Doctor Who (TV Series)

The Sound of Drums (2007)

David Tennant: The Doctor

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• The Doctor : [to Martha and Jack]  Oh! I know what it's like. It's like when you fancy someone, and they don't even know you exist. That's what it's like.

  [Martha looks crestfallen, and turns to Jack for support] 

  Captain Jack Harkness : [to Martha]  You too, huh?

• Captain Jack Harkness : But all the legends of Gallifrey made it sound so perfect.

  The Doctor : Well, perfect to look at, maybe. And it was, it was beautiful. They used to call it the Shining World of the Seven Systems. And on the continent of Wild Endeavour, in the mountains of Solace and Solitude, there stood the Citadel of the Time Lords. The oldest and most mighty race in the universe. Looking down on the galaxies below, sworn never to interfere, only to watch. Children of Gallifrey were taken from their families at the age of eight to enter the Academy. Some say that's where it all began, when he was a child. That's when the Master saw eternity. As a novice, he was taken for initiation. He stood in front of the Untempered Schism. It's a gap in the fabric of reality through which could be seen the whole of the vortex. We stand there, eight years old, staring at the raw power of time and space, just a child. Some would be inspired. Some would run away. And some would go mad.

  Martha Jones : What about you?

  The Doctor : Oh, the ones that ran away, I never stopped.

• Captain Jack Harkness : Still, at least we made it. Earth, twenty-first century by the looks of it. Talk about lucky.

  The Doctor : That wasn't luck. That was me.

• Captain Jack Harkness : What do you say I use this perception filter to sneak up behind him and just break his neck?

  The Doctor : Now that sounds like Torchwood.

  Captain Jack Harkness : Still a good plan.

  The Doctor : He's a Time Lord, which makes him my responsibility. I'm not here to kill him. I'm here to save him.

• The Doctor : That's him... he's Prime Minister. The Master is Prime Minister of Great Britain.

  [On TV Saxon kisses his wife] 

  The Doctor : The Master and his wife?

• The Doctor : You work for Torchwood?

  Captain Jack Harkness : I swear to you, it's different. It's changed. There's only half a dozen of us...

  The Doctor : Everything Torchwood did, and you're part of it.

  Captain Jack Harkness : The old regime was destroyed at Canary Wharf. I rebuilt it, I changed it, and when I did that, I did it for you, in your honour.

• Martha Jones : It's the day after the election. That's only four days after I met you.

  The Doctor : We went flying all around the Universe while he was here all the time.

  Martha Jones : Are you going to tell us who he is?

  The Doctor : He's a Time Lord.

  Martha Jones : And the rest of it? I mean, who'd call themselves the Master?

  The Doctor : That's all you need to know.

• [Martha has "Mr. Saxon" on her phone. The doctor takes it from her] 

  The Doctor : I'm here.

  The Master : [the Master looks up from the speaker phone, takes his cell phone out of his pocket and turns it on]  Doctor.

  The Doctor : Master.

  The Master : [smiles]  I love it when you say my name.

  The Doctor : You chose it. A psychiatrist's field day.

  The Master : As you chose yours. The man who makes people better. How santimonious is that?

  The Doctor : So! Prime Minister, then.

  The Master : I know! It's good, isn't it?

  The Doctor : Who are those creatures? Because they're not the Toclafane; that's just a made-up name like the bogeyman.

  The Master : Do you remember all those made-up tales about the Toclafane when we were kids? Back home? Where IS it, Doctor?

  The Doctor : [pause]  Gone.

  The Master : [standing up in disbelief]  How can Gallifrey be GONE?

  The Doctor : [pause]  It burnt.

  The Master : And the Time Lords?

  The Doctor : Dead.

  [pause] 

  The Doctor : And the Daleks. More or less. What happened to you?

  The Master : The Time Lords only resurrected me because they knew I'd be the perfect warrior for a Time War. I was there when the Dalek Emperor took control of the Cruciform. I saw it. I ran. I ran so far. I made myself human so they would never find me. Because... because I was so scared.

  The Doctor : I know.

  The Master : ALL of them? But not YOU. Which must mean...

  The Doctor : I was the only one who could end it. And I tried. I did. I tried everything.

  The Master : What did it feel like, though? Two almighty civilizations, burning.

  [sighs at the thought] 

  The Master : Oh, tell me, how did that feel?

  The Doctor : Stop it!

  The Master : You must have been like God.

  The Doctor : I've been alone ever since. But not anymore. Don't you see? All we've got is each other!

  The Master : Are you asking me out on a date?

• The Doctor : You can stop this right now. We can leave this planet. We can fight across the constellations if that's what you want, but not on Earth!

  The Master : It's too late.

  The Doctor : Why do you say that?

  The Master : The drumming.

  [taps out a drumbeat on the table with his fingers] 

  The Master : Can't you hear it?

  [taps the beat again, continuously] 

  The Master : Inside my head. I thought it would stop. But it never does. It never, ever stops. Inside my head. The drumming, Doctor, the constant drumming.

  The Doctor : I can help you. Please, let me help.

  The Master : It's everywhere. Listen. Listen. Listen. Here come the drums... here come... the drums...

  [a young man is loitering, beating out the drumbeat against his legs, just like Martha earlier, just like the beggar earlier, just like the Master... ~tum tum te tum~] 

  The Doctor : What have you done? Tell me, how have you done this? What are those creatures? Tell me!

  The Master : Oooo, look! You're on TV!

  The Doctor : Stop it! Answer me!

  The Master : No, really, you're on telly! You and your little band, which by the way is ticking every demographic box, so congratulations on that. God, there you are.

  [laughs] 

  The Master : You're public enemies 1, 2, and 3. Oh! And you can tell "Handsome Jack" that I've sent his little gang off on a wild goose chase to the Himalayas, so you won't be getting any help from them.

  [the Doctor turns to look at Martha and Jack] 

  The Master : Go on, off you go, why not start out by turning to the...

  [the Doctor turns to the right] 

  The Master : RIGHT!

  The Doctor : [looks up and sees a CCTV camera]  He can see us!

  [He raises his sonic screwdriver and shorts out the CCTV] 

  The Master : Oh! You public menace! Better start running. Go on... run!

  The Doctor : [closes the phone]  He's got control of everything.

  Martha Jones : What do we do?

  Captain Jack Harkness : We've got nowhere to go.

  Martha Jones : Doctor, what do we do?

  The Master : Run, Doctor! Run for your life!

  The Doctor : We run.

  [the Doctor, Martha, and Jack all run] 

  The Master : [screaming into the phone]  I SAID... RUN!

• Captain Jack Harkness : [about The Master]  So Doctor, who is he? How come the ancient society of Time Lords created a psychopath?

  Martha Jones : And what is he to you? Like some sort of colleague or...

  The Doctor : Friend at first.

  Martha Jones : Thought you were going to say he was your secret brother or something.

  [pause] 

  The Doctor : You've been watching too much TV.

• The Doctor : The Toclafane... what are they?

  [the Master bends closer and mimes that he can't hear him] 

  The Doctor : Who are they?

  The Master : Doctor, if I told you the truth, your hearts would break.

• Female Toclafane : People of the Earth, we come in peace. We bring great gifts. We bring technology and wisdom and protection and all we ask in return is your friendship.

  The Master : Oh, sweet. And this species has identified itself. They're called the Toclafane.

  The Doctor : What?

  The Master : And tomorrow morning, they will appear. Not in secret, but to all of you. Diplomatic relations with a new species will begin. Tomorrow, we take our place in the universe.

• [the Doctor is trying to fix Jack's vortex manipulator] 

  The Doctor : Hold still!

  Captain Jack Harkness : It won't work! I'm telling you, that thing hasn't worked for years.

  The Doctor : That's because you didn't have me.

• [talking about Harold Saxon] 

  Captain Jack Harkness : Former Minister of Defence, first came to prominence when he shot down the Racnoss on Christmas Eve. Nice work by the way.

  The Doctor : Oh, thanks.

• Martha Jones : But this Master bloke, he's got the TARDIS. He could be anywhere in time and space.

  The Doctor : No, he's here. Trust me.

  Martha Jones : Who is he anyway? That voice at the end, that wasn't the Professor.

  Captain Jack Harkness : The Master's a Time Lord. Then he must have regenerated.

  Martha Jones : What does that mean?

  Captain Jack Harkness : It means he's changed his face, voice, body, everything. New man.

  [the Doctor is distracted by a beggar tapping out a repeating rhythm on an enamel mug - ~tum tum te tum, tum tum te tum, tum tum te tum~] 

  Martha Jones : Then how are we going to find him?

  [the tapping starts to echo in the Doctor's head] 

  The Doctor : I'll know him, the moment I see him. Time Lords always do.

• Martha Jones : What's it for? What does a paradox machine do?

  Captain Jack Harkness : More important, can you stop it?

  The Doctor : Not until I know what it's doing. Touch the wrong bit; blow up our solar system.

  Martha Jones : Then we've got to get to the Master.

  Captain Jack Harkness : Yeah, how are we going to stop him?

  The Doctor : Oh, I've got a way. Sorry, didn't I mention it?

• Sinister Woman : Target identified!

  The Doctor : Martha, reverse.

  Sinister Woman : Take aim...

  The Doctor : GET OUT NOW!

  Sinister Woman : Fire!

• [Martha, Jack and the Doctor materialise on Earth] 

  Martha Jones : Ow, my head!

  The Doctor : Time-travel without a capsule. That's a killer.

• The Doctor : Master, just calm down. Just look at what you're doing, just stop! If you could see yourself...

  The Master : [to the press]  Oh, do excuse me, little bit of personal business. Back in a minute. Let him go!

  [the guards throw The Doctor to the floor] 

  The Doctor : It's that sound, the sound in your head. What if I could help?

  The Master : Oh, how to shut him up! I know! Memory Lane!

• Martha Jones : What about you?

  The Doctor : Oh, the ones that ran away! I never stopped.

• The Doctor : We're the only ones left...

  The Master : Are you asking me on a date?

• The Doctor : Martha? What are you doing?

  Martha Jones : [frantically dialing her mobile]  He knows about me; what about my family?

  The Doctor : Don't tell them anything!

  Martha Jones : [angry]  I'll do what I like!

• Martha Jones : [of her parents]  I've got to help them!

  The Doctor : That's exactly what they want; it's a trap!

  Martha Jones : [seethingly angry]  *I don't care!*