Line #20 BadassBoast/DoctorWho


1	''Series/DoctorWho'' pits a mad person in a box and all of their companions against aliens, monsters, demons and everything else the universe has to throw at them. Having [[BadassBoast a "powerful" way with words]] just comes naturally.
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3	!!Classic Series
4	* 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:
5	-->'''Sensorite:''' You're in no position to threaten us.\
6	'''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.''\
7	''[Sensorites trade looks, then one responds]''\
8	'''Sensorite:''' We must... decide what we shall do.
9	** 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.
10	* One [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7tKAi-lDhM from Jon Pertwee]]:
11	-->I cross the void beyond the mind\
12	The empty space that circles time\
13	I see where others stumble blind\
14	To seek a truth they'll never find\
15	Eternal wisdom is my guide\
16	I am the Doctor!\
17	\
18	Through cosmic wastes the TARDIS flies\
19	To taste the secret source of life\
20	A presence science can't deny\
21	Exists, within, outside, behind\
22	The latitude of human minds\
23	I am the Doctor!\
24	\
25	My voyage dissects the course of time\
26	"Who knows?" you say, but are you right?\
27	Who journeys deep to find the light\
28	That glows so darkly in the night?\
29	Toward that point I guide my flight\
30	\
31	As fingers move to end mankind\
32	Metallic teeth begin to grind\
33	With sword of truth I turn and fight\
34	The satanic powers of the night\
35	\
36	Is your faith before your mind?\
37	\
38	Know me...\
39	\
40	Am I...\
41	\
42	The Doctor?
43	* Don't you think the bad guys are no good at it, either. 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?
44	-->'''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.
45	** You can see him being affected by it, then resisting. In the end, he isn't able to defeat it on his own with sheer willpower, but every time it looks like it will overpower him, he is able to get back to his feet. He is able to shut down the machinery it was attached to, and, when that doesn't stop it, leave the room and bar the door. While it's a rare moment we see the Master in a great deal of distress, again, this thing was able to put the Doctor out of action in minutes, and leave anyone else dead in seconds. The Master is able to fight back, tell this thing ''exactly'' who it's dealing with, and then back up every word.
46	* The Dalek leader at the very end of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks "Genesis Of The Daleks"]] after killing Davros:
47	-->[[AC:We are entombed, but we live on. This is only the beginning. We will prepare, we will grow stronger. When the time is right, we will emerge and take our rightful place as the supreme power of the ''univeeeeerrrrssseeee!'']]
48	* The Fourth Doctor, from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E3PyramidsOfMars "Pyramids of Mars"]]:
49	-->"I am a Time Lord. I am not a human being. I walk in eternity."
50	* 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:
51	-->"When we are both in the Great Hereafter, I will hunt you down, Bent-Face! And put you through my agonies a thousand times!"
52	* 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.)
53	* One from the Fourth Doctor, in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E4StateOfDecay "State of Decay"]]:
54	-->'''Aukon:''' You will all serve the Great One, Doctor, one way or another. If you do not join us you will feed him with your blood.\
55	'''The Doctor:''' No. [[TakeAThirdOption There is a third choice]].\
56	'''Aukon:''' What is that?\
57	'''The Doctor:''' I can ''destroy'' the Great One.
58	* Davros ''tries'' in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks "Remembrance of the Daleks"]]:
59	-->'''Davros:''' We shall become all–\
60	'''The Doctor:''' –Powerful! Crush the lesser races! Conquer the galaxy! Unimaginable Power! [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking UNLIMITED RICE PUDDING!]] Et cetera! Et cetera!
61
62	!!Expanded Universe
63	* The Fifth Doctor of all incarnations gets one in the audio adventure "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho020LoupsGaroux Loups-Garoux]]", and he delivers it to a frighteningly strong werewolf of all people:
64	-->'''The Doctor:''' Pieter Stubbe!\
65	'''Stubbe:''' Huh?\
66	'''Ileana:''' Doctor?\
67	'''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 slime you crawled out of!\
68	'''Hayashi:''' Doctor, you are such a fool!\
69	'''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!\
70	'''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!
71	* The Eighth Doctor in the [[AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho audio adventure]] "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoNEDAS1E5Phobos Phobos]]":
72	-->"Was that supposed to frighten me? I've seen entire species destroyed, civilisations left in ruins. I've witnessed solar systems vanish in the twinkling of an eye. I've seen things that would freeze your blood. So don't threaten me. Don't ''ever'' threaten me."
73	* Also from the Eighth Doctor, in the Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures novel ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresTheDyingDays The Dying Days]]'': "I am the man that gives monsters nightmares. The Daleks call me the Bringer of Darkness. I am the Eighth Man Bound. I am the Champion of Life and Time. I'm the guy with two hearts. I make History better. I am the Doctor."
74	* The Seventh Doctor has an absolutely chilling one in the audio adventure "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho181Afterlife Afterlife]]":
75	-->'''The Doctor:''' ''Fear me.''\
76	'''Koloon:''' Wha… what?\
77	'''The Doctor:''' Tell this to your gods, when they punish you, when they stretch you on the neutron rack: I'm ''still'' here.\
78	'''Koloon:''' But you...?! You're one... little... man!\
79	'''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.
80	* Another for the Seventh Doctor, from "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho013TheShadowOfTheScourge The Shadow of the Scourge]]:"
81	-->'''The Doctor:''' You said you read many texts concerning me, that the central feature of them was my desire for freedom. Surely you noticed something else?\
82	'''The Scourge Leader:''' '''What?'''\
83	'''The Doctor:''' That I always beat the monsters.\
84	'''Ace:''' He does, too.\
85	'''Bernice Summerfield:''' Even when they're inside his head.\
86	'''The Doctor:''' And now... here I am, [[NearVillainVictory just when you've got victory in your grasp]], wandering in front of you without a care in the universe. Obviously, I have something up my sleeve. Obviously, you're unaware of [[TheChessmaster the trap I've lured you into]]. I'm what monsters like you are afraid of. So tell me... ''[[HorrifyingTheHorror are you getting scared yet?]]''
87	* And (goodness, there's a lot, aren't there?) from the audio "WebAnimation/DeathComesToTime", a commander gives orders to his men about a battle they all know they're going to lose.
88	-->"Resist the Canisians. Breathe harder to starve them of air, and as they kill you bleed on their boots. Offer them no compliance, no words, no recognition of existence."
89
90	!!New Series
91	* [[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.
92	-->[[AC:'''Dalek:''' The Daleks survive in ''me!'']]
93	* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E12BadWolf "Bad Wolf"]]: In the last scene:
94	-->'''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!\
95	[[AC:'''Dalek 1:''' But you have no weapons! No defenses! No ''plan!'']]
96	-->'''The Doctor:''' Yeah! And doesn't that scare you to death? Rose?\
97	'''Rose:''' Yes, Doctor?\
98	'''The Doctor:''' I'm coming to get you.
99	* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays "The Parting of the Ways"]]:
100	** The Ninth Doctor:
101	--->"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 me?"
102	** '''[[spoiler:Rose]]''' gets one when [[spoiler:she absorbs the Time Vortex and returns to rescue the Doctor:]]
103	--->'''[[spoiler:Rose]]:''' I looked into the TARDIS and the TARDIS looked into me. I am the Bad Wolf. [[StableTimeLoop 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.\
104	[[AC:'''[[spoiler:Dalek Emperor]]:''' You cannot hurt me, I am ''immortal!'']]
105	--->'''[[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.
106	* [[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:
107	-->'''Harriet:''' There's an act of Parliament banning my autobiography.
108	* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E4TheGirlInTheFireplace "The Girl in the Fireplace"]]:
109	** When the Doctor meets seven-year-old Reinette:
110	--->'''The Doctor:''' ''[whilst chasing a clockwork robot]'' Even monsters have nightmares!\
111	'''Reinette:''' What can monsters have nightmares about?!\
112	'''The Doctor:''' ''[as he chases it back through the fireplace]'' ME!
113	** Later subverted 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.
114	--->'''Rose:''' Oh, ''look'' what the cat dragged in. The Oncoming Storm.\
115	'''The Doctor:''' You sound just like your mother!
116	* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E6TheAgeOfSteel "The Age of Steel"]] has the Doctor give a casual BlaseBoast, regarding his MartialPacifist nature:
117	-->"Talk about executions, you'll make me your enemy. And take some really good advice, you don't wanna do that."
118	* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E9TheSatanPit "The Satan Pit"]]:
119	** Courtesy of [[{{Satan}} the Beast]]:
120	--->[[AC:"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!''"]]
121	** And the badass retort:
122	--->'''Rose:''' [[PreAssKickingOneLiner Go to hell!]]
123	** The Beast is quite fond of these.
124	--->[[AC:'''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.]]
125	* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E13Doomsday "Doomsday"]]:
126	** Nearly everything the Daleks say for the Villain to Hero variety. Or in this case, Villain to Villain:
127	--->[[AC:'''Cyber Leader:''' Daleks, be warned. You have declared war upon the Cybermen.\
128	'''Dalek Sec:''' This is not war — [[CurbStompBattle THIS IS PEST CONTROL!]]\
129	'''Cyber Leader:''' We have five million Cybermen. How many are you?\
130	'''Dalek Sec:''' Four.\
131	'''Cyber Leader:''' You would destroy the Cybermen with four Daleks?\
132	'''Dalek Sec:''' WE WOULD DESTROY THE CYBERMEN WITH ''ONE'' DALEK! You are superior in only ''one'' respect.\
133	'''Cyber Leader:''' What is that?\
134	'''Dalek Sec:''' You are ''better'' at ''dying!'']]
135	*** 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.
136	** After the Daleks and Cybermen verbally joust, 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.
137	--->'''Rose:''' Five million Cybermen, easy. One Doctor? ''Now'' you're scared.
138	** 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):
139	--->'''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!''\
140	[[AC:'''Dalek Sec:''' YOU WILL BE ''EXTERMINATED!!'']]
141	* [[Recap/DoctorWho2006CSTheRunawayBride "The Runaway Bride"]]: The Doctor clarifies things to the Racnoss Empress regarding where he's ''really'' from:
142	-->"Oh, but I'm not from Mars. My home is far away and long since gone. But its name lives on. ''Gallifrey.''"
143	* [[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."
144	* [[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?"
145	** Parodied in [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor "The Day of the Doctor"]], where the Doctor delivers almost exactly that speech... to a rabbit. ItMakesSenseInContext.
146	* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E2TheFiresOfPompeii "The Fires of Pompeii"]]: One is made on behalf of the Doctor by a semi-delirious Evelina, when it turns out the abilities of the seers of Pompeii are genuine.
147	-->"Even the word 'Doctor' is false. Your real name burns in the stars, hidden in the cascade of Medusa herself. You are a lord, sir. A Lord of Time."
148	* [[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![='=]''"
149	* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E9ForestOfTheDead "Forest of the Dead"]]:
150	** River gives one for the Doctor, when asked who he is and why the others should trust him:
151	--->'''River:''' The only story you'll ever tell... ''if'' you survive him.
152	** 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:
153	--->"Don't play games with me! You just killed someone I liked, that is not a safe place to stand! I'm the Doctor, and you're in the biggest library in the universe. ''Look me up.''"
154	*** For added context, the villains, the Vashta Narada, have up to that point mostly regarded him with vague indifference and as just something else to eat. They have also just pissed him off by eating someone he liked, using her [[PeoplePuppets blacked out spacesuit as a puppet]] through which to move around and [[DeadPersonImpersonation pretend to be her]], then talk straight to him. After looking him up, that attitude changes ''very'' quickly.
155	* After the Doctor defeats the [[HumongousMecha Cyber-King]] in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E14TheNextDoctor The Next Doctor]]" and teleports the wreckage harmlessly away into the Time Vortex (instead of having it smash into London), Jackson Lake (who previously [[spoiler:thought that ''he'' was the Doctor]]) gives a triumphant speech on the Doctor's behalf to the onlookers who watched the machine's defeat:
156	-->''"Ladies and gentlemen, I know that man! That Doctor on high, and I know, that he has done this deed a thousand times. But not once, no sir, not once, not ''ever,'' has he ever been thanked. But no more. For I say to you on this ''Christmas morn,'' BRAVO, SIR! BRAVO!"''
157	* A quieter variation takes place in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E15PlanetOfTheDead Planet of the Dead]]", where the Doctor calms down the passengers of a bus trapped on a distant planet after their bus driver died trying to pass through a wormhole, by reminding them of their lives back on Earth. This time around he's more able to keep his promise:
158	-->''"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."''
159	* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour "The Eleventh Hour"]]:
160	-->'''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]'' '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.''
161	* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E2TheBeastBelow "The Beast Below"]]: After going GunsAkimbo on some hostile robots, Liz 10 tells it like it is:
162	-->"I'm the bloody Queen, mate! Basically, I rule."
163	* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E3VictoryOfTheDaleks "Victory of the Daleks"]]:
164	** Upon stepping out of the TARDIS, to be confronted by a squadron of armed guards pointing guns at him, Churchill demands the TARDIS key. The Doctor casually refuses.
165	--->'''Churchill:''' Must I take it by force?\
166	'''The Doctor:''' I'd like to see you try.
167	** While the Doctor probably knows Churchill isn't actually going to have him shot, it's still played straight for the complete nonchalance the Doctor displays facing a group of armed men. Later, he gets one completely straight against the Daleks:
168	--->'''The Doctor:''' ''You! Are! My! Enemy!'' And I am yours! You are everything I despise, the worst thing in all of creation. I defeated you time and time again, I defeated you. I sent you back to the Void, I saved the whole of reality from you. I am the Doctor, and you are the Daleks!
169	* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E4TheTimeOfAngels "The Time of Angels"]]:
170	** Given by River on behalf of the Doctor:
171	--->'''Octavian:''' Doctor Song, you promised me an army.\
172	'''River:''' No, I promised you the ''equivalent'' of an army. This is [[OneManArmy the Doctor]].
173	** Another takes place at the end of the episode:
174	--->'''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.\
175	'''[[MouthOfSauron Angel Bob]]:''' What's that, sir?\
176	'''The Doctor:''' '''''Me.'''''
177	* The Doctor's ''timing'' for these is sometimes less than stellar. In addition to a couple mentioned earlier where he failed to make good on them, there's [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E11TheLodger "The Lodger"]], where he hears somebody mention annihilating their enemies and immediately launches into one of his Oncoming Storm speeches about how he won't allow annihilation on his watch, only to belatedly realize they were talking about football.
178	* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E12ThePandoricaOpens "The Pandorica Opens"]]:
179	** Early in the episode, the Doctor makes a completely unintentional Badass 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):
180	--->'''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.
181	** We have this speech, delivered to a swarm of hostile spaceships containing every single one of the Doctor's many enemies above Stonehenge.
182	--->'''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. [[VictoryThroughIntimidation Let somebody else try first.]] ''[cue shot of spaceships flying away]''
183	*** What makes this Badass Boast pure Doctor? He opens his speech by dropping the microphone and then apologizing.
184	* [[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''.
185	-->'''Amy:''' What happened to the Dalek?\
186	'''River:''' [[BondOneLiner It died.]]
187	* [[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."
188	* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E2DayOfTheMoon "Day of the Moon"]]: When the Doctor defeats the Silence:
189	-->'''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!
190	* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E4TheDoctorsWife "The Doctor's Wife"]]:
191	-->'''House:''' Fear me, Doctor. I've killed hundreds of Time Lords.\
192	'''The Doctor:''' Fear ''me''. [[spoiler:I've killed ''all of them''.]]
193	* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar "A Good Man Goes to War"]]:
194	** Amy gets to BadassBoast on behalf of her husband Rory:
195	--->'''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.
196	*** Made even better because until the last two words, it sounds like she might be talking about the Doctor. And the Doctor does have a name. It's just that nobody save River and probably the Master knows it.
197	** 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.
198	--->'''Madame Kovarian:''' The anger of a good man is not a problem. Good men have too many rules.\
199	'''The Doctor:''' Good men don't need rules. Today is not the day to find out why I have ''so many.''
200	* From [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E7TheRingsOfAkhaten "The Rings of Akhaten"]], to a so-called god which feeds off of psychic imprints:
201	-->'''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!''
202	** Given that the Doctor later chants "home again, home again, jiggety-jig", the ''Film/BladeRunner'' reference was probably deliberate.
203	* [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor "The Day of the Doctor"]]:
204	** Kate [[LegacyCharacter Lethbridge-Stewart]] gets in a good one:
205	--->'''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.\
206	''[[[spoiler:Zygon!Kate's]] eyes [[OhCrap widen in fear]][=]=]''
207	** Another:
208	--->'''War Doctor:''' There's still a billion billion Daleks up there attacking.\
209	'''Eleventh Doctor:''' Yeah, there is! There is!\
210	'''Tenth Doctor:''' ...but, there's something those billion billion Daleks don't know.\
211	'''Eleventh Doctor:''' ...because if they did, they'd probably send for reinforcements.\
212	'''Clara:''' What? What don't they know?\
213	'''Eleventh Doctor:''' This time there's three of us.
214	** 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 population, [[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:
215	--->'''Eleventh Doctor:''' Because the alternative is [[EarthShatteringKaboom burning]]...\
216	'''Tenth Doctor:''' ...and [[HeroicBSOD I've seen]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone that]]...\
217	'''Eleventh Doctor:''' ...and [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight I never want to see it again!]]
218	* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E8MummyOnTheOrientExpress "Mummy on the Orient Express"]]:
219	-->"One minute with me and this thing would be ''over''."
220	** He succeeds.
221	* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E9Flatline "Flatline"]]:
222	-->'''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!
223	* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E1TheMagiciansApprentice "The Magician's Apprentice"]]:
224	-->'''Colony Sarff:''' Where is the Doctor? \
225	'''Ohila:''' Where he always is. Right behind you, and one step ahead. Tread carefully when you seek the Doctor, Colony Sarff, or he will be the last thing you find.
226	* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E2TheWitchsFamiliar "The Witch's Familiar"]]:
227	** 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 the following.
228	--->"Admit it: you've all had this exact nightmare."
229	** Another line from the same episode:
230	--->'''The Doctor:''' Ask me what I want.\
231	'''Supreme Dalek:''' [[AC:Irrelevant. You will not prevail. You ''will'' not succeed.]]\
232	'''The Doctor:''' [[TranquilFury I've been at the heart of your empire for forty-two minutes, and I own it, and I haven't even got out of my chair.]] ''Ask me what I want!''\
233	'''Supreme Dalek:''' [[AC:...What do you want?]]
234	* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E5TheGirlWhoDied "The Girl Who Died"]]: After the Twelfth Doctor remembers where he got his face from:
235	-->'''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!
236	* [[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.
237	** 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:
238	--->'''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.
239	* He gets one made about him in the following episode, [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E12HellBent "Hell Bent"]]:
240	-->'''Gastron:''' The first thing you notice about the Doctor of War is that he's unarmed. For many, it's also the last.
241	* In [[Recap/DoctorWho2016CSTheReturnOfDoctorMysterio "The Return of Doctor Mysterio"]], he uses one of these as an introduction:
242	-->'''Brock:''' Who are you?\
243	'''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.
244	* And in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E6Extremis "Extremis"]], the Doctor [[BewareTheQuietOnes quietly]] shows that he is ''really'' not to be messed with:
245	-->'''The Doctor:''' Do me a favour. The Fatality Index. Look up "[[RedBaron The Doctor]]"...\
246	'''Executioner:''' You have an entry, like any other sentient being.\
247	'''The Doctor:''' ...under cause of death.\
248	'''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?\
249	'''The Doctor:''' [[DoesNotLikeGuns Always.]]\
250	'''Executioner:''' ''[device is now emitting a high pitched whine as it counts higher]'' You stand alone.\
251	'''The Doctor:''' [[OneManArmy Often.]]\
252	'''Executioner:''' ''[angrily]'' You're the one who should be afraid.\
253	'''The Doctor:''' [[NervesOfSteel Never.]]\
254	'''Executioner:''' ''[leaving; results are ''still'' coming]'' [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere Have a nice day, then.]]
255	* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E7ThePyramidAtTheEndOfTheWorld "The Pyramid at the End of the World"]]:
256	-->'''Monk:''' Without our help, planet Earth is doomed.\
257	'''Twelfth Doctor:''' Yeah? Well, it's been doomed before. Guess what happened? ''Me.''
258	* Naturally, that incarnation of the Doctor gets to go out with a pretty good one in [[Recap/DoctorWho2017CSTwiceUponATime "Twice Upon a Time"]]:
259	-->'''Twelfth Doctor:''' Here's what's going to happen. First, I'm going to escape. You, with me. \
260	'''Glass Woman:''' Escape is not possible.\
261	'''Twelfth Doctor:''' It is possible, and it is happening, and I'm taking Bill and the Captain with me. \
262	'''Glass Woman:''' Escape is not possible.\
263	'''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! \
264	'''First Doctor:''' Who the hell do you think you are?\
265	'''Twelfth Doctor:''' The Doctor.
266	** Which says it all, really.
267	* [[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]]..."
268	* The Thirteenth Doctor gets another one, unusually regarding her GadgeteerGenius status, in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E3Orphan55 "Orphan 55"]]:
269	-->'''Kane:''' You can't build an ionic membrane from scratch.
270	-->'''The Doctor:''' If I had crayons and half a can of Spam, I could build you from scratch!
271	* Thirteen does a twofer in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E10TheTimelessChildren "The Timeless Children"]] where she gives the Master a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech by performing a BadassBoast about herself:
272	-->'''The Doctor:''' You think that makes me lesser? It makes me more. I contain multitudes more than I ever thought, or knew. You want me to be scared of it because you’re scared of everything.

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