Doctor Who (TV Series)

A Town Called Mercy (2012)

Adrian Scarborough: Kahler-Jex

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• Kahler-Jex : Let me guess. The good folk of Mercy wanted me to take a little stroll into the desert. You could turn a blind eye. No one would blame you. You'd be a hero.

  The Doctor : But I can't, can I? Because then Isaac's death would mean nothing. Just another casualty in your endless bloody war. Do you want me to hand you over? Is that what you want? Do you even know?

  Kahler-Jex : You think I'm unaffected by what I did? That I don't hear them screaming every time I close my eyes? It would be so much simpler if I was just one thing, wouldn't it? The mad scientist who made that killing machine or the physician who's dedicated his life to serving this town. The fact that I'm both bewilders you.

  The Doctor : Oh, I know exactly what you are, and I see this reformation for what it really is. You committed an atrocity and chose this as your punishment. Don't get me wrong, good choice. Civilized hours, lots of adulation, nice weather. But... but justice doesn't work like that. You don't get to decide when and how your debt is paid.

  Kahler-Jex : In my culture, we believe that when you die your spirit has to climb a mountain, carrying the souls of everyone you wronged in your lifetime. Imagine the weight I will have to lift: the monsters I created, the people they killed. Isaac, he was my friend. Now his soul will be in my arms, too. Can you see now why I fear death? You want to hand me over. There's no shame in that. But you won't. We all carry our prisons with us. Mine is my past. Yours is your morality.

• Rory Williams : So, what do we do with Jex?

  Isaac : "What do we do with him"?

  Rory Williams : Yeah. I mean, he's a war criminal.

  Isaac : No, he's the guy who saved the town from cholera. The guy who gave us heat and light.

  Amy Pond : Look, Jex may be a criminal, and yeah, kinda creepy -...

  Kahler-Jex : ...And still in the room.

• Kahler-Jex : Kahler-Tek. Kahler-Tek.

  The Gunslinger : Jex. Coward. Where are you?

  Kahler-Jex : I'm on my ship.

  The Doctor : What are you doing? Just go!

  Kahler-Jex : Where are you from? Where on Kahler?

  The Doctor : Now? You're asking him this now?

  The Gunslinger : Gabriah.

  Kahler-Jex : I know it. It's beautiful there. When this is over, will you go back?

  The Gunslinger : How can I? I am a monster now.

  Kahler-Jex : So am I.

  The Doctor : Just go! Finish this!

  The Gunslinger : I'll find you. If I have to tear this universe apart, I will find you.

  Kahler-Jex : I don't doubt that. You'll chase me to another planet. And another race will be caught in the crossfire.

  The Gunslinger : Face me.

  Shipboard Computer : Countdown to self-destruct resumed.

  The Gunslinger : Face me!

  Kahler-Jex : No. You've killed enough. I'm ending the war for you, too.

  Shipboard Computer : Countdown to self-destruct resumed.

  The Doctor : What's going on?

  Shipboard Computer : Ten.

  The Doctor : The countdown... What's going on? Jex!

  Kahler-Jex : Thank you, Doctor. I have to face the souls of those I've wronged.

  Shipboard Computer : Five.

  Kahler-Jex : Perhaps they will be kind.

  Shipboard Computer : Three. Two. One. Zero.

  [Jex's ship explodes]