Quotes / Aliens in Cardiff

Joyce: Why Canada?
Head Alien: I figgered "Who'd fucking notice?" Goddamn was I right.

— It's Walky!

"This sort of thing just doesn't happen! Not in Cardiff!"

—PC Andy, Torchwood, "End of Days"

Rhys: What, exactly, do I need protecting from?
Gwen: I catch aliens!
Rhys: Piss off! [...] Aliens. In Cardiff?!

— Torchwood, "Meat"

I saw the fall of Troy. World War V. I pushed boxes at the Boston Tea Party. Now I'm going to die in a dungeon. [makes a face] In Cardiff.

— The Doctor, Doctor Who, "The Unquiet Dead"

The Doctor: Cardiff!
Martha: Cardiff?

— Doctor Who, "Utopia"

Ryan: She thinks that thing is an alien.
Graham: Don't be daft. There's no such thing as aliens! Anyway, even if they was, they ain't gonna be on a train in Sheffield.
The Doctor: Why not? I'm alien, and I'm here.

— Doctor Who, "The Woman Who Fell to Earth"

"The Martians landed at around 4am in Bracknell, went 'Er...' and left again."

— Hugh Dennis does "Unlikely lines from a disaster movie", Mock the Week

"Shortly thereafter the instructions came through - 'Get the fuck out of London, you dumb fucks. Get to Bruges.' I didn't even know where Bruges fucking was. (beat) It's in Belgium."

— Ray, In Bruges

“In popular fiction when they’re choosing a place to destroy they’re looking for something iconic, or at the very least, a place that people recognize. That’s why you get New York destroyed all the time, or Washington, or monuments. It says something about Edmonton, that we’ve been chosen to be wrecked.”

— The Metro Edmonton on Episode 24 of Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans.

Tom Servo: I thought giant monsters came from Japan, not Denmark!

Jonah: Well, Asia clearly has the most monster credibility, but there's a beautifully diverse array of global monsters all over the planet!

— Mystery Science Theater 3000, Reptilicus

Kitten: So, not to disturb the discourse, but...You're at "war" with this "Anarchy Barony" over the district of North Norfolk?

Pyotr: On the small scale. That, and Great Yarmouth.

Kitten: Oh, I fucking hate Yarmouth.

Pyotr: Hah! I get it, it's pretty sad.

Hunter: The Parenting

Gaaji: Are you an alien?
Girl: I really can't say. I was born here, but my roots are in outer space.
Vasanth: No way! Not a chance!
Girl: Why? Do you think aliens only visit America?

— Super Deluxe

"And here in Washington, the capitol is stunned by the macabre situation. There is no panic, just paralysis, as the most powerful nation on Earth is humbled by five men in a space cylinder hurtling toward the approximate vicinity of Houston, Texas."

— Newsreader, Mars Needs Women

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