Doctor Who (TV Series)
The Doctor Falls (2017)
Briana Shann: Alit
Quotes
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Bill : [a little girl enters the barn carrying something] Is that it?
[Alit puts down something covered in a rough cloth]
Bill : I really wouldn't harm you, you know.
Alit : I know
[But she still backs away as Bill steps forward and picks it up, then uncovers it and turns it over. It is a mirror, and her reflection reveals that she is really still Cyber-Bill]
Cyber-Bill: : That is not me.
Alit : I'm sorry.
Cyber-Bill: : I am Bill Potts.
Alit : I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
[She attempts to run out of the barn, but runs into the Doctor as he is entering the barn]
Twelfth Doctor : Hey, hey, hey, hey!
[Cyber-Bill puts down the mirror]
Twelfth Doctor : Hello, Bill Pott.s
Cyber-Bill: : Doc-tor.
Alit : I'm sorry. I gave her a mirror.
Twelfth Doctor : Oh no, don't be sorry. You were being kind. Nothing wrong with kind. Jelly baby?
Alit : Thank you.
Twelfth Doctor : You're welcome.
Alit : Bye.
Twelfth Doctor : Toodle-oo
[Alit leaves and closes the barn door behind her. We see Bill as her human self again. The Doctor walks towards Bill, but has a bit of a limp]
Bill : What was that, in the mirror?
Twelfth Doctor : Er, a Cyberman.
Bill : What's a Cyberman?
Twelfth Doctor : A technologically augmented human being, designed to survive in a hostile environment. Perfectly sound idea. Unfortunately all they want to do is to turn everyone else into Cybermen too. They go viral.
Bill : Why?
Twelfth Doctor : They consider themselves to be an improvement, an upgrade.
Bill : No. Why do I see a Cyberman in the mirror?
[Long pause]
Twelfth Doctor : What do you remember?
Bill : There's quite a lot, you know? I was down there for ten years.
Twelfth Doctor : And then one day, they took you to the Conversion Theatre. Do you remember that?
Bill : No. Bit's of it. You turned up.
Twelfth Doctor : Do you remember what they did to you?
Bill : Nothing. Look at me, I'm fine. I'm fine!
[But as she touches her forehead, she sees a Cyber-hand]
Twelfth Doctor : You are so strong. You're amazing. Your mind has rebelled against the programming. It's built a wall around itself. A castle made of you, and you are standing on the battlements, saying no. No, not me.
Bill : What are you talking about?
Twelfth Doctor : All that time, living under the Monks, you learned to hang on to yourself.
Bill : But I'm, I'm fine. Look at me!
Twelfth Doctor : Bill, what you see is not you. Your mind is acting like a perception filter. You still see yourself as you used to be.
Bill : Used to be?
Twelfth Doctor : It won't last forever.
Bill : What do you mean, used to be?
[She advances, he retreats. Then she sees her Cyberman shadow cast on the wall]
Twelfth Doctor : Bill, I'm sorry, but you can't be angry any more. A temper is a luxury you can no longer...
Bill : Why can't I? Why can't I be angry?
Bill : Bill, please!
Cyber-Bill: : You left me alone for ten...
Bill : ...years! Don't tell me I can't be angry!
[Her helmet weapon blasts the barn door to firewood. The children scream]