?

  The Doctor : On their wedding night.

• Jenny : You're home early, ma'am. Another case cracked, I assume?

  Madame Vastra : Send a telegram to Inspector Abberline of the Yard. Jack the Ripper has claimed his last victim.

  Jenny : How did you find him?

  Madame Vastra : Stringy, but tasty all the same. I shan't be needing dinner.

• Lorna Bucket : I met you once. In the Gamma Forests.

  Lorna Bucket : [a tear escapes]  You don't remember me.

  The Doctor : Hey, of course I remember.

  The Doctor : [cups her cheeks]  I remember everyone.

  The Doctor : [wipes her tear]  Hey, we ran, you and me.

  [Lorna's sad expression deepens to dispair, realizing he'd got it wrong, he doesn't remember] 

  The Doctor : Didn't we run, Lorna?

  [with another tear, Lorna takes her last breath and dies] 

  The Doctor : Who was she?

  Madame Vastra : I don't know, but she was very brave.

  The Doctor : They're always brave. They're always brave.

• Madame Vastra : You're giving up? You never do that!

  The Doctor : Yeah, and don't you sometimes wish that I did?

• The Doctor : Doesn't make sense. You can't just cook yourself a Time Lord!

  Madame Vastra : Of course not. But you gave them one hell of a start and they've been working hard every since.

  Dorium Maldovar : And yet they gave in so easily. Does this not bother anyone else?

  The Doctor : Amy, she worried the baby would have a "time head", she said that- that- that...

  Madame Vastra : Only you would ignore the instincts of a mother!

  Dorium Maldovar : Or the instincts of a coward! This is too easy; there's something wrong!

  The Doctor : Why even do it? Even if you could get your hands on a brand-new Time Lord, what for?

  Madame Vastra : A weapon?

  The Doctor : Why would a Time Lord be a weapon?

  Madame Vastra : Well...

  Madame Vastra : [exchanges glances with Dorian, sighs]  they've seen *you*.

  [pause] 

  The Doctor : Me?

  Madame Vastra : Mr. Maldovar, you are right, this was... *too* easy. We should get back to the others.

  The Doctor : [sits down, whispers]  Me?

• Parker : Whoa.

  Madame Vastra : Thank you Parker, I won't be needing you again tonight.

  Parker : Yes, m'lady.