Doctor Who (TV Series)

The Giggle (2023)

David Tennant: The Doctor

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• The Celestial Toymaker : I came to this universe with such delight. And I played them all, Doctor. I toyed with supernovas, turned galaxies into spin tops. I gambled with God and made him a jack-in-the-box. I made a jigsaw out of your history. Did you like it? The Master was dying and begged for his life with one final game, and when he lost, I sealed him for all eternity inside my gold tooth. There's only one player I didn't dare face. The One Who Waits.

  The Doctor : Who's that?

  The Celestial Toymaker : I saw it hiding, and I ran.

  The Doctor : What do you mean?

  The Celestial Toymaker : Hmm. That's someone else's game.

• The Doctor : Don't go thinking you've got an excuse. The human race might be clever, and bright, and brilliant -- it's also savage, and venal, and relentless. All the anger out there on the streets! The lies, the righteousness, that's human, that's you! That's who you are! Using your intelligence to be stupid. Poisoning the world! And hating each other, you've never needed help any help with that! But today, something else is using your worst attributes. Playing with you. Like toys.

• The Celestial Toymaker : Donna Noble, this is for you. Let me tell you what happened. When the Doctor, he was leaving you, he met eine friend called Amy Pond. Und he loved Amy Pond. Yes, he be liking the redheads. Und they went to and fro in time und space, but... Amy Pond was touched by der Weeping Angel, und she died!

  The Doctor : She died of old age.

  The Celestial Toymaker : Well, that's alright, then! Und then he was meeting Clara. Ooh! But she was killed by a bird.

  The Doctor : She still survives in her last second of life.

  The Celestial Toymaker : Well, that's alright, then! But then the Doctor met Bill. Not Stooky Bill, but lady Bill. But she was killed by the Cybermen.

  The Doctor : But her consciousness survives.

  The Celestial Toymaker : Oh, well, that's alright, then! Und then there came the Flux. Oh, Donna Noble, the poor Doctor. The Flux... was killing everything.

• The Doctor : You look so well. But how?

  Melanie Bush : Well, quick version - I travelled the stars with good old Sabalom Glitz. He lived till he was 101.

  The Doctor : Whoa.

  Melanie Bush : Died falling over a whisky bottle. It was a perfect way to go! He had this great big Viking funeral, and then I thought... "Time to go home." So I got a lift off a zingo and came back to Earth.

  The Doctor : What's a zingo?

  Melanie Bush : It's a thing you get a lift off. But then I had to face up to the one thing I'd been running away from. I've got nothing. My family are all gone. Remember? But then Kate offered me a job, and... here I am.

• The Doctor : I'm fine because you fixed yourself. We're Time Lords. We're doing rehab out of order.

  Donna Noble : He's saying you need to stop.

  The Doctor : I don't know how.

  Donna Noble : Well... I can tell you. Cos you know what I did when you went flying off in your blue box, Spaceman? I stayed in one place... and I lived day after day after day.

  The Doctor : It would drive me mad.

  Donna Noble : [laughs]  Yeah. It does. But you keep on going. And that's the adventure. The one adventure you've never had. Because I've... I've worked out what happened. You changed your face... and then you found me. Do you know why?

  The Doctor : No.

  Donna Noble : To come home.

• The Doctor : Now, you two, if you don't mind, there is a great big universe out there calling, and I've gotta get going. So off you pop, old man.

  The Doctor : You're the old man; you're older than me!

  Donna Noble : Actually, that is true. He's younger, 'cause you came after him, so you're the older Doctor.

  The Doctor : Okay, kid. I love you. Get out.

• Donna Noble : He's not dying alone. You can do what you like to me. I'm going to be with him.

  Melanie Bush : And so am I.

  The Celestial Toymaker : Handmaidens.

  [He nods approvingly] 

  Donna Noble : [to the Doctor, as she takes his hand]  It's OK.

  The Doctor : It's not dying.

  Donna Noble : I know. But...

  Melanie Bush : You're going to be someone else. It doesn't matter who... because every single one of you is fantastic.

  The Doctor : It's time. Here we go again. Allons-y!

• The Doctor : What do I say? What do I say? Because I'm always so certain. I'm all sonic and TARDIS and Time Lord. Take that away... Take away the toys... what am I? What am I now?

• Donna Noble : [final lines]  You don't have to stay for ever.

  The Doctor : We'll see.

  Donna Noble : Do you miss it? Out there?

  The Doctor : The funny thing is, I fought all those battles for all those years... and now I know what for. This. I've never been so happy in my life.