History Funny / DoctorWhoSeries3

* "Judoon platoon upon the Moon." Just sounds like a pun? Davies threw that line in because Tennant is Scottish, [[OohMeAccentsSlipping just to make him say as many "oo" sounds as possible.]]

* This rambling attempt at a cover story before Florence:

-->'''Martha Jones:''' I'm not going to get carted off as a slave, am I?\\

'''Martha Jones:''' Not exactly white, in case you haven't noticed.\\

-->"Don't they ''teach'' recreational mathematics anymore?"

'''The Master:''' ''[stands up]'' No. No. ''That'' wasn't funny. ''[beat]'' Hmmm, you see, I'm not making myself very clear. "Funny" is like this. ''[exaggerates a grin]'' Not funny is like this. ''[exaggerates a frowny face]'' And right now, I'm not like ''[grins]'', I'm like ''[frowns]'', because you are ''traitors''. YES, YOU ARE!! As soon as you saw the votes swinging ''my'' way, you abandoned your parties and you jumped on the Saxon bandwagon! So! ''[sits down]'' '''This''' is [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves your reward]]! ''[The Master sits down and puts on a facial gas mask]''\\

'''The Master:''' ''[lifts gas mask up]'' It's a gas mask. ''[He smiles pleasantly, chuckles, and lowers it back over his face]''\\

''[With the biggest grin imaginable through the mask, the Master [[InsultBackfire gives Albert two thumbs up]] while appearing to say "Yoouuu ''got it!''". Then Albert falls face-forward onto the table, dead, and the Master begins tapping the drumbeat on the table]''

** The Master has watched the Clangers before. The Doctor has a hobby in saving the world. Apparently the Master has a hobby of watching children's television shows...

** Even better, someone modified the audio channel the song played over, revealing that John Simm ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG0CguBxx1g was actually singing along the entire time.]]''

* Donna's hamminess when she is mysteriously abducted into the TARDIS. The Doctor is trying to understand that part, and forgetting the part about her being snatched from her wedding. Especially when she accuses the Doctor of abducting other women upon finding Rose's blouse.

* The episode contains one of the most glorious examples of a subtle BrickJoke ever. Towards the beginning, we get a scene where Martha is walking in a crowd, and then (in their first meeting through the viewer's eyes) the Doctor comes out in front of her, takes off his tie and waves it at her while saying, "Like so! See?" It's completely bizarre and when Martha and the other medical students are doing the rounds, they find the Doctor posing as a patient. Martha asks him about their encounter that morning, and the Doctor denies that it was him as he has been in bed all morning. Much later, at the end of the episode, the Doctor mentions that he can travel through time, and Martha asks him to prove it. He goes into the TARDIS, and when he returns, he's holding his tie in his hand with a grin on his face! "Told ya."
* It features Florence Finnegan, a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Plasmavore]] who drinks her victims' blood ''through a bendy straw!'' When that wasn't busy being scary. But it's the fact she uses a straw instead of biting on her victim's neck that sells it.

* This rambling attempt at a cover story:

'''The Doctor:''' I'm not even human. Just walk about like you own the place. Works for me. Besides, you'd be surprised. Elizabethan England, not so different from your time. Look... ''[points to a man who is shovelling dung into a bucket]'' they have recycling. ''[they pass men standing around a barrel of water]'' Water cooler moments...\\

'''Donna:''' ''[pan to her lying flat on the ground]'' ''Thanks''...for ''nothing!''

* In the sewers, Daleks Thay and Caan have a discussion about their doubts regarding Sec's new orders. Before, though, Caan decides to rotate his eyestalk around to make sure no one can hear them.

'''The Doctor:''' Oh... 57 academics [[IKnewIt just punched the air...]]

'''Donna:''' ''[pan to her lying flat on the ground]'' ''Thanks'' for ''nothing!''

* The Doctor getting slapped by Donna in her first appearance. Repeatedly. Along with the Doctor squealing, "WHAT WAS ''THAT'' FOR?!" and "WHAT DID I DO ''THIS'' TIME?!"

* The Master beings a bout of EvilGloating only to be distracted by himself:

* "Judoon platoon on the Moon." Just sounds like a pun? Davies threw that line in because Tennant is Scottish, [[OohMeAccentsSlipping just to make him say as many "oo" sounds as possible.]]

** It's the Doctor - he probably ''did'' fail the GCSE for Magnetics on Gallifrey!

-->'''Martha Jones:''' I'm not going to get carted off as a slave, am I? \\
'''The Doctor:''' Why would they do that? \\
'''Martha Jones:''' Not exactly white, in case you haven't noticed. \\

* After watching ''Theatre/LovesLaboursLost'', Martha wants to see the legendary Bard so she shouts "Author!" Then she stops and asks if people in this time period do that. Then someone else copies her, and soon the whole theatre is shouting it.

** The Master has watched the Clangers before. The Doctor has a hobby in saving the world. Apparently The Master has a hobby of watching children's television shows...

* Just about any time the Master speaks to President Winters is entertaining. The Master's trying to be as deliberately annoying as he can possibly be - as it's the Master, this is ''not'' hard.

* Jack ''has a whole entire ring of keys'' and has to hand one to the Doctor. Cue Jack struggling to get the key off and the Doctor looking impatient!
* The Doctor mentions that the Master has become Prime Minister. The Master's reply is an ''extremely'' excited ''"I KNOW!"'' as if he can't believe it himself...
* The Master has ''a lot of sadistically gleeful fun at constantly murdering Jack!'' "And the good thing is, he's not dead for long! '''''I GET TO KILL HIM AGAIN!"'''''

* On finding the huge pit in the floor of the Torchwood lab, Donna's wonders if it's [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} dinosaurs. Living in the centre of the Earth.]]

* During the chase scene, we cut from the Doctor, Martha, and Jack running down an alleyway to televised news reports about the first contact with the Toclafane, first a British newscast, then an American newscast, then a Chinese broadcast, then... the Master watching the ''Series/{{Teletubbies}}''!

* Just about any time the Master speaks to President Winters is entertaining. The Master's trying to be as deliberately annoying as he can possibly be.

* The Doctor getting slapped by Donna in her first appearance. Repeatedly.

''[With the biggest grin imaginable through the mask, the Master [[InsultBackfire gives Albert two thumbs up]] while appearing to say "Yoouuu ''got it!''". Then Alfred falls face-forward onto the table, dead, and the Master begins tapping the drumbeat on the table]''

'''The Master:''' Ooo, sweet! And this species has identified itself. They are called the Toclafane.\\

** Take a guess what John was eating during the original scene.

''[With the biggest grin imaginable through the mask, the Master [[InsultBackfire gives Alfred two thumbs up]] while appearing to say "Yoouuu ''got it!''". Then Alfred falls face-forward onto the table, dead, and the Master begins tapping the drumbeat on the table]''

* After watching ''Theatre/LovesLaboursLost'', Martha wants to see the legendary Bard so she shouts "Author!". Then she stops and asks if people in this time period do that. Then someone else copies her, and soon the whole theatre is shouting it.
-->'''The Doctor:''' They do now.

-->'''Larry:''' Okay, I'm not sure, but I'm really, really hoping... ''[points down]'' Pants?\\

* When Sally wants to know how the Doctor knows what she's saying when he's a recording from [[strike40]] 38 years in the past, the Doctor says "Look to your left," and Sally does to see Larry saying "What does he mean by that? I've been wondering for years." It hasn't yet dawned on him that the Doctor is talking about what he's doing at this very moment.

* When Sally wants to know how the Doctor knows what she's saying when he's a recording from 40 years in the past, the Doctor says "Look to your left," and Sally does to see Larry saying "What does he mean by that? I've been wondering for years." It hasn't yet dawned on him that the Doctor is talking about what he's doing at this very moment.

* Donna's hamminess when she mysteriously is abducted into the TARDIS. The Doctor is trying to understand that part, and forgetting the part about her being snatched from her wedding. Especially when she accuses the Doctor of abducting other women upon finding Rose's blouse.

* The Doctor trying to convince Donna to jump out of a moving cab into the TARDIS

'''Donna:''' This friend of yours, just before she left, did she punch you in the face? ''[slaps away the screwdriver]'' Stop ''bleeping'' me!

'''The Doctor:''' That's not helping.

-->'''The Doctor:''' But isn't that a, err, um, magnetic resonance imaging... thing? Like a err, err... ginormous sort of a magnet? I did magnetics for GCSE. Well, I failed, but all the same--\\

* After watching ''Love's Labour's Lost'', Martha wants to see the legendary Bard so she shouts "Author!". Then she stops and asks if people in this time period do that. Then someone else copies her and soon the whole theatre is shouting it.

'''Shakespeare:''' Ah, she's royal -- that's God's business. Though ''you'' are a royal beauty.\\
'''Martha:''' Whoa, Nelly! I know for a fact you've got a wife in the country.\\

** Then, when he recognises Novice Hame from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E1NewEarth "New Earth"]] and hugs her -- before remembering that, "Last time we met you were breeding humans for experimentation!"

* The Doctor drops Martha off at her apartment, they see Lazarus' announcement on TV, he leaves -- and then he comes right back, sticks his head out of the TARDIS door and says:
--->"No, I'm sorry, did he just say he was going to ''change what it means to be human''?"

* As Joan keeps dropping hints to John (a.k.a. the Doctor) that she wishes him to ask her to the local dance. John catches on, but gets so tongue-tied he can't string two words together, then come the stairs...

* When Sally wants to know how the Doctor knows what she's saying when he's a recording from 40 years in the past, the Doctor says look to the left and Sally does, she sees Larry saying "What does he mean by that? I've been wondering for years." It hasn't yet dawned on him that the Doctor is talking about what he's doing this very moment.

'''Albert Dumfries, MP:''' Uh, very funny, sir. But if we could get down to business, there is the matter of policy, of which we have very little--\\

-->'''The Master:''' Have you seen these things? This planet's amazing. Television in their ''stomach''! Now ''that'' is evolution.

--> '''President Winters:''' First Contact policy was decided by the Security Council in 1968, and you've just gone and ignored it.
--> '''Prime Minister Saxon:''' Well, you know how it is: new job, all that paperwork. I ''think'' it's down the back of the settee. I did have a quick look: I found a pen, a sweet, a bus ticket and uh, have you met the wife?

---> '''Martha:''' Yeah! And then I can get [[https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sectioned sectioned!]]
* The [[Recap/DoctorWho2007CSVoyageOfTheDamned "Voyage of the Damned"]] stinger at the end: the Doctor's multiple FlatWhat reaction to 1) hearing a blaring sea ship horn, 2) feeling the TARDIS quake and chunks of its interior flying off, 3) finding a life preserver in front of the control center, and 4) looking up to see the stern of a huge ship poking through the hull of the TARDIS, casually backing away like the captain said "Oops, sorry!"

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNV2EEz_DUA HERE. COME. THE. DRUMS.]] Simultaneously a MomentOfAwesome AND a {{Funny Moment|s}}. (Bonus points for Lucy Saxon's awkward bopping along to the music.)

-->'''The Doctor:''' We don't have much time to chat, you know, been... [[InnocentInnuendo busy]{...\\

-->'''The Doctor:''' ''[quietly]'' I'm not, I'm not . . . I'm not from Mars . . .

'''The Doctor:''' ''[starts scanning Donna with the sonic screwdriver]'' Weird . . . I mean, you're not special, you're not powerful, you're not connected, you're not clever, you're not important . . .\\
'''Donna:''' This friend of yours . . . just before she left, did she punch you in the face? ''[slaps away the screwdriver]'' Stop bleeping me!

'''Empress:''' ''[annoyed]'' '''YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY "I DO"!!!!!'''

-->'''The Doctor:''' Oh! Sorry . . .\\

-->'''The Doctor:''' Ow, ow, itchy, itchy, itchy . . . ''[shakes foot wildly, hopping around on one foot, before pulling his shoe off and binning it triumphantly]''\\

'''The Doctor:''' You're right. I look daft with one shoe. ''[pulls other shoe off and drops it in the bin too]'' Barefoot on the Moon!

-->'''The Doctor:''' But isn't that a, err, um, magnetic resonance imaging . . . thing? Like a err, err . . . ginormous sort of a magnet? I did magnetics for GCSE. Well, I failed, but all the same--\\

** And later in the same conversation . . .

* The companions have officially become predictable. When Martha exclaims that the TARDIS is "bigger on the inside", the Doctor is ''mouthing along with her''.

'''The Doctor:''' I'm not even human. Just walk about like you own the place. Works for me. Besides, you'd be surprised. Elizabethan England, not so different from your time. Look . . . ''[points to a man who is shovelling dung into a bucket]'' they have recycling. ''[they pass men standing around a barrel of water]'' Water cooler moments . . .\\

'''Street Preacher:''' . . . and the Earth will be consumed by flames!\\

** Later on . . .

--->'''The Doctor:''' He's ''the'' genius, the most human human who's ever been. Always, he chooses the best words, the most beautiful, perfect words . . .\\

'''Martha:''' You should never meet your heroes.

-->'''Shakespeare:''' So tell me of Freedonia, where women can be doctors, writers, actors . . .\\

'''The Doctor:''' Oh . . . 57 academics [[IKnewIt just punched the air . . .]]

-->'''The Doctor:''' We don't have much time to chat, you know, been . . . busy . . .\\

'''The Doctor:''' ''[awkwardly]'' Oh . . . y’know . . . stuff.

* As Joan keeps dropping hints to John (a.k.a. the Doctor) that she wishes him to ask her to the local dance. John catches on, but gets so tongue-tied he can't string two words together, then come the stairs . . .

-->'''The Doctor:''' ''[entirely deadpan]'' And five! Very important, five: Don't let me eat ''pears''. I ''hate'' pears. John Smith is a character I made up, but I won't know that. I'll think I am him, and he might do something stupid like eat a pear. In three months, I don't want to wake up from being human and taste that. And six: Now I have to talk for around about a minute without hesitation, deviation, or whatever the other thing is. It's like that panel game on Channel 4 like [[NamesTheSame Rory]] just pointed out. However, I'm going to move on and say number seven, and talk about my other favorite band, which is The Housemartins. I don't know if anyone remembers The Housemartins, but the best gig I ever went to was at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in about December. It must have been 1990, and The Housemartins were playing, and it was quite simply the best gig I've ever been to. They split up quite soon afterwords, I don't know what that tells you about that particular event. I'm sitting in the TARDIS now, and I'm gonna wind up soon, but not before I make a few strange noises with my mouth that will go somewhere along the lines of bingle bongle dingle dangle yikkety-doo yikkety-daa ping pong lippy tappy too tah.

'''Sally:''' No . . .

* Similar to the "ding when there's stuff" example, there's "People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey... stuff."
* "This is my [[TimeyWimeyBall timey-wimey]] detector. Goes 'ding' when there's stuff. Also, it can boil an egg at 30 paces, whether you want it to or not, actually, so I've learned to stay away from hens. It's not pretty when they blow."

'''The Doctor:''' I suppose . . . we have to hope. Life will find a way.\\
'''Jack:''' Well . . . ''[points]'' he's not doin' too bad.\\

'''Yana:''' Oh, a hermit. With friends . . . ?\\
'''The Doctor:''' Hermits United. We meet up every ten years. Swap stories about . . . caves. It's good fun. For a hermit.

-->'''The Master:''' Now, then, Doctor! Oooh, new voice. Hello, hellooo, helllloooo! Anyway . . . why don't we sit down and have a nice little chat where I can tell you all my plans and you can work out a way to stop me, I ''don't'' think!

'''The Master:''' A glorious day! Downing Street rebuilt! The cabinet in session! Let the work of government . . . begin.\\

'''The Master:''' No-no-no-no-no. Before we start all that, I just wanted to say . . . thank you. Thank you, one and all, you ugly, fat-faced bunch of wet, snivelling ''traitors''.\\
'''Albert:''' Yes, quite. Very funny, but I think . . .\\
'''The Master:''' ''[stands up]'' No. No. ''That'' wasn't funny. ''[beat]'' Hmmm, you see, I'm not making myself very clear. "Funny" is like this. ''[exaggerates a grin]'' Not funny is like this. ''[exaggerates a frowny face]'' And right now, I'm not like ''[grins]'', I'm like ''[frowns]'', because you are ''traitors''. YES, YOU ARE!! As soon as you saw the votes swinging ''my'' way, you abandoned your parties and you jumped on the Saxon bandwagon! So! ''[sits down]'' '''This''' is your reward! ''[The Master sits down and puts on a facial gas mask]''\\

''[the speakers on the two table phones pop up and spray toxic gas into the room; all of the ministers begin choking on the fumes]''\\

'''The Doctor:''' ''[watching the broadcast]'' What?\\

'''The Doctor:''' OUT! ''[they manage to escape outside before the bomb destroys the apartment]''
* During the chase scene, we cut from the Doctor, Martha, and Jack running down an alleyway to televised news reports about the first contact with the Toclafane, first a British newscast, then an American newscast, then a Chinese broadcast, then . . . the Master watching the ''Series/{{Teletubbies}}''!

--->''Tom Milligan:'' Right. Space, got it. Anything else I should know?\\
''Martha:'' I've met Shakespeare.