MI-5 (2002–2011)
Matthew Macfadyen: Tom Quinn
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Quotes
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Tom Quinn : Colin, when the word "Yes" will do, use it.
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Tom Quinn : They prefer it if we don't date normal people.
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MOD Desk Officer : They're making a map of Secret Britain. They want the public to know just how much is being kept from them. I quite agree with them, actually.
Tom Quinn : And so you just handed it over! Without a thought that they might be working against us.
MOD Desk Officer : What's going to happen to me?
Danny Hunter : Bad things.
[Tom and Danny leave. The Desk Officer starts to tremble and puts his head in his hands]
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Tom Quinn : So how did it go?
[Harry is silent]
Tom Quinn : Oh, that's right, I forgot. I'm a Civilian, now!
Harry Pearce : ...You are.
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Tom Quinn : [trying to talk someone out of getting himself shot by Special Forces] They want you to self-destruct!
Disillusioned Colonel : There's not a Soldier in Britain would shoot me!
Harry Pearce : Green light!
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Zoe Reynolds : It's a honeytrap and it's naff!
Tom Quinn : Naff can work.
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Tom Quinn : [Crisis Simulation] London Outranks Edinburgh you Stone-Headed Scot!
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IRA Man : [offers handshake] We could have been friends in another life!
Tom Quinn : [declines] It'll just have to wait until then.
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Egyptian Refugee : Suicides' a bit extreme even for an Aston Villa fan, don't you think?
"Nest of Angels" Radical : What?
Egyptian Refugee : Your shirt! It's Villa, right? Football. It's one of the finer things in life.
"Nest of Angels" Radical : The Mullah said that for a martyr Allah would intercede for 10 loved ones...
Egyptian Refugee : Well, what do you think? I think the only way we will see Paradise is if we build it here. Come on, you know it's true. You know it.
"Nest of Angels" Radical : [moves his hand]
Tom Quinn : He's going to go!
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Tom Quinn : Before a mission, you have to put yourself in a box.
Professor : Ah, but what if the box gets lost?
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Tom Quinn : Give me your weapon!
Special Forces : I don't think I can do that, Sir.
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Sarah Caulfield : What do you know that I don't?
Tom Quinn : Oh, lots of things.
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Danny Hunter : You've got to ride the bicycle again. That Doctor...
Tom Quinn : Did I notice her?
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Anti-Abortion Fanatic : After me there will be others, it's not over.
Tom Quinn : It's never over.
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Tom Quinn : [Giving a Recruit a Cover Story as a Mature Student] If you're going to hide, hide among the Young.
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Fiona Carter : He wasn't though, he was a Solid Gold Asset and we got him killed.
Tom Quinn : How are things at Langley?
Fiona Carter : They're in meltdown.
Tom Quinn : And you?
Fiona Carter : I'm in meltdown too, you nearly died.
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Tom Quinn : We have procedures for this!
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Tom Quinn : [to Pen-Top Suicide Capsule Guy] You Idiot.
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Tom Quinn : [Underground footage now has insert edit of a hand pushing the Spy under the train] That's been tampered with!
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Tom Quinn : [walks out into a field to meet another male Spy. They both start taking all their clothes off]
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Tom Quinn : Ah, Bible Games!
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Policewoman : [on a stakeout] You've got children, haven't you?
Tom Quinn : Yes!