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Terror of the Zygons - S13-E1

The Doctor: You can't rule the world in hiding. You've got to come out on the balcony sometimes and wave a tentacle, if you pardon the expression.

The Doctor: This is a situation that requires tact and finesse. Fortunately, I am blessed with both.

Biroc: The weak enslave themselves.

The Master: The Doctor won't tolerate anyone deliberately playing havoc with his favorite planet.

The Doctor: I'm not only from another culture but another planet. I am in your terms an alien.

The Doctor: Small though it is, the human brain can be quite effective when used properly.

The Doctor: I think you'll find, Sir, that I'm qualified to deal with practically everything, if I choose.

The Doctor: Oh, marvellous. You're going to kill me. What a finely-tuned response to the situation.

The Master: I don't know, rocket fire at long range - somehow it lacks that personal touch.

The Master: But first things first. I've a death to arrange.

The Doctor: Deactivating a generator loop without the correct key is like repairing a watch with a hammer and chisel. One false move and you'll never know the time again.

The Doctor: You're a beautiful woman, probably the best.

The Doctor: As we learn about each other, so we learn about ourselves.

Planet of the Spiders - S11-E5

Plot hole: At the climax of episode 2, the Doctor is about to catch Lupton when the latter simply teleports to safety. So why didn't he do that in the first place, before engaging in a 15-minute chase?

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The Chase - S2-E8

Trivia: Such was the popularity of Doctor Who in Britain in the mid-1960s that even the Beatles wanted to make an appearance in the show. So a scene was written into "The Chase" to allow them to appear. The idea had been devised of including a scene on the Time and Space Visualiser depicting a Beatles fiftieth-anniversary concert in 2015, with the Fab Four dressed up as old men. John, Paul, George, and Ringo themselves were interested in the proposition, but it was vetoed by their manager, Brian Epstein. It was then thought that an appearance by the Beatles on Top of the Pops might be used instead, but no such footage was available. Fortunately, the Beatles were scheduled to perform "Ticket to Ride" at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith on April 10th, 1965, and that footage was used instead.

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Question: In which season and episode is Gallifrey destroyed, or is it just a shocking new plot development for the new series?

Answer: It was never destroyed on-screen; it was intact at the end of the TV movie, and destroyed by the start of the 2005 series. It was destroyed in the novel "The Ancestor Cell," but in a completely different manner to what happened in the series.

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