History BadassBoast / DoctorWho

* The new series shows that thanks to the sheer scale of his reputation, the Doctor can do these ''indirectly'' and evil will retreat . Case in point from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E9ForestOfTheDead "Forest of the Dead"]]:

-->'''The Doctor:''' One more question. Just one. Is this world protected? ''[As one of the Atraxi looks at records of various other [=MotW=] that have attacked Earth, ever.]'' 'Cause you lot aren't the first to come here. Oh, there have been so many. What you have to ask yourselves is: What happened to them? ''(The Atraxi get a montage of all Doctors from Creator/WilliamHartnell to Creator/DavidTennant with Creator/MattSmith emerging from the image of the last Doctor)'' Hello. I'm the Doctor. Basically... ''run.''

--->'''The Doctor:''' Hello Stonehenge! Who takes the Pandorica, takes the universe! But, bad news everyone, 'cause guess who! HAH! You lot, you're all whizzing about, it's very distracting. Could you all stay still for a moment, because I! AM! TALKING! Now the question of the hour is who's got the Pandorica. Answer: I do. Next question: who's coming to take it from me? Come onnnnnn! Look at me, no plan, no backup, no weapons worth a damn. Oh, and something else: I don't have anything. To. Lose. So! If you're sitting up there in your silly little spaceships with all your silly little guns, and you've got any plans on taking the Pandorica, tonight, ''just remember who's standing in your way!'' Remember every black day I ever stopped you! And then, ''AND THEN,'' do the smart thing. Let someone else try first. ''[cue shot of spaceships flying away]''

''[[[spoiler:Zygon!Kate's]] eyes [[OhCrap widen in fear]].]''

** He gets one that's not quite as long-winded as his most memorable speeches, but it gets to the point: He's [[spoiler:taken Davros' chair, knowing that ''Davros'' has it equipped with a force field Dalek beams can't penetrate. When what the Daleks think is Davros arrives, and the door opens and it's the Doctor]], and all the Daleks stop short, the Doctor says to the following.
--> "Admit it: you've all had this exact nightmare."

* "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E7ThePyramidAtTheEndOfTheWorld The Pyramid at the End of the World]]":

-->"Even the name Doctor is false. Your true name burns in the stars, hidden in the cascade of Medusa herself. You are a lord, sir. A Lord of Time."

* The new series shows that the Doctor can do these ''indirectly'' and evil will retreat. Case in point from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E9ForestOfTheDead "Forest of the Dead"]]:
-->"I'm the Doctor, and you're in the biggest library in the universe. Look me up."

-->'''The Doctor:''' One more question. Just one. Is this world protected? ''[As one of the Atraxi looks at records of various other [=MotW=] that have attacked Earth, ever.]'' 'Cause you lot aren't the first to come here. Oh, there have been so many. What you have to ask yourselves is: What happened to them? ''(The Atraxi get a montage of all Doctors from Creator/WilliamHartnell to Creator/DavidTennant with Creator/MattSmith emerging from the image of the last Doctor)'' Hello. I'm the Doctor. Basically... run.

--->'''The Doctor:''' Hello Stonehenge! Who takes the Pandorica, takes the universe! But, bad news everyone, 'cause guess who! HAH! You lot, you're all whizzing about, it's very distracting. Could you all stay still for a moment, because I! AM! TALKING! Now the question of the hour is who's got the Pandorica. Answer: I do. Next question: who's coming to take it from me? Come onnnnnn! Look at me, no plan, no backup, no weapons worth a damn. Oh, and something else: I don't have anything. To. Lose. So! If you're sitting up there in your silly little spaceships with all your silly little guns, and you've got any plans on taking the Pandorica, tonight, just remember who's standing in your way. Remember every black day I ever stopped you. And then, AND THEN, do the smart thing. Let someone else try first. ''[cue shot of spaceships flying away]''

** He gets one that's not quite as long-winded as his most memorable speeches, but it gets to the point: He's [[spoiler:taken Davros' chair, knowing that ''Davros'' has it equipped with a force field Dalek beams can't penetrate. When what the Daleks think is Davros arrives, and the door opens and it's the Doctor]], and all the Daleks stop short, the Doctor says to them: "Admit it, you've all had this exact nightmare."

* "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E6TheAgeOfSteel The Age of Steel]]" has the Doctor give a casual BlaseBoast, regarding his MartialPacifist nature:

--->'''The Beast:''' This is the Darkness. This is ''my'' domain, you little '''things''' that live in the light, clinging to your feeble suns...which die. Only the Darkness remains.

* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E4TheTimeOfAngels "The Time of Angels"]] has one given by River on behalf of the Doctor:
-->'''Octavian:''' Doctor Song, you promised me an army.
-->'''River:''' No, I promised you the ''equivalent'' of an army. This is [[OneManArmy the Doctor]].

-->'''The Doctor:''' There's one thing you never put in a trap if you're smart. If you value your continued existence, if you have any plans about seeing tomorrow there's one thing you never, ever put in a trap.\\

* From [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E9Flatline "Flatline"]]:

* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E4TheTimeOfAngels "The Time of Angels"]] has another, with his response to the Weeping Angels taunting him.

''Series/DoctorWho'' pits a mad man in a box and all his companions against aliens, monsters, demons and everything else the universe has to throw at them. Having a "powerful" way with words just comes naturally.

'''Sensorite:''' We must...decide what we shall do.
** It's also a good look into the First Doctor's character, there. He's a crotchety old man and does more than his share of yelling, but then you find his bark is worse than his bite...and then you find out what he looks like when he's ''actually'' ready to bite. When he stops being [[LargeHam hammy]] and starts being serious, you wanna listen.

-->'''The Master:''' You can't harm me. I'm stronger than you are. I brought you here. I gave you the minds you need to feed on! ''You'' are ''my'' servant! ''YOU'RE MY SERVANT!!'' ...I'm too strong for you! ...''(once outside, he bars the door)'' No more minds for you to feed on. Let's see how long starvation takes to bring you to heel.

-->'''Davros:''' We shall become all--\\
'''The Doctor:''' -Powerful! Crush the lesser races! Conquer the galaxy! Unimaginable Power! [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking UNLIMITED RICE PUDDING!]] Et cetera! Et cetera!

'''Koloon:''' Wha...what?\\

'''Koloon:''' But you...?! You're one...little...man!\\
'''The Doctor:''' No, not a man. Not a human being. I am a complex space-time event. I am Lord President of Gallifrey. The Traveller from Beyond Time. I am the Sandman! The Oncoming ''Storm!'' I am the Ka Faraq Gatri; ''Destroyer of Worlds!'' And sometimes...only sometimes, ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis I. Am. Your. Worst. Nightmare!]]''...I am the Doctor, and I take care of my friends.

* In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek "Dalek"]], a lowly soldier Dalek has been trapped and tortured on Earth after escaping the Time War, and believes that it is the last of its kind. After tricking Rose into freeing it, killing its torturer, disabling its prison and draining half of America of power, it lets out a single cry.

* At the end of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E12BadWolf "Bad Wolf"]]:

* In [[Recap/DoctorWho2005CSTheChristmasInvasion "The Christmas Invasion"]], Harriet Jones, Prime Minister ([[RunningGag Yes, we know who she is]]) is speaking to somebody LockedOutOfTheLoop about an oncoming invasion, and he's surprised at her speaking of aliens as being so common. We then get this:

* From [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E4TheGirlInTheFireplace "The Girl in the Fireplace"]]:

--->'''The Doctor:''' ''[whilst chasing a Clockwork Robot]'' Even monsters have nightmares!\\

* From [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E9TheSatanPit "The Satan Pit"]]:

** Nearly everything the Daleks say for the Villain to Hero variety. Or in the case of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E13Doomsday "Doomsday"]], Villain to Villain:

* And in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E9TheFamilyOfBlood "The Family of Blood"]], Tim Latimer makes a badass boast on behalf of the Doctor: "I've seen him. He's like fire and ice and rage. He's like the night, and the storm in the heart of the sun. He's ancient and forever...He burns at the center of time and he can see the turn of the universe...And...he's wonderful."
* From [[Recap/DoctorWho2007CSVoyageOfTheDamned "Voyage of the Damned"]]: "I'm the Doctor. I'm a Time Lord. I'm from the planet Gallifrey in the constellation Kasterborous. I'm 903 years old, and I'm the man who's going to save your lives, and all six billion on the planet below. You got a problem with that?"

* From [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E6TheDoctorsDaughter "The Doctor's Daughter"]]: "Well, you need to get yourself a better dictionary. When you do, look up 'genocide'. You'll find a little picture of ''me'' there, and the caption'll read ''[='=]Over my dead body.[='=]''"

* A quieter variation took place in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E15PlanetOfTheDead "Planet of the Dead"]], where the Doctor calmed down the passengers of a bus trapped on a distant planet after their bus driver died trying to pass through the wormhole, by reminding them of their lives back on Earth. This time around he was more able to keep his promise: "That planet out there, with three suns, wormhole and alien sand, that planet is nothing — you hear me, ''nothing'' — compared to all those things waiting for you. Food, home, people — hold on to that. 'Cause we're gonna get there. I promise. I'm gonna get you home."
* Similarly, from the Eleventh Doctor's premiere [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour "The Eleventh Hour"]]...
-->'''The Doctor:''' One more question. Just one. Is this world protected? ''[As one of the Atraxi looks at records of various other [=MotW=] that have attacked Earth, ever.]'' 'Cause you lot aren't the first to come here. Oh, there have been so many. What you have to ask yourselves is: What happened to them? ''(The Atraxi get a montage of all Doctors from Creator/WilliamHartnell to Creator/DavidTennant with Creator/MattSmith emerging from the image of the last Doctor)'' Hello. I'm the Doctor. Basically...run.

** Early in the episode, the Doctor makes a completely unintentional Baddass Boast, unaware that the creature he's describing is himself (made all the better when you recall all the times he's boasted about the things that fear him):
--->'''The Doctor:''' There was a goblin. Or a trickster, or a warrior. A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. Nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it -– one day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.

* In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E13TheBigBang "The Big Bang"]], River notes that she has the ability to kill a weakened Dalek, and the Dalek points out that records indicate the Doctor's companions always show mercy in such situations. "I'm River Song. Check your records again." The Dalek stops, then ''begs for mercy''.

* In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E1TheImpossibleAstronaut "The Impossible Astronaut"]], the Eleventh Doctor gets angry when his companions are hiding something from him, and he calmly warns them, "Don't play games with me. Don't ever, ever think you're capable of that."
* From [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E2DayOfTheMoon "Day of the Moon"]], when the Doctor defeats the Silence:
-->'''The Doctor:''' And one whacking great kick up the backside for the Silence! ''You just raised an army against yourselves!'' And now, for a thousand generations, you're going to be ordering them to destroy you, every day. How fast can you run? Because today's the day the human race throws you off their planet, and they won't even know they're doing it. I think quite possibly the word you're looking for, right now, is...whoops, run. Guys, I mean us: RUN!
* From [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E4TheDoctorsWife "The Doctor's Wife"]]:

--->'''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. 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. 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.

-->'''The Doctor:''' I walked away from the Last Great Time War. I marked the passing of the Time Lords. I saw the birth of the universe, and watched as time ran out, moment by moment, until ''nothing'' remained! No time. No space. Just ''me!'' I've walked in universes where the laws of physics were devised by the mind of a ''mad . . . man''. I've watched universes freeze and creations burn. [[ShoutOut I have seen things you wouldn't believe]]. I have lost things you'll ''never'' understand. And I know things. Secrets that must never be told. Knowledge that must never be spoken. Knowledge that will make parasite gods ''blaze.'' So come on then! Take it! Take it all, baby! Have it! ''You have it all!''

* From [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E8MummyOnTheOrientExpress "Mummy on the Orient Express"]]:

* In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E2TheWitchsFamiliar "The Witch's Familiar"]], he gets one that's not quite as long-winded as his most memorable speeches, but it gets to the point: He's [[spoiler: taken Davros' chair, knowing that ''Davros'' has it equipped with a force field Dalek beams can't penetrate. When what the Daleks think is Davros arrives, and the door opens and it's the Doctor]], and all the Daleks stop short, the Doctor says to them: "Admit it, you've all had this exact nightmare."

* From [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E5TheGirlWhoDied "The Girl Who Died"]], after the Twelfth Doctor remembers where he got his face from:
-->'''The Doctor:''' I know where I got this face and I know what it's for...To remind me. To hold me to the mark. I'm the Doctor and I save people and if anyone happens to be listening and you have any kind of a problem with that: TO HELL WITH YOU!

-->'''Brock:''' Who are you?
-->'''The Doctor:''' There have been many attempts to conquer the Earth. I've lost count. Not one of them has succeeded. Not a single one. They all lost and burned and ran. That's who I am.

-->'''The Doctor:''' Do me a favor. The Fatality Index. Look up "[[RedBaron The Doctor]]"...\\

* From "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E7ThePyramidAtTheEndOfTheWorld The Pyramid at the End of the World]]":

* In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E4ArachnidsInTheUK Arachnids in the UK]]", the Thirteenth Doctor declares "I eat danger for breakfast!" then adds in an aside to Yaz "I don't. I prefer cereal. Or croissants. [[{{Metaphorgotten}} Or those little Portuguese fried]]..."

'''Sensorite:''' We must... decide what we shall do.
** It's also a good look into the First Doctor's character, there. He's a crotchety old man and does more than his share of yelling, but then you find his bark is worse than his bite... and then you find out what he looks like when he's ''actually'' ready to bite. When he stops being [[LargeHam hammy]] and starts being serious, you wanna listen.

-->'''The Master:''' You can't harm me. I'm stronger than you are. I brought you here. I gave you the minds you need to feed on! ''You'' are ''my'' servant! ''YOU'RE MY SERVANT!!'' ... I'm too strong for you! ... ''(once outside, he bars the door)'' No more minds for you to feed on. Let's see how long starvation takes to bring you to heel.

'''Koloon:''' Wha... what?\\

'''Koloon:''' But you...?! You're one... little... man!\\
'''The Doctor:''' No, not a man. Not a human being. I am a complex space-time event. I am Lord President of Gallifrey. The Traveller from Beyond Time. I am the Sandman! The Oncoming ''Storm!'' I am the Ka Faraq Gatri; ''Destroyer of Worlds!'' And sometimes... only sometimes, ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis I. Am. Your. Worst. Nightmare!]]'' ...I am the Doctor, and I take care of my friends.

--->'''[[spoiler:Rose]]:''' I looked into the TARDIS and the TARDIS looked into me. I am the Bad Wolf. I create myself. I take the words... I scatter them, in time and space. A message, to lead myself here. I want you safe, my Doctor. Protected from the false god.\\

'''[[spoiler:Rose]]:''' You are tiny. I can see the whole of time and space, every single atom of your existence. And I divide them. Everything must come to dust. All things ... ''everything dies''. The Time War ends.

--->'''The Beast:''' This is the Darkness. This is ''my'' domain, you little '''things''' that live in the light, clinging to your feeble suns... which die. Only the Darkness remains.

* And in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E9TheFamilyOfBlood "The Family of Blood"]], Tim Latimer makes a badass boast on behalf of the Doctor: "I've seen him. He's like fire and ice and rage. He's like the night, and the storm in the heart of the sun. He's ancient and forever... He burns at the center of time and he can see the turn of the universe... And... he's wonderful."

** Parodied in [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor "The Day of the Doctor"]], where the Doctor delivers almost exactly that speech... to a rabbit. ItMakesSenseInContext.

-->'''The Doctor:''' One more question. Just one. Is this world protected? ''[As one of the Atraxi looks at records of various other [=MotW=] that have attacked Earth, ever.]'' 'Cause you lot aren't the first to come here. Oh, there have been so many. What you have to ask yourselves is: What happened to them? ''(The Atraxi get a montage of all Doctors from Creator/WilliamHartnell to Creator/DavidTennant with Creator/MattSmith emerging from the image of the last Doctor)'' Hello. I'm the Doctor. Basically... run.

-->'''The Doctor:''' And one whacking great kick up the backside for the Silence! ''You just raised an army against yourselves!'' And now, for a thousand generations, you're going to be ordering them to destroy you, every day. How fast can you run? Because today's the day the human race throws you off their planet, and they won't even know they're doing it. I think quite possibly the word you're looking for, right now, is... whoops, run. Guys, I mean us: 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. 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. 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.

** Given that the Doctor later chants "home again, home again, jiggerty-jig", the ''Film/BladeRunner'' reference was probably deliberate.

'''Tenth Doctor:''' ... but, there's something those billion billion Daleks don't know.\\
'''Eleventh Doctor:''' ... because if they did, they'd probably send for reinforcements.\\

** Perhaps the most magnificent example also occurs in the 50[[superscript:th]] anniversary special, when the [[spoiler:War Doctor]], Tenth and Eleventh Doctors call the War Council of [[spoiler:Gallifrey]] and assure them that they'll do everything they can to save the planet and its commoners, [[ScienceHero without so much as firing a shot]]. While the members of the council admire their bravery and resolve, they question the technical feasibility of the idea, and especially the reasoning of the Doctors. Cue the following lines from the Tenth and Eleventh Doctor:

-->'''The Doctor:''' I know where I got this face and I know what it's for... To remind me. To hold me to the mark. I'm the Doctor and I save people and if anyone happens to be listening and you have any kind of a problem with that: TO HELL WITH YOU!

'''The Doctor:''' Stand away from her, Pieter Stubbe. She's no longer yours! Time's left you far behind and you've lost its scent. You're burnt out! So just give up and go back to the smile you crawled out of!\\

'''The Doctor:''' [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Yeah! And doesn't that scare you to death?]] Rose?\\

* In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E13TheBigBang "The Big Bang"]], River notes that she has the ability to kill a weakened Dalek, and the Dalek points out that records indicate the Doctor's companions always show mercy in such situations. "I'm River Song. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Check your records again.]]" The Dalek stops, then ''begs for mercy''.

** Perhaps the most magnificent example also occurs in the 50[[superscript:th]] anniversary special, when the [[spoiler:War Doctor]], Tenth and Eleventh Doctors call the War Council of [[spoiler:Gallifrey]] and assure them that they'll do everything they can to save the planet and its commoners, [[ScienceHero without so much as firing a shot]]. While the members of the council admire their bravery and resolve, they question the technical feasibility of the idea, and especially the reasoning of the Doctors. Cue the [[HeartwarmingMoments following lines]] from the Tenth and Eleventh Doctor:

'''The Doctor:''' Yeah? Well, it's been doomed before. Guess what happened? ''Me.''

'''Stubbe:''' ''(sniggers)'' Is this a challenge? ''(sniffs)'' Who's this? He's no champion! He's like that foul-tasting boy. He's not even human!
-->'''The Doctor:''' I'm ''the Doctor'', and I'm offering Ileana my protection. I'm ''stronger'' and more worthy than ''any'' puny human or wolf!

* '''[[spoiler:Rose]]''' gets one in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays "The Parting of the Ways"]] when [[spoiler:she absorbs the Time Vortex and returns to rescue the Doctor:]]
--> '''[[spoiler:Rose]]:''' I looked into the TARDIS and the TARDIS looked into me. I am the Bad Wolf. I create myself. I take the words... I scatter them, in time and space. A message, to lead myself here. I want you safe, my Doctor. Protected from the false god.\\

'''[[spoiler:Rose]]:''' You are tiny. I can see the whole of time and space, every single atom of your existence. And I divide them. Everything must come to dust. All things . . . ''everything dies''. The Time War ends.
** From the same episode, the Ninth Doctor gets one:
-->"Do you know what they call me in the ancient legends of the Dalek homeworld? 'The Oncoming Storm'. You may have removed all your emotions, but I bet that deep down in your DNA there's one spark left, and that's ''fear''. Doesn't it just ''burn'' when you face face me."

-->'''The Doctor:''' ''[whilst chasing a Clockwork Robot]'' Even monsters have nightmares!\\

-->'''Rose:''' Oh, ''look'' what the cat dragged in. The Oncoming Storm.\\

* The following story, "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E6TheAgeOfSteel The Age of Steel]]," has the Doctor give a casual BlaseBoast, regarding his MartialPacifist nature:

* From [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E9TheSatanPit "The Satan Pit"]], [[{{Satan}} The Beast]]:
-->"I shall never die! The thought of me is forever! In the bleeding hearts of men, in their vanity and obsession and lust! Nothing shall ever destroy me! ''Nothing!''"

-->'''Rose:''' [[PreAssKickingOneLiner Go to hell!]]

-->'''The Beast:''' This is the Darkness. This is ''my'' domain, you little '''things''' that live in the light, clinging to your feeble suns... which die. Only the Darkness remains.
* Then she pulls it off right in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E13Doomsday "Doomsday"]]. After the Daleks and Cybermen verbally joust (read below), the Daleks wonder why one man in the picture makes Rose's heart race. When she finally admits it's the Doctor, all the Daleks in the room roll back a bit: their way of taking a ''very'' nervous step backward.
-->'''Rose:''' Five million Cybermen, easy. One Doctor? ''Now'' you're scared.
** Rose herself gets to make a particularly effective boast (though it does pale in comparison to the Doctor's, it still gets points for being intended as a DefiantToTheEnd boast and for successfully pissing off Dalek Sec):
-->'''Rose:''' I met the Emperor. And I took the Time Vortex and poured it into his head and turned him into dust. D'you get that? The God of all Daleks ''and I destroyed him. HAH!''\\
'''Dalek Sec:''' [[AC:YOU WILL BE ''EXTERMINATED!!'']]

-->'''Cyber Leader:''' [[AC:Daleks, be warned. You have declared war upon the Cybermen.]]\\
'''Dalek Sec:''' [[AC:This is not war -- [[CurbStompBattle THIS IS PEST CONTROL!]]]]\\

** In this case, Dalek Sec is not only boasting, but making ''an objective statement of fact''. The odds really were that one-sided. In spite of the Cyber Leader calling in reinforcements, the Daleks later gunned them down with impunity.

* A quieter variation took place in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E15PlanetOfTheDead "Planet of the Dead"]], where the Doctor calmed down the passengers of a bus trapped on a distant planet after their bus-driver died trying to pass through the wormhole, by reminding them of their lives back on Earth. This time around he was more able to keep his promise: "That planet out there, with three suns, wormhole and alien sand, that planet is nothing -- you hear me, ''nothing'' -- compared to all those things waiting for you. Food, home, people--hold on to that. 'Cause we're gonna get there. I promise. I'm gonna get you home."

* From [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E12ThePandoricaOpens "The Pandorica Opens"]], we have this speech, delivered to a swarm of hostile spaceships containing every single one of the Doctor's many enemies above Stonehenge.
-->'''The Doctor:''' Hello Stonehenge! Who takes the Pandorica, takes the universe! But, bad news everyone, 'cause guess who! HAH! You lot, you're all whizzing about, it's very distracting. Could you all stay still for a moment, because I! AM! TALKING! Now the question of the hour is who's got the Pandorica. Answer: I do. Next question: who's coming to take it from me? Come onnnnnn! Look at me, no plan, no backup, no weapons worth a damn. Oh, and something else: I don't have anything. To. Lose. So! If you're sitting up there in your silly little spaceships with all your silly little guns, and you've got any plans on taking the Pandorica, tonight, just remember who's standing in your way. Remember every black day I ever stopped you. And then, AND THEN, do the smart thing. Let someone else try first. ''[cue shot of spaceships flying away]''
** What makes this Badass Boast pure Doctor? He opens his speech by dropping the microphone and then apologizing.
** The Doctor earlier makes a completely unintentional Baddass Boast, unaware that the creature he's describing is himself (made all the better when you recall all the times he's boasted about the things that fear him):
-->'''The Doctor:''' There was a goblin. Or a trickster, or a warrior. A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. Nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it -– one day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.

* In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar "A Good Man Goes to War"]], Creator/MattSmith's excellent delivery of the 11th Doctor's retort to the assumption that he is a good man and good men won't do anything bad when angry makes the statement far more threatening than it would be otherwise.
-->'''Madame Kovarian:''' The anger of a good man is not a problem. Good men have too many rules.\\
'''The Doctor:''' Good men don't need rules. Today is not the day to find out why I have ''so many.''
** Earlier in this episode, Amy got to BadassBoast on behalf of her husband Rory:

* Kate [[LegacyCharacter Lethbridge-Stewart]] gets in a good one in [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor "The Day of the Doctor"]]:
-->'''Kate:''' ''[to the [[spoiler:Zygon who is impersonating her]]]'' Somewhere in your memory is a man called Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart. I'm his daughter.\\

** Another one from "The Day of the Doctor":
-->'''War Doctor:''' There's still a billion billion Daleks up there attacking.\\

-->'''Eleventh Doctor:''' Because the alternative is [[EarthShatteringKaboom burning]]...\\

-->'''The Doctor:''' Ask me what I want.\\

-->'''The Doctor:''' If you think because she is dead, I am weak, then you understand very little. If you were any part of killing her, and you're not afraid, then you understand nothing at all. So, for your own sake, understand this. I am the Doctor. I'm coming to find you, and I will never, ever stop.
* And in the episode ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E6Extremis Extremis]],'' the Doctor [[BewareTheQuietOnes quietly]] shows that he is ''really'' not to be messed with:
-->'''The Doctor:''' Do me a favor. The Fatality Index. Look up "[[RedBaron The Doctor]]"...
-->'''Executioner:''' You have an entry, like any other sentient being.
-->'''Doctor:''' ...under cause of death.
-->'''Executioner:''' ''[device pinging]'' You do seem to have an impressive number of fatalities connected to you. ''[device keeps counting]'' [[OhCrap A truly remarkable record.]] ''[device clicks faster, the guards begin leaving]'' Where are you going?! He's unarmed! You are unarmed?
-->'''Doctor:''' [[DoesNotLikeGuns Always.]]
-->'''Executioner:''' ''[device is now emitting a high pitched whine as it counts higher]'' You stand alone.
-->'''Doctor:''' [[OneManArmy Often.]]
-->'''Executioner:''' ''[angrily]'' You're the one who should be afraid.
-->'''Doctor:''' [[NervesOfSteel Never.]]
-->'''Executioner:''' ''[leaving; results are ''still'' coming]'' [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere Have a nice day, then.]]
* Naturally, that incarnation of the Doctor gets to go out with a pretty good one in ''[[Recap/DoctorWho2017CSTwiceUponATime Twice Upon A Time]]'':
-->'''Twelfth Doctor:''' Here's what's going to happen. First, I'm going to escape. You, with me.
-->'''Glass Woman:''' Escape is not possible.
-->'''Twelfth Doctor:''' It is possible, and it is happening, and I'm taking Bill and the Captain with me.
-->'''Glass Woman:''' Escape is not possible.
-->'''Twelfth Doctor:''' Oh, I'm going to do way more than escape. I'm going to find out who you are and what you're doing, and if I don't like it, I will come back and I will stop you. I will stop all of you!
-->'''First Doctor:''' Who the hell do you think you are?
-->'''Twelfth Doctor:''' The Doctor.

** Parodied in [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor "The Day of the Doctor"]], where the Doctor delivers almost exactly that speech... to a rabbit.

*** Made even better because until the last two words, every viewer thinks she's talking about the Doctor, even when she mentions the "father" bit. And the Doctor does have a name. It's just that nobody save River knows it.

'''The Doctor:''' I've been at the heart of your empire for 42 minutes, and I own it, and I haven't even got out of my chair. ''Ask me what I want.''\\

* In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E2TheWitchsFamiliar "The Witch's Familiar"]], he gets one that's not quite as long-winded as his most memorable speeches, but it gets to the point: He's [[spoiler: taken Davros' chair, being GenreSavvy enough to know that ''Davros'' is GenreSavvy enough to have it equipped with a force field Dalek beams can't penetrate. When what the Daleks think is Davros arrives, and the door opens and it's the Doctor]], and all the Daleks stop short, the Doctor says to them: "Admit it, you've all had this exact nightmare."

'''The Doctor:''' Stand away from her, Pieter Stubbe. She's no longer yours! Time's left you far behind and you've lost its sent. You're burnt out! So just give up and go back to the smile you crawled out of!\\

-->'''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. 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. 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.

--> "I am a Time Lord. I am not a human being. I walk in eternity."

--->'''Dalek:''' [[AC:'''THE DALEKS SURVIVE IN ME!''']]

--->'''The Doctor:''' No! 'Cause this is what I'm going to do: I'm going to rescue her! I'm going to save Rose Tyler from the middle of the Dalek fleet! And then I'm going to save the Earth! And then, just to finish off, I'm going to wipe every last ''stinking'' Dalek out of the sky!\\

---> '''[[spoiler:Rose]]:''' I looked into the TARDIS and the TARDIS looked into me. I am the Bad Wolf. I create myself. I take the words... I scatter them, in time and space. A message, to lead myself here. I want you safe, my Doctor. Protected from the false god.\\

--->"Do you know what they call me in the ancient legends of the Dalek homeworld? 'The Oncoming Storm'. You may have removed all your emotions, but I bet that deep down in your DNA there's one spark left, and that's ''fear''. Doesn't it just ''burn'' when you face face me."

--->'''Harriet:''' There's an act of Parliament banning my autobiography.

--->'''The Doctor:''' ''[whilst chasing a Clockwork Robot]'' Even monsters have nightmares!\\

--->'''Rose:''' Oh, ''look'' what the cat dragged in. The Oncoming Storm.\\

--->'''Rose:''' [[PreAssKickingOneLiner Go to hell!]]

--->'''The Beast:''' This is the Darkness. This is ''my'' domain, you little '''things''' that live in the light, clinging to your feeble suns... which die. Only the Darkness remains.

--->'''Rose:''' Five million Cybermen, easy. One Doctor? ''Now'' you're scared.

--->'''Rose:''' I met the Emperor. And I took the Time Vortex and poured it into his head and turned him into dust. D'you get that? The God of all Daleks ''and I destroyed him. HAH!''\\

--->'''Cyber Leader:''' [[AC:Daleks, be warned. You have declared war upon the Cybermen.]]\\

* From [[Recap/DoctorWho2007CSVoyageOfTheDamned "Voyage of the Damned"]]: "I'm the Doctor. I'm a Time Lord. I'm from the planet Gallifrey in the constellation Kasterberous. I'm 903 years old, and I'm the man who's going to save your lives, and all six billion on the planet below. You got a problem with that?"

--->"I'm the Doctor, and you're in the biggest library in the universe. Look me up."

--->'''The Doctor:''' One more question. Just one. Is this world protected? ''[As one of the Atraxi looks at records of various other [=MotW=] that have attacked Earth, ever.]'' 'Cause you lot aren't the first to come here. Oh, there have been so many. What you have to ask yourselves is: What happened to them? ''(The Atraxi get a montage of all Doctors from Creator/WilliamHartnell to Creator/DavidTennant with Creator/MattSmith emerging from the image of the last Doctor)'' Hello. I'm the Doctor. Basically... run.

--->'''The Doctor:''' There's one thing you never put in a trap if you're smart. If you value your continued existence, if you have any plans about seeing tomorrow there's one thing you never, ever put in a trap.\\

--->'''The Doctor:''' Hello Stonehenge! Who takes the Pandorica, takes the universe! But, bad news everyone, 'cause guess who! HAH! You lot, you're all whizzing about, it's very distracting. Could you all stay still for a moment, because I! AM! TALKING! Now the question of the hour is who's got the Pandorica. Answer: I do. Next question: who's coming to take it from me? Come onnnnnn! Look at me, no plan, no backup, no weapons worth a damn. Oh, and something else: I don't have anything. To. Lose. So! If you're sitting up there in your silly little spaceships with all your silly little guns, and you've got any plans on taking the Pandorica, tonight, just remember who's standing in your way. Remember every black day I ever stopped you. And then, AND THEN, do the smart thing. Let someone else try first. ''[cue shot of spaceships flying away]''

--->'''The Doctor:''' There was a goblin. Or a trickster, or a warrior. A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. Nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it -– one day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.

--->'''Amy:''' What happened to the Dalek?\\

--->'''The Doctor:''' And one whacking great kick up the backside for the Silence! ''You just raised an army against yourselves!'' And now, for a thousand generations, you're going to be ordering them to destroy you, every day. How fast can you run? Because today's the day the human race throws you off their planet, and they won't even know they're doing it. I think quite possibly the word you're looking for, right now, is... whoops, run. Guys, I mean us: RUN!

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

--->'''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. 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. 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.

--->'''The Doctor:''' I walked away from the Last Great Time War. I marked the passing of the Time Lords. I saw the birth of the universe, and watched as time ran out, moment by moment, until ''nothing'' remained! No time. No space. Just ''me!'' I've walked in universes where the laws of physics were devised by the mind of a ''mad . . . man''. I've watched universes freeze and creations burn. [[ShoutOut I have seen things you wouldn't believe]]. I have lost things you'll ''never'' understand. And I know things. Secrets that must never be told. Knowledge that must never be spoken. Knowledge that will make parasite gods ''blaze.'' So come on then! Take it! Take it all, baby! Have it! ''You have it all!''

--->'''Kate:''' ''[to the [[spoiler:Zygon who is impersonating her]]]'' Somewhere in your memory is a man called Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart. I'm his daughter.\\

--->'''War Doctor:''' There's still a billion billion Daleks up there attacking.\\

--->'''Eleventh Doctor:''' Because the alternative is [[EarthShatteringKaboom burning]]...\\

--->"One minute with me and this thing would be ''over''."

--->'''The Doctor:''' I tried to talk, I want you to remember that. I tried to reach out, I tried to understand you, but I think that you understand us perfectly. And I think that you just don't care! And I don't know whether you are here to invade, infiltrate or just replace us. I don't suppose it really matters now, you are monsters! That is the role you seem determined to play, so it seems that '''I''' must play '''mine''': The man that '''stops''' the monsters! I'm sending you back to your own dimension. Who knows? Some of you may even survive the trip, and if you do, remember this: ''you'' are not welcome here! This plane is protected! '''I''' am the Doctor! ''[catches his screwdriver]'' And I name you: the Boneless!

--->'''The Doctor:''' Ask me what I want.\\

--->'''The Doctor:''' If you think because she is dead, I am weak, then you understand very little. If you were any part of killing her, and you're not afraid, then you understand nothing at all. So, for your own sake, understand this. I am the Doctor. I'm coming to find you, and I will never, ever stop.

--->'''The Doctor:''' I know where I got this face and I know what it's for... To remind me. To hold me to the mark. I'm the Doctor and I save people and if anyone happens to be listening and you have any kind of a problem with that: TO HELL WITH YOU!

* Don't think it doesn't go back to the earliest days. In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E7TheSensorites The Sensorites]]", the title aliens have decided that letting the crew leave is too dangerous, and have taken a vital component of the TARDIS. They act like they're totally in control, until:
-->'''Sensorite:''' "You're in no position to threaten us."
-->'''The Doctor:''' "I don't make threats, but I ''do'' keep promises. And I promise you I'll cause you more trouble than you've bargained for if you ''don't return my property.''"
-->[Sensorites trade looks, then one responds] "We must... decide what we shall do."

* Don't think the bad guys are no good at it. The title character of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E2TheMindOfEvil The Mind of Evil]]" isn't the Master after all, but a creature that is able to use people's worst fears to drive them to ''death,'' typically requiring only ''seconds.'' How's this thing work? Before anyone knows what's going on, a {{Redshirt}} who fears water seems to go nuts, drops dead, and when examined, proves to have somehow drowned in a dry room. It even made one of the Doctor's hearts stop after he was exposed to its full potential for a couple of minutes. So what happens when it tries to bring down the Master?

* The Fourth Doctor, from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E3PyramidsOfMars Pyramids of Mars]]":

* Leela gets another good one in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E6TheTalonsOfWengChiang The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]". She's about to be killed in a particularly painful manner by Magnus Greel (for the purpose of prolonging his life by a means that is rapidly losing effectiveness), and this only makes her angry:

* Leela has one in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E4TheSunMakers The Sun Makers]]", when she's being held hostage to force the Doctor to do something. Someone tells her that she'll die if he doesn't come back. "Then I die." (Pulls out her knife.) "But before I do, I'll see this rat's nest knee deep in your blood. That is a promised thing." (One of the hostage takers says that if she has to be killed, he won't be the first on his feet.)
* One from the Fourth Doctor, in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E4StateOfDecay State of Decay]]":

* Davros ''tries'' in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Remembrance of the Daleks]]":
-->'''Davros''': We shall become all--\\
'''The Doctor''': -Powerful! Crush the lesser races! Conquer the galaxy! Unimaginable Power! [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking UNLIMITED RICE PUDDING!]] Et cetera! Et cetera!

* In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek Dalek]]", a lowly soldier Dalek has been trapped and tortured on Earth after escaping the Time War, and believes that it is the last of its kind. After tricking Rose into freeing it, killing its torturer, disabling its prison and draining half of America of power, it lets out a single cry.
-->'''Dalek''': [[AC:'''THE DALEKS SURVIVE IN ME!''']]
* At the end of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E12BadWolf Bad Wolf]]":
-->'''The Doctor:''' No! 'Cause this is what I'm going to do: I'm going to rescue her! I'm going to save Rose Tyler from the middle of the Dalek fleet! And then I'm going to save the Earth! And then, just to finish off, I'm going to wipe every last stinking Dalek out of the sky!\\
'''Dalek 1:''' [[AC:But you have no weapons! No defenses! No plan!]]\\

* '''[[spoiler:Rose]]''' gets one in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays The Parting of the Ways]]" when [[spoiler:she absorbs the time vortex and returns to rescue the Doctor:]]
--> '''[[spoiler:Rose]]:''' I looked into the TARDIS and the TARDIS looked into me. I am the Bad Wolf. I create myself. I take the words... I scatter them, in time and space. A message, to lead myself here. I want you safe, my Doctor. Protected from the false god.\\
'''[[spoiler:Dalek Emperor]]:''' [[AC:You cannot hurt me, I am immortal.]]\\
'''[[spoiler:Rose]]:''' You are tiny. I can see the whole of time and space, every single atom of your existence. And I divide them. Everything must come to dust. All things, everything dies. The Time War ends.

--> "Do you know what they call me in the ancient legends of the Dalek homeworld? 'The Oncoming Storm'. You may have removed all your emotions, but I bet that deep down in your DNA there's one spark left, and that's ''fear''. Doesn't it just ''burn'' when you face face me."
* In "[[Recap/DoctorWho2005CSTheChristmasInvasion The Christmas Invasion]]", Harriet Jones, Prime Minister ([[RunningGag Yes, we know who she is]]) is speaking to somebody LockedOutOfTheLoop about an oncoming invasion, and he's surprised at her speaking of aliens as being so common. We then get this:
-->'''Harriet:''' There's an act of Parliament banning my autobiography.
* From "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E4TheGirlInTheFireplace The Girl in the Fireplace]]":
-->'''The Doctor:''' ''(whilst chasing a Clockwork Robot)'' Even monsters have nightmares!\\

'''The Doctor:''' ''(as he chases it back through the fireplace)'' ME!
** Later subverted in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E4TheGirlInTheFireplace The Girl in the Fireplace]]" when Rose is captured by some clockwork robots, and the Doctor is elsewhere. She tries (unsuccessfully) to basically redo his "Oncoming Storm" boast by proxy, but gets drowned out by a (seemingly) very drunk Doctor bursting into the scene just in time.

* From "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E9TheSatanPit The Satan Pit]]", [[{{Satan}} The Beast]]:

--->'''Rose''': [[PreAssKickingOneLiner Go to hell!]]

-->'''The Beast''': "This is the Darkness. This is ''my'' domain, you little '''things''' that live in the light, clinging to your feeble suns... which die. Only the Darkness remains."
* Then she pulls it off right in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E13Doomsday Doomsday]]". After the Daleks and Cybermen verbally joust (read below), the Daleks wonder why one man in the picture makes Rose's heart race. When she finally admits it's the Doctor, all the Daleks in the room roll back a bit: their way of taking a ''very'' nervous step backward.

'''Dalek Sec:''' YOU WILL BE EXTERMINATED!!

--->'''Cyber Leader''': [[AC:Daleks, be warned. You have declared war upon the Cybermen.]]\\
'''Dalek Sec''': [[AC:This is not war -- [[CurbStompBattle THIS IS PEST CONTROL!]]]]\\
'''Cyber Leader''': [[AC:We have five million Cybermen. How many are you?]]\\
'''Dalek Sec''': [[AC:Four]].\\
'''Cyber Leader''': [[AC:You would destroy the Cybermen with four Daleks?]]\\
'''Dalek Sec''': [[AC:WE WOULD DESTROY THE CYBERMEN WITH ''ONE'' DALEK! You are superior in only one respect.]]\\
'''Cyber Leader''': [[AC:What is that?]]\\
'''Dalek Sec''': [[AC:You are ''better'' at ''dying'']].

* And in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E9TheFamilyOfBlood The Family of Blood]]", Tim Latimer makes a badass boast on behalf of the Doctor: "I've seen him. He's like fire and ice and rage. He's like the night, and the storm in the heart of the sun. He's ancient and forever... He burns at the center of time and he can see the turn of the universe... And... he's wonderful."
* From "[[Recap/DoctorWho2007CSVoyageOfTheDamned Voyage of the Damned]]": "I'm the Doctor. I'm a Time Lord. I'm from the planet Gallifrey in the constellation Kasterberous. I'm 903 years old, and I'm the man who's going to save your lives, and all six billion on the planet below. You got a problem with that?"
** Parodied in "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor The Day of the Doctor]]", where the Doctor delivers almost exactly that speech...to a rabbit.
* From "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E6TheDoctorsDaughter The Doctor's Daughter]]": "Well, you need to get yourself a better dictionary. When you do, look up 'genocide.' You'll find a little picture of me there, and the caption'll read 'Over my dead body.'"
* The new series shows that the Doctor can do these ''indirectly'' and evil will retreat. Case in point from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E9ForestOfTheDead Forest of the Dead]]":
-->"I'm the Doctor, and you're in the biggest library in the universe. Look me up."
* A quieter variation took place in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E15PlanetOfTheDead Planet of the Dead]]", where the Doctor calmed down the passengers of a bus trapped on a distant planet after their bus-driver died trying to pass through the wormhole, by reminding them of their lives back on Earth. This time around he was more able to keep his promise: "That planet out there, with three suns, wormhole and alien sand, that planet is nothing--you hear me, ''nothing''--compared to all those things waiting for you. Food, home, people--hold on to that. 'Cause we're gonna get there. I promise. I'm gonna get you home."
* Similarly, from the Eleventh Doctor's premiere "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour The Eleventh Hour]]"...
--> '''The Doctor''': One more question. Just one. Is this world protected? ''(As one of the Monsters of the Week looks at records of various other [=MotW=] that have attacked Earth, ever.)'' 'Cause you lot aren't the first to come here. Oh, there have been so many. What you have to ask yourselves is: What happened to them? ''(The Atraxi get a montage of all Doctors from Creator/WilliamHartnell to Creator/DavidTennant with Creator/MattSmith emerging from the image of the last Doctor)'' Hello. I'm the Doctor. Basically... run.
* "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E4TheTimeOfAngels The Time of Angels]]" has another, with his response to the Weeping Angels taunting him.
-->'''The Doctor''': There's one thing you never put in a trap if you're smart. If you value your continued existence, if you have any plans about seeing tomorrow there's one thing you never, ever put in a trap.\\

* From "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E12ThePandoricaOpens The Pandorica Opens]]", we have this speech, delivered to a swarm of hostile spaceships containing every single one of the Doctor's many enemies above Stonehenge.
-->'''The Doctor:''' Hello Stonehenge! Who takes the Pandorica, takes the universe! But, bad news everyone, 'cause guess who! HAH! You lot, you're all whizzing about, it's very distracting. Could you all stay still for a moment, because I! AM! TALKING! Now the question of the hour is who's got the Pandorica. Answer: I do. Next question: who's coming to take it from me? Come onnnnnn! Look at me, no plan, no backup, no weapons worth a damn. Oh, and something else: I don't have anything. To. Lose. So! If you're sitting up there in your silly little spaceships with all your silly little guns, and you've got any plans on taking the Pandorica, tonight, just remember who's standing in your way. Remember every black day I ever stopped you. And then, AND THEN, do the smart thing. Let someone else try first. ''[cue shot of spaceships flying away]''

* Also from "The Pandorica Opens" the Doctor makes a completely unintentional Baddass Boast, unaware that the creature he's describing is himself (made all the better when you recall all the times he's boasted about the things that fear him):
-->'''The Doctor:''' There was a goblin. Or a trickster, or a warrior. A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. Nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it – one day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.

-->'''Amy:''' What happened to the Dalek?\\

* In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E1TheImpossibleAstronaut The Impossible Astronaut]]", the Eleventh Doctor gets angry when his companions are hiding something from him, and he calmly warns them, "Don't play games with me. Don't ever, ever think you're capable of that."
* From "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E2DayOfTheMoon Day of the Moon]]" [[spoiler: when the Doctor defeats the Silence]]:
-->'''Doctor:''' "And one whacking great kick up the backside for the Silence! ''You just raised an army against yourselves!'' And now, for a thousand generations, you're going to be ordering them to destroy you, every day. How fast can you run? Because today's the day the human race throws you off their planet, and they won't even know they're doing it. I think quite possibly the word you're looking for, right now, is...whoops, run. Guys, I mean us: RUN!"

* In the Series 6 episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar A Good Man Goes to War]]", Creator/MattSmith's excellent delivery of the 11th Doctor's retort to the assumption that he is a good man and good men won't do anything bad when angry makes the statement far more threatening than it would be otherwise.
-->'''Madame Kovarian:''' The anger of a good man is not a problem. Good men have too many rules.\\

--->'''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. 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. 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.

* From "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E7TheRingsOfAkhaten The Rings of Akhaten]]", to a so-called god which feeds off of psychic imprints:
-->'''The Doctor:''' I walked away from the Last Great Time War. I marked the passing of the Time Lords. I saw the birth of the universe, and watched as time ran out, moment by moment, until ''nothing'' remained! No time. No space. Just ''me!'' I've walked in universes where the laws of physics were devised by the mind of a ''mad . . . man''. I've watched universes freeze and creations burn. [[ShoutOut I have seen things you wouldn't believe]]. I have lost things you'll ''never'' understand. And I know things. Secrets that must never be told. Knowledge that must never be spoken. Knowledge that will make parasite gods ''blaze.'' So come on then! Take it! Take it all, baby! Have it! ''You have it all!''

-->'''Kate:''' ''(to the [[spoiler: Zygon who is impersonating her]])'' Somewhere in your memory is a man called Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart. I'm his daughter.\\
''([[spoiler: Zygon!Kate's]] eyes [[OhCrap widen in fear]].)''

** Perhaps the most magnificent example also occurs in the 50th anniversary special, when the [[spoiler:War Doctor]], Tenth and Eleventh Doctors call the War Council of [[spoiler:Gallifrey]] and assure them that they'll do everything they can to save the planet and its commoners, [[ScienceHero without so much as firing a shot]]. While the members of the council admire their bravery and resolve, they question the technical feasibility of the idea, and especially the reasoning of the Doctors. Cue the [[HeartwarmingMoments following lines]] from the Tenth and Eleventh Doctor:

* From "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E8MummyOnTheOrientExpress Mummy on the Orient Express]]":
--> "One minute with me and this thing would be over."

* From "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E9Flatline Flatline]]":
-->'''The Doctor:''' I tried to talk, I want you to remember that. I tried to reach out, I tried to understand you, but I think that you understand us perfectly. And I think that you just don't care! And I don't know whether you are here to invade, infiltrate or just replace us. I don't suppose it really matters now, you are monsters! That is the role you seem determined to play, so it seems that '''I''' must play '''mine''': The man that '''stops''' the monsters! I'm sending you back to your own dimension. Who knows? Some of you may even survive the trip, and if you do, remember this: ''you'' are not welcome here! This plane is protected! '''I''' am the Doctor! ''[catches his screwdriver]'' And I name you: the Boneless!
* In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E2TheWitchsFamiliar The Witch's Familiar]]", he gets one that's not quite as long-winded as his most memorable speeches, but it gets to the point: He's [[spoiler: taken Davros' chair, being GenreSavvy enough to know that ''Davros'' is GenreSavvy enough to have it equipped with a force field Dalek beams can't penetrate. When what the Daleks think is Davros arrives, and the door opens and it's the Doctor]], and all the Daleks stop short, the Doctor says to them: "Admit it, you've all had this exact nightmare."

-->'''Doctor:''' Ask me what I want.
-->'''Supreme Dalek:''' [[AC:Irrelevant. You will not prevail. You will not succeed.]]
-->'''Doctor:''' I've been at the heart of your empire for 42 minutes, and I own it, and I haven't even got out of my chair. ''Ask me what I want.''
-->'''Supreme Dalek:''' [[AC:...What do you want?]]
* From "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E5TheGirlWhoDied The Girl Who Died]]", after the Twelfth Doctor remembers where he got his face from:
-->'''Doctor:''' "I know where I got this face and I know what it's for... To remind me. To hold me to the mark. I'm the Doctor and I save people and if anyone happens to be listening and you have any kind of a problem with that: TO HELL WITH YOU!"
* "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E10FaceTheRaven Face the Raven]]" has the Doctor deliver one to Ashildr during his epic FreakOut over the impending death of Clara in which he threatens to bring down the might of UNIT, the Zygons and even his mortal enemies the Daleks and Cybermen and "rain hell on you for the rest of time." He furthermore momentarily renounces his name and tells Ashildr "I will end you and everything you love". Clara spends the rest of her (natural) life talking him down from following through.
** But in the next episode, "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E11HeavenSent Heaven Sent]]," the Doctor is now TheUnfettered and issues the following threat to whomever is holding him captive:

-->'''The Master:''' "You can't harm me. I'm stronger than you are. I brought you here. I gave you the minds you need to feed on! ''You'' are ''my'' servant! ''YOU'RE MY SERVANT!!'' ... I'm too strong for you! ... *once outside, he bars the door* No more minds for you to feed on. Let's see how long starvation takes to bring you to heel."

--->"When we are both in the Great Hereafter, I will hunt you down, Bent-Face! And put you through my agonies a thousand times!"

** Later subverted in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E4TheGirlInTheFireplace The Girl in the Fireplace]]" when Rose is captured by some clockwork robots, and the Doctor is elsewhere. She tries (unsuccessfully) to basically redo his "Oncoming Storm" boast by proxy, but gets drowned out by a very drunk Doctor bursting into the scene just in time.

-->'''Eleventh Doctor:''' Because the alternative is [[EarthShatteringKaboom burning]]...\\