[The Doctor, Capt. Jack and Rose are cornered by the empty children.] The Doctor: Go to your room! Go to your room! I mean it. I'm very, very angry with you. I'm very, very cross! GO! TO! YOUR! ROOM! [The children lurch away and obey him.] I'm really glad that worked. Those would have been terrible last words.
Steven MoffatThe trouble with a series as it gets older is it can feel like a tradition, and tradition is the enemy of suspense, and it's the enemy of comedy. It's the enemy of everything, really. So you have to shake it up.
Steven MoffatRose: 'If you are an alien, how come you sound like you're from the north?' Doctor: 'Lots of planets have a north!
Steven MoffatYou donโt just give up. You donโt just let things happen. You make a stand! You say no! You have the guts to do whatโs right, even when everyone else just runs away.
Steven MoffatYou don't want to take over the universe. You wouldn't know what to do with it beyond shout at it.
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