Doctor Who (TV Series)
Robot: Part One (1974)
Nicholas Courtney: Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart
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Quotes
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The Doctor : [peeks out the TARDIS again] Excuse me.
Brigadier : What?
The Doctor : Haven't we met somewhere before? No, don't tell me. Alexander the Great? No. Hannibal? No. Ah! Brigadier. Brigadier Alastair Gordon Lethbridge Stewart. How are you?
Brigadier : [having his hand shaken vigorously] Very well, thank you.
The Doctor : And Sarah Jane! Well, now, isn't this... What was that you said about a secret weapon?
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[first lines]
[after brief recap of the previous episode's regeneration scene]
Brigadier : [dials operator on telephone] Get me the medical officer.
[the Doctor mumbles something]
Brigadier : Lieutenant Sullivan, emergency. Come to the lab at once, please.
The Doctor : ...human history.
Brigadier : What's he talking about?
Sarah Jane Smith : It's something that happened when we first met.
The Doctor : [sits up rapidly] I tell you, Brigadier, there's nothing to worry about. The brontosaurus is large and placid.
[the Doctor collapses again. Harry Sullivan enters]
Harry : This is the patient, sir?
The Doctor : And stupid.
The Doctor : [sits up again, clutching Sarah] The square on the hypotenuse equals the sum of the square on the other two sides. Why is a mouse when it spins? Never did know the answer to that one.
Sergeant Benton : [entering] Excuse me, sir. The daily reports.
Harry : Take him to the sick bay, I'll make a proper examination there.
Sergeant Benton : What's happening, sir? Who's...
Brigadier : That, Mr. Benton, is the Doctor.
Sergeant Benton : You mean he's done it again? He's changed?
Brigadier : Apparently. Saw it happen this time. Lieutenant Sullivan?
Harry : Yes, sir?
Brigadier : I'm placing the Doctor in your personal charge. He is to have your full attention.
Harry : Right-o, sir.
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[to Harry Sullivan, who'd been locked in a cabinet by the Doctor]
Brigadier : Well, where is he?
[vworp, vworp]
Brigadier : [recognizing the TARDIS dematerialization] Ah, too late.
Sarah Jane Smith : [to the TARDIS pounding the wood exterior] Ohh, no! No, Doctor, wait! Doctor, listen! Please, it's Sarah! Doctor...
[the TARDIS winds down, the Doctor peeks out]
The Doctor : Hello. Come to see me off, have you? Well, I hate goodbyes. I'll just slip away quietly.
Sarah Jane Smith : No, no, Doctor, you *can't* go!
The Doctor : "Can't"? "*Can't*"? There's no such word as "can't"!
[the Doctor slams the door]
Sarah Jane Smith : [to the Brigadier, heartbroken] Wha...
[the Doctor opens the door, taps Sarah's arm]
Sarah Jane Smith : Oh!
The Doctor : Why not?
Sarah Jane Smith : Well, because you're not... Well, because, um, the Brigadier needs you. Don't you, Brigadier?
Brigadier : [caught not paying attention] What? Oh, yes, of course, depending on you.
The Doctor : What for?
Sarah Jane Smith : There's been this robbery, hasn't there, Brigadier? Some kind of secret weapon.
Brigadier : Ah, yes. Very serious business.
Sarah Jane Smith : I mean, you are still UNIT's scientific adviser. Remember? Well, you can't go rushing off and leave them in the lurch.
The Doctor : Can't I? Goodbye.