Doctor Who (TV Series)
The Power of the Daleks: Episode One (1966)
Michael Craze: Ben
Quotes
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Ben Jackson : [Ben picks up the Doctor's ring from the floor] Now look, the Doctor always wore this. So, if you're him it should fit, now shouldn't it?
[Ben grabs the Doctor's hand, and slips the ring on. However, the ring is far too big for the Doctor's finger]
Ben Jackson : There... That settles it!
The Doctor : I'd like to see a butterfly fit into a chrysalis case after it's spreads its wings.
Polly Wright : Then you did change!
The Doctor : Life depends on change, and renewal.
Ben Jackson : [sarcastically] Oh, so that's it, you've been renewed, have ya?
The Doctor : [taking Ben's remark seriously] I've been renewed, have I? That's it, I've been renewed! It's part of the TARDIS. Without it I couldn't survive.
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[last lines]
The Doctor : [Ben and Polly follow the Doctor into the capsule and find the cobwebbed Daleks] Polly, Ben... come in and meet the Daleks.
Ben Jackson : What?
The Doctor : The Daleks.
Polly Wright : You could have opened this before!
The Doctor : These two pieces of metal are identical. The Doctor got one of them from the Daleks himself.
Ben Jackson : Why do you keep saying the Doctor if you mean you?
The Doctor : I knew I should find them here, I knew it.
Ben Jackson : Ah, they look harmless, not very lively.
Polly Wright : What do you think? Two hundred years in a swamp and you wouldn't look very lively either. Nothing could live through that could it?
Ben Jackson : Live?
The Doctor : Nothing human. No.
Polly Wright : Doctor, look!
Ben Jackson : What's the matter?
The Doctor : [the Doctor has noticed something strange about the floor. He bends down to examine it] There were three Daleks in here! What's happened to the other one?
[Behind the Doctor, a gruesome claw-like appendage crawls from out of the shadows. Paralysed with fear, Ben chokes]
Ben Jackson : Doctor!
[Polly gasps, as the Doctor turns to confront the horror]
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[first lines]
Polly Wright : [inside the TARDIS, the Doctor is regenerating. Ben and Polly watch in amazement as the frail old man changes into a younger figure. Ben and Polly discuss the "new" Doctor lying on the floor of the TARDIS] His face, his hair. Look at it!
Ben Jackson : He's breathing, and the TARDIS seems to be normal.
Polly Wright : Ben, what are we going to do? We can't just leave the Doctor there.
Ben Jackson : What, him? The Doctor?
Polly Wright : Well that's who came through the doors - there was no one else outside. Ben, do you remember what he said in the tracking room? Something about "This old body of mine is wearing a bit thin".
Ben Jackson : So he gets himself a new one?
Polly Wright : Well, yes.
Ben Jackson : Do me a favor!
Polly Wright : Then whatever happened, happened in here.
Ben Jackson : But it's impossible!
Polly Wright : Not so long ago we'd have been saying that about a lot of things.
The Doctor : [the Doctor awakens and mutters to himself] Slower. Slower. Concentrate on one thing. One thing. It's over. Hmm, hmm, hmm. It's over.
Ben Jackson : Doctor?
The Doctor : [the Doctor turns and stumbles over the console. Mutters to himself] The muscles are still a bit tight.
Ben Jackson : What are we gonna do?
Polly Wright : It is the Doctor. I know it is... - I think.
Ben Jackson : It's not only his face that's changed. - He doesn't even act like him. Come on, it's time we sorted this out.
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Ben Jackson : [Ben walks over to confront the stranger] Now look here!
The Doctor : [thrusts a mirror into Ben's hands] Hold that. Tilt it.
[the doctor sees his previous incarnation in a mirror]
Ben Jackson : [referring to the mirror] Have you done with this?
The Doctor : Put it down. Put it down.
Ben Jackson : Now, what's the game?
The Doctor : [ignoring Ben, the Doctor pulls out an ornamental dagger from one of his pockets. He examines the object thoughtfully] Ah! The Crusades, from Saladin. The Doctor was a great collector wasn't he!
Polly Wright : But you're the Doctor!
The Doctor : Oh, I don't look like him.
Ben Jackson : Who are we?
The Doctor : Don't you know?
[places the dagger back in his pocket, and then brings out a dull-looking piece of metal. A look of fear appears on his face]
The Doctor : Extermination.
[Ben and Polly look at each in mutual puzzlement. The Doctor replaces the metal back in his pocket, and gives a cry of joy when he discovers a magnifying glass. Peering through the magnifying glass, the Doctor studies his hands]
The Doctor : Ah... Oh, very good. Nails need growing.
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The Doctor : Come here!
[softly]
The Doctor : Come here. The Doctor kept a diary, didn't he?
Polly Wright : Yes.
The Doctor : I thought so. I wonder where. I wonder where.
Polly Wright : He's a very different Doctor, Ben.
Ben Jackson : Yeah, maybe. Just where do we stand, though?
Polly Wright : Doctor? Doctor, what's going to happen to us?
The Doctor : I think... I think we must have landed for sometime. I think it's time we went for a stroll.
Polly Wright : But you don't know where we've landed!
Ben Jackson : No! You haven't checked the oxygen or the temperature or anything!
The Doctor : [not looking up from the 500 Year Old Diary] Oxygen density 172, radiation nil, temperature 86, strong suggestion of mercury deposits. Satisfied, Ben? Now, are you two coming or are you not?
Polly Wright : He does know us! He said "Ben", didn't you hear him?
Ben Jackson : Yeah, I heard. But he might just have been copying you though, mightn't he?
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The Doctor : [about the Dalek metal] A hundred years you say this has been buried?
Lesterson : Oh, at least. Now, there must be something in the inner compartment. We shall be able to find out where it came from originally.
The Doctor : It didn't come from this planet - Vulcan.
Lesterson : Oh no, no, no. The metal is quite alien.
The Doctor : Alien, yes. Very alien. Goodnight.
[the Doctor rapidly and abruptly leaves the lab]
Ben Jackson : What's he up to now?
Polly Wright : Ben, we're not going to let him out of our sight.
