Doctor Who (TV Series)

The Doctor Falls (2017)

Nicholas Briggs: Voice of the Cybermen

Quotes 

• Bill : [a little girl enters the barn carrying something]  Is that it?

  [Alit puts down something covered in a rough cloth] 

  Bill : I really wouldn't harm you, you know.

  Alit : I know

  [But she still backs away as Bill steps forward and picks it up, then uncovers it and turns it over. It is a mirror, and her reflection reveals that she is really still Cyber-Bill] 

  Cyber-Bill: : That is not me.

  Alit : I'm sorry.

  Cyber-Bill: : I am Bill Potts.

  Alit : I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

  [She attempts to run out of the barn, but runs into the Doctor as he is entering the barn] 

  Twelfth Doctor : Hey, hey, hey, hey!

  [Cyber-Bill puts down the mirror] 

  Twelfth Doctor : Hello, Bill Pott.s

  Cyber-Bill: : Doc-tor.

  Alit : I'm sorry. I gave her a mirror.

  Twelfth Doctor : Oh no, don't be sorry. You were being kind. Nothing wrong with kind. Jelly baby?

  Alit : Thank you.

  Twelfth Doctor : You're welcome.

  Alit : Bye.

  Twelfth Doctor : Toodle-oo

  [Alit leaves and closes the barn door behind her. We see Bill as her human self again. The Doctor walks towards Bill, but has a bit of a limp] 

  Bill : What was that, in the mirror?

  Twelfth Doctor : Er, a Cyberman.

  Bill : What's a Cyberman?

  Twelfth Doctor : A technologically augmented human being, designed to survive in a hostile environment. Perfectly sound idea. Unfortunately all they want to do is to turn everyone else into Cybermen too. They go viral.

  Bill : Why?

  Twelfth Doctor : They consider themselves to be an improvement, an upgrade.

  Bill : No. Why do I see a Cyberman in the mirror?

  [Long pause] 

  Twelfth Doctor : What do you remember?

  Bill : There's quite a lot, you know? I was down there for ten years.

  Twelfth Doctor : And then one day, they took you to the Conversion Theatre. Do you remember that?

  Bill : No. Bit's of it. You turned up.

  Twelfth Doctor : Do you remember what they did to you?

  Bill : Nothing. Look at me, I'm fine. I'm fine!

  [But as she touches her forehead, she sees a Cyber-hand] 

  Twelfth Doctor : You are so strong. You're amazing. Your mind has rebelled against the programming. It's built a wall around itself. A castle made of you, and you are standing on the battlements, saying no. No, not me.

  Bill : What are you talking about?

  Twelfth Doctor : All that time, living under the Monks, you learned to hang on to yourself.

  Bill : But I'm, I'm fine. Look at me!

  Twelfth Doctor : Bill, what you see is not you. Your mind is acting like a perception filter. You still see yourself as you used to be.

  Bill : Used to be?

  Twelfth Doctor : It won't last forever.

  Bill : What do you mean, used to be?

  [She advances, he retreats. Then she sees her Cyberman shadow cast on the wall] 

  Twelfth Doctor : Bill, I'm sorry, but you can't be angry any more. A temper is a luxury you can no longer...

  Bill : Why can't I? Why can't I be angry?

  Bill : Bill, please!

  Cyber-Bill: : You left me alone for ten...

  Bill : ...years! Don't tell me I can't be angry!

  [Her helmet weapon blasts the barn door to firewood. The children scream]