Doctor Who (TV Series)

The Sound of Drums (2007)

Colin Stinton: President

Quotes 

• President : Saxon, what in God's name are you doing?

  The Master : I'm taking control, Uncle Sam. Starting with you.

  [to the Toclafane] 

  The Master : Kill him!

  [the Toclafane vaporise Winters] 

  The Master : Now then, citizens of the Earth; please attend carefully!

• The Master : So America is completely in charge?

  President : Since Britain elected an ass, yes!

• President : My fellow Americans, patriots, people of the world. I stand before you today as ambassador for humanity, a role I will undertake with the utmost solemnity. Perhaps our Toclafane cousins can offer us much, but what is important is not that we gain material benefits but that we learn to see ourselves anew. For as long as man has looked to the stars, he has wondered what mysteries they hold. Now we know we are not alone.

• President : My name is Arthur Colman Winters, President Elect of the United States of America and designated representative of the United Nations. I welcome you to the Planet Earth and its associated Moon.

  Male Toclafane : [complaining]  You're not The Master!

  Female Toclafane : We like the Mister Master!

  Male Toclafane : We don't like you!

  President : [confused]  I... can be Master, if you so wish. I will accept mastery over you, if that is God's will...

  Male Toclafane : Man is stupid! The Master is our friend!

  Female Toclafane : Where's my Master? Pretty-please?

  The Master : Oh, all right then, it's me! Ta-da!

  [stands up and laughs] 

  The Master : Sorry. Sorry, I have this effect. People just get obsessed. Is it the smile? Is it the aftershave? Is it the capacity to laugh at myself? I don't know. It's crazy!

• The Master : [meets President Winters on the tarmac]  Mr. President, sir!

  [He salutes] 

  President : Mr. Saxon. The British Army will stand down. From now on, UNIT has control of this operation.

  The Master : You make it sound like an invasion!

  President : First contact policy was decided by the Security Council in 1968, and you've just gone and ignored it.

  The Master : Well you know what it's like. New job. All that paperwork. I think it's down the back of the settee. I did have a quick look. I found a pen, a sweet, a bus ticket, oh, and have you met the wife?

  [Lucy Saxon steps forward] 

  President : Mr. Saxon, I'm not sure what your game is, but there are provisions at the UN to have you removed from office unless you are very *very* careful. Is that understood?

  The Master : [holds up his right hand and "zips" his lips tight] 

  President : Are you taking this seriously?

  [the Master shakes his head] 

  President : To business, we've accessed your files on these Toclafane. But first contact cannot take place on any sovereign soil. For that purpose, the aircraft carrier Valiant is en route. The rendezvous will take place there at 8:00 AM.

  The Master : [says something muffled through his clenched lips] 

  President : You're trying my patience, sir.

  The Master : [holds up his right hand again and "unzips" his lips]  So America is *completely* in charge?

  President : Since Britain elected an ass, yes! I'll see you on board the Valiant!

  The Master : It still will be televised, though? Won't it? Because I promised and the whole world is watching.

  President : Since it's too late to pull out, the world will be watching - *me*!

  The Master : [turns to Lucy]  The last President of America. We have a private plane ready and waiting. We should reach the Valiant within the hour.

  [as vehicles move, the Master looks towards the perimeter of the airfield and spots the Doctor, Jack and Martha]