Doctor Who (TV Series)

A Good Man Goes to War (2011)

Frances Barber: Madame Kovarian

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Quotes 

• Commander Strax : [marching Col. Manton down hallway at gunpoint]  All airlocks sealed, resistance neutralized.

  The Doctor : Sorry, Colonel Manton, I lied! 3 minutes, 42 seconds.

  Commander Strax : Colonel Manton, you will give the order for your men to withdraw.

  The Doctor : No. Colonel Manton, I want you to tell your men to run away.

  Colonel Manton : You what?

  The Doctor : Those words: "Run away." I want you to be famous for those exact words. I want people to call you "Colonel Run Away"; I want children laughing outside your door 'cause they found the house of Colonel Run Away; and when people come to you and ask if trying to get to me through people *I love*!

  Madame Vastra : [inhales sharply] 

  The Doctor : ...is in any way a good idea... I want you to tell them your name. Oh, look. I'm angry. That's new.

  The Doctor : [crying]  I'm really not sure what's going to happen now.

  Madame Kovarian : The anger of a good man is not a problem. Good men have too many rules.

  The Doctor : [turns his head slowly to look at her]  Good men don't need rules. Today is not the day to find out why I have so many. Hmm?

  Madame Kovarian : Give the order. Give the order, Colonel: "Run away."

• [first lines] 

  ["Demon's Run"] 

  Amy Pond : [to her baby]  I wish I could tell you that you'll be loved, that you'll be safe, and cared for, and protected, but this isn't the time for lies. What you are going to be, Melody, is very, very brave.

  Madame Kovarian : Two minutes.

  Amy Pond : But not as brave as they all have to be, because there's somebody coming. I don't know where he is, or what he's doing, but trust me: he's on his way.

  ["Twenty Thousand Light Years Away"] 

  Amy Pond : [continuing, V.O]  There's a man who's never going to let us down, and not even an army can get in the way. He's the last of his kind. He looks young, but he's lived for hundreds and hundreds of years. And wherever they take you, Melody, however scared you are, I promise you, you will never be alone, because this man is your father. He has a name, but the people of our world know him better... as The Last Centurion.

  Rory : [dressed in Roman Centurion garb]  I have a message and a question. A message from the Doctor, and a question from me: *Where* *is* *my* *wife*?

  [the Cybermen stare at him, saying nothing] 

  Rory : [walking into the room]  Oh, don't give me those blank looks. The Twelfth Cyber Legion monitors this entire quadrant. You hear everything. So you tell me what I need to know. You tell me now, and I'll be on my way.

  [Rory stops in front of an observation window] 

  Cyber Leader : What is the Doctor's message?

  [outside, the fleet begins exploding, startling the Cybermen] 

  Rory : [unfazed]  Would you like me to repeat the question?

• Madame Kovarian : Do you understand it? Oh don't worry I a long long way away. I like to keep tabs on you. The child, what do you think?

  The Doctor : What is she?

  Madame Kovarian : Hope! Hope in this endless bitter war.

  The Doctor : War? Against Who?

  Madame Kovarian : Against you, Doctor.

  The Doctor : A child is not a weapon.

  Madame Kovarian : Oh but given time, she can be. She will be.

  The Doctor : Except you've lost her, and I swear I'll never ever let you near her again.

  Madame Kovarian : Oh Doctor, fooling you once was a joy; but fooling you twice, the same way, it's a privilege!