The Doctor:
I'm the Doctor, by the way, what's your name?
Rose Tyler:
Rose.
The Doctor:
Nice to meet you, Rose, - run for yer life!
[
his first line]
The Doctor:
Run.
Rose Tyler:
What did you say your name was?
The Doctor:
I told you; The Doctor.
Rose Tyler:
Yeah, but, Doctor what?
The Doctor:
Just The Doctor.
Rose Tyler:
The doctor?
The Doctor:
Hello!
Rose Tyler:
Is that meant to be impressive?
The Doctor:
Sort of, yeah.
The Doctor:
[
leafing through Rose's copy of 'Heat' magazine] That won't last. He's gay and she's an alien.
Rose Tyler:
Really though, Doctor. Tell me. Who are you?
The Doctor:
Do you know like we were saying, about the earth revolving? It's like when you're a kid, the first time they tell you that the world is turning and you just can't quite believe it 'cause everything looks like it's standing still. I can feel it...
[
he takes her hand]
The Doctor:
- the turn of the earth. The ground beneath our feet is spinning at a thousand miles an hour. The entire planet is hurtling around the sun at sixty seven thousand miles an hour. And I can feel it. We're falling through space, you and me, clinging to the skin of this tiny little world. And, if we let go...
[
He releases her hand]
The Doctor:
That's who I am. Now forget me, Rose Tyler. Go home.
[
first lines]
Rose Tyler:
[
rushing out the house] Bye!
Jackie Tyler:
See you later.
[
last lines]
The Doctor:
By the way, did I also mention it also travels in time?
Rose Tyler:
[
to Mickey] Thanks.
Mickey Smith:
Thanks for what?
Rose Tyler:
Exactly.
[
she kisses him, then turns and runs toward the TARDIS]
The Doctor:
Now we're in trouble.
Clive Finch:
The Doctor is a legend woven throughout history. When disaster comes he's there. He brings a storm in his wake and he has only one constant companion.
Rose Tyler:
Who's that?
Clive Finch:
Death.
Jackie Tyler:
I'm in my dressing gown.
The Doctor:
Yes, you are.
Jackie Tyler:
There's a strange man in my bedroom.
The Doctor:
Yes, there is.
Jackie Tyler:
Well, anything could happen.
The Doctor:
[
shakes his head and smiles] No.
Rose Tyler:
[
after the Doctor saves Rose from the Auton attack in the basement, they travel in the lift] You pulled his arm off!
The Doctor:
Yep! Plastic
Rose Tyler:
Very clever, nice trick. Who were they then, students? Is this a student thing or what?
The Doctor:
Why would they be students?
Rose Tyler:
I dunno.
The Doctor:
Well you said it, why students?
Rose Tyler:
Cos... to get that many people dressed up and being silly... they gotta be students.
The Doctor:
That makes sense. Well done!
Rose Tyler:
Thanks.
The Doctor:
They're not students.
The Doctor:
[
explaining to Rose about the Autons as he goes through the shop] They're made of plastic. Living plastic creatures. And they're being controlled by a relay device on the roof. Which would be a great big problem, if I didn't have this.
[
takes out an explosive device]
The Doctor:
So I'm going to go upstairs and blow it up, and I might well die in the process, but don't worry about me, no. You go on home.
[
guides Rose through the fire-door]
The Doctor:
go on and have your lovely beans on toast. Don't tell anyone about this 'cause if you do, you'll get them killed.
[
slams the door]
Jackie Tyler:
Arianna got two thousand quid off the council just 'cause the old man behind the desk said she looked Greek. I know she is Greek but that's besides the point - it was still a valid claim.
The Doctor:
What you doing 'ere?
Rose Tyler:
I live here!
The Doctor:
Well, what you go and do a thing like that for?
Rose Tyler:
Hold on a minute! You can't just go swanning off!
The Doctor:
Yes I can. Look. Here I am. This is me swanning off. Seeya!
The Doctor:
Well, who else is there? I mean you lot, all you do is eat chips, go to bed and watch telly, while all the time underneath you there's a war going on!
The Doctor:
The assembled hoards of Genghis Khan couldn't get through that door, and believe me they've tried! Now shut up a minute!
Rose Tyler:
But if we're somewhere else what about that headless thing? Is it still on the loose?
The Doctor:
It melted with the head. Are you gonna witter on all night?
Rose Tyler:
If you are an alien how come you sound like you're from the North?
The Doctor:
Lots of planets have a north!
The Doctor:
[
faces her] Where did you want to start?
Rose Tyler:
Um...
[
looking around the TARDIS]
Rose Tyler:
The inside's bigger than the outside?
The Doctor:
Yes.
Rose Tyler:
It's alien?
The Doctor:
Yep.
Rose Tyler:
Are you alien?
The Doctor:
Yes.
[
pause]
The Doctor:
Is that all right?
Rose Tyler:
[
little too quickly] Yeah.
Rose Tyler:
What's a Police Public Call Box?
The Doctor:
It’s a telephone box from the 1950s. It's a disguise.
The Doctor:
Think of it. Plastic - all over the world - every artificial thing, waiting to come alive. Shop window dummies, phones, the wires, cables...
Rose Tyler:
The breast implants...
Rose Tyler:
I've got no A-Levels, no job, no future... but I tell ya what I have got - Jericho Street Junior School - Under Sevens Gymnastic Team - I got the Bronze!
[
inviting Rose onto the TARDIS]
The Doctor:
This isn't just a London Hopper, you know. It can go anywhere in the universe, free of charge.
Mickey Smith:
Don't! He's an alien! He's a thing!
The Doctor:
He's not invited.
Rose Tyler:
You're all the same. Give a man a plastic hand...
Rose Tyler:
You've got to tell me what's going on!
The Doctor:
No, I don't.
The Doctor:
They want to overthrow the Earth and destroy you. Do you believe me?
Rose Tyler:
No.
The Doctor:
But you're still listening.
Rose Tyler:
What have I done wrong? How come those plastic things keep coming after me?
The Doctor:
Oh, suddenly the world revolves around you! You were just an accident. You got in the way, that's all.
Rose Tyler:
It tried to kill me!
The Doctor:
It was after me, not you. Last night in the shop, I was there, you blundered in, almost ruined the whole thing. This morning I was tracking it down, it was tracking me down. The only reason it fixed on you was because you met me.
Rose Tyler:
So what you're saying is that the whole world revolves around you?
The Doctor:
Sort of, yeah.
Rose Tyler:
You're full of it.
The Doctor:
Sort of, yeah.
Rose Tyler:
Did they kill him - Mickey - did they kill Mickey? Is he dead?
The Doctor:
Oh, I didn't think of that.
Rose Tyler:
He's my boyfriend! You pulled off his head, they copied him, and you didn't even think? And now you're just going to let him *melt*?
The Doctor:
[
from trailer] D'you wanna come with me? 'Cause if you do then I should warn you; you'll see all sorts of things. Ghosts from the past. Aliens from the future. The day the Earth died in a ball of flame. It won't be safe, it won't be quiet and it won't be calm. But I'll tell you what it will be; the trip of a lifetime!
[
when seeing his new body for the first time]
The Doctor:
Ah... Could have been worse. But look at the ears...
Jackie Tyler:
[
gossiping on the phone] Beth, she's alive! I told her: sue for compensation.
The Doctor:
[
to Rose and Mickey] Can we keep the domestics outside, please?
Rose Tyler:
Is it always this dangerous?
The Doctor:
Yeah.
The Doctor:
[
answering the Nestene Consciousness] That's not true! I should know. I was there. I fought in the war! It wasn't my fault. I couldn't save your world! I couldn't save any of them!
The Doctor:
[
to the Nestene Consciousness] This planet is just starting. These stupid little people have only just learned how to walk but they're capable of so much more. I'm asking you, on their behalf, please just go.
Clive Finch:
If you dig deep enough and keep a lively mind, this Doctor keeps cropping up all over the place. Political diaries, conspiracy theories... even ghost stories. No first name, no last name. Just 'The Doctor'. Always 'The Doctor'.
Clive Finch:
If he's singled you out, if the Doctor's making house calls... then God help you.
The Doctor:
[
to the Nestene Consciousness] If I might observe, you infiltrated this civilization by means of Warp Shunt technology... so may I suggest with the greatest respect that you shunt off.
[
smug grin]
Nestene:
Time Lord!
The Doctor:
[
after realising the London Eye is the Nestene signalling device] Oh... Fantastic!
The Doctor:
It's called the TARDIS, this thing. T.A.R.D.I.S. That's Time And Relative Dimension In Space.
[
Rose starts crying]
The Doctor:
Culture shock. Don't worry, it happens to the best of us.
Jackie Tyler:
There's Finch's. You could try them. They've always got jobs.
Rose Tyler:
Oh, great. The butchers.
Jackie Tyler:
Well, it might do you good. That shop was giving you airs and graces. And I'm not joking about compensation. You've had genuine shock and trauma.
Rose Tyler:
Okay. And this living plastic, what's it got against us?
The Doctor:
It loves you. You've got such a good planet! Lots of smoke and oil, plenty of toxins and dioxins in the air... perfect. Just what the Nestene Consciousness needs. Its food stock was destroyed in the war, all its protein plants rotted, so Earth: dinner!
Clive Finch:
[
about the Doctor] I think he's the same man, I think he's immortal, I think he's an alien from another planet.
Rose Tyler:
[
to Mickey] You're right, he's a lunatic; complete online conspiracy freak.
Rose Tyler:
[
talking about Clive] You're not coming in? He's safe. He's got a wife and kids.
Mickey Smith:
Yeah! Who told you that? He did. That's exactly what an internet lunatic murderer would say.
The Doctor:
Must've got the wrong signal... you're not plastic are you?
[
taps Rose on the forehead]
The Doctor:
No. Bonehead. Bye then!
Rose Tyler:
Alright, then. I'll go to the police. I'll tell everyone. You said, if I did that, I'd get people killed. So, your choice. Tell me, or I'll start talking.
The Doctor:
Is that supposed to sound tough?
Rose Tyler:
Sort of.
The Doctor:
Doesn't work.
Rose Tyler:
What's it all for? I mean, shop window dummies?
[
laughs]
Rose Tyler:
What's that about? Is someone trying to take over Britain's shops?
The Doctor:
[
laughs] No.
Rose Tyler:
[
laughing] Well, yeah.
The Doctor:
It’s not a price war.
[
laughs]
The Doctor:
They wanna overthrow the human race and destroy it. Do you believe me?
Rose Tyler:
No.
The Doctor:
But you're still listening.
Rose Tyler:
I'll have to tell his mother.
The Doctor:
[
blank, uncomprehending stare]
Rose Tyler:
Mickey! I'll have to tell his mother he's dead. And you just went and forgot him -- again! You were right -- you are alien.
The Doctor:
Look: if I did forget some kid called Mickey--
Rose Tyler:
He's not a kid!
The Doctor:
--it’s because I'm busy trying to save the life of every stupid ape blunderin' about on top of this planet! Alright?
Rose Tyler:
Alright?
The Doctor:
Yes! It is!
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