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9	!![[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E1Rose "Rose"]]
10	* This speech from the Ninth Doctor:
11	-->''"Do you know like we were saying, about the earth revolving? It's like when you're a kid, the first time they tell you that the world is turning and you just can't quite believe it 'cause everything looks like it's standing still. I can feel it--the turn of the earth. The ground beneath our feet is spinning at a thousand miles an hour. The entire planet is hurtling around the sun at sixty seven thousand miles an hour. And I can ''feel'' it. We're falling through space, you and me, clinging to the skin of this tiny little world. And, if we let go... That's who I am. Now forget me, Rose Tyler. Go home."''
12	* Rose freeing the Doctor and stopping the Nestene Consciousness's plans:
13	-->'''Rose:''' ''[hacking at a chain with an axe]'' I've got no A-levels. No job. No future. But I tell you what I have got — Jericho Street Junior School under-7s gymnastic team. ''[grabs the now loose chain]'' I got the bronze! ''[swings across the gap — the Doctor using the distraction to break free — and knocks the Auton holding the anti-plastic into the Nestene consciousness]''
14	* The TARDIS, of course, looks ''fabulous.'' Nine's "grunge phase" suits her quite nicely.
15
16	!![[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E2TheEndOfTheWorld "The End of the World"]]
17	* The Doctor [[TranquilFury effortlessly]] giving Cassandra her just desserts after foiling her plan.
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19	%%!![[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E3TheUnquietDead "The Unquiet Dead"]]
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21	!![[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E4AliensOfLondon "Aliens of London"]]
22	* [[MamaBear Jackie Tyler]] slapping the Doctor and then proceeding to [[WhatTheHellHero tell him off for whisking away her daughter for an entire year to parts unknown.]]
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24	!![[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E5WorldWarThree "World War Three"]]
25	* When the Slitheen were about to go for Rose, Harriet Jones leaps out from her cover yelling "Take me first!" A tremendous show of courage.
26	* She gets another at the end of that episode, when she flat out ''orders'' the Doctor to stop the Slitheen.
27	-->'''Harriet:''' It's not your decision, Doctor. It's mine.
28	* Mickey Smith has an alien creature outside his front door that can rip him to pieces without half trying, only armed with a bat, standing in front of a woman who has spent pretty much all of the last year accusing him of murdering her daughter. What does he say to her?
29	--> '''Mickey:''' I'll take it on, Jackie. You just run. Don't look back. Just run.
30	* The Doctor, Rose and Harriet figuring out the Slitheen's weakness, narrowing it down from 5,000 possible planets and a handful of information: they're creatures made of living calcium. The solution? Vinegar. Jackie sorts through Mickey's kitchen and gathers a cupful of the stuff. As soon as the Slitheen claws through the door, she splashes him in the face without hesitation. What happens next is [[MadeOfExplodium chemistry at its finest.]]
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33	!![[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek "Dalek"]]
34	* Before, Daleks were viewed by fans as big talking trash cans. This is the episode that shows exactly why even a single Dalek is the most feared killing machine in the entire universe.
35	* The lone Dalek:
36	-->'''Simmons:''' [[TemptingFate What are you going to do, sucker me to death?]]\
37	''[The Dalek immediately '''proceeds to do exactly that''' and crushes his skull with its plunger]''[[note]]One wonders if they used that during the Time War on Time Lords? Looks painful...[[/note]]
38	* It might be remembered mostly for being an ass-kicking Juggernaut, but the Dalek also gets to show off its devious side when it plays Rose like a fiddle with a masterfully executed FalseInnocenceTrick.[[note]]That is, if its conversation with Rose before Rose touched it wasn't due to it sincerely believing it was going to die after who knows how long of a torture.[[/note]]
39	* The Dalek [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking breaks its chains, murders a man with its plunger, downloads the entirety of the internet and drains power from the entire west coast of the US to repair itself]]. And THEN screams:
40	-->'''Dalek:''' [[AC:The Daleks survive in MEEEEEEE!]]
41	* The iconic scene where the Dalek kills all the "Daleks cannot handle stairs" jokes with one word:
42	-->'''Dalek:''' [[AC:ELEVATE!]][[note]] They can fly. Daleks can fly![[/note]]
43	* It also managed to do something other Daleks rarely do: stun the Doctor into silence with ''words''. Namely; "You would make a good Dalek." Done as the Doctor is foaming at the mouth and screaming at it to ''DROP DEAD''. And that isn't exaggeration at the scene.
44	* The moment it meets [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Henry van Statten]]. It advances on him, demanding to know why it was tortured:
45	-->'''Dalek:''' ''[advancing towards Van Statten]'' [[AC: Van Stat-ten. You tor-tured me. Why?]]
46	-->'''Van Statten:''' [[VillainsWantMercy I wanted to help you, I just- I don't know, I was trying to help! I thought if we could get through to you, if we could mend you- I wanted you better! I'm sorry, I'm so sorry! I SWEAR,]] ''[[VillainsWantMercy I JUST WANTED YOU TO TALK!]]''
47	-->'''Dalek:''' ''[stops its advance]'' [[AC:Then hear me talk now. EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINAAAAAAATE!]]
48	* "You want orders? [[SuicideDare Follow this one...]]"
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50	!![[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E7TheLongGame "The Long Game"]]
51	* Cathica sabotaging the heating system to destroy the Jagrafess.
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53	%%!![[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E8FathersDay "Father's Day"]]
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55	!![[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E9TheEmptyChild "The Empty Child"]]
56	* A doctor in at least his sixties, being the last person left in Albion Hospital who has not succumbed to the Empty Child virus, Dr Constantine stays there to look after his patients, fully knowing there is absolutely nothing he can do for them and risking almost certain zombification, which happens shortly after he is introduced.
57	-->'''Dr. Constantine:''' Before this war began I was a father and a grandfather. Now I'm neither, but I'm ''still'' a ''doctor''.
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59	!![[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E10TheDoctorDances "The Doctor Dances"]]
60	* Hopelessly outnumbered by a crowd of gas mask zombies all acting like a small child, The Doctor saves himself and his friends with a genius moment of quick-thinking. He tells them one thing: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaQi3J0C4lc Go to your room!]]" Immediately turns into a SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfFunny when he comments that those would have made terrible last words.
61	* The Doctor identifies Jack's weapon:
62	-->'''The Doctor:''' Sonic blaster, 51st Century... weapon factories of Villengard?\
63	'''Jack:''' Yeah. You've been to the factories?\
64	'''The Doctor:''' Once.\
65	'''Jack:''' They're gone now, destroyed. Main reactor went critical. Vaporised the lot.\
66	'''The Doctor:''' [[NoodleIncident Like I said. Once.]]
67	* This:
68	-->'''The Doctor:''' Everybody lives, Rose. Just this once, ''EverybodyLives''!
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70	!![[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E11BoomTown "Boom Town"]]
71	* When the Doctor takes Blon Slitheen out to dinner while the TARDIS refuels, she slips poison into his drink while he's not looking. When he turns back, the first thing he does is switch cups. Then she shoots a poisonous dart out of her finger — only for the Doctor to catch it in mid-air without even looking up from the menu. Then she leans in close, about to breathe poison on him... and he squirts some mouthwash into her mouth.
72	* Blon tries to defend herself by mentioning a time she spared a woman's life because she was pregnant, having a nice chat about family instead. Rather than being impressed, the Doctor gives her a vicious KirkSummation pointing out that sparing one life for arbitrary reasons - she was pregnant, he had freckles, they begged - is just a way for a mass murderer like Blon to justify herself. As long as she spares a person from time to time when the mood strikes, she can still convince herself that she's a good person despite murdering thousands daily.
73	* Mickey gives Rose a WhatTheHellHero when she takes offence at his revealing that he's started going out with another girl. He gets to point out that Rose ''left him for another man,'' albeit not romantically, and he's gone through hell thanks to her travels with the Doctor and her constantly keeping him waiting for her. Rose can say nothing in response.
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75	!![[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E12BadWolf "Bad Wolf"]]
76	* Captain Jack Harkness producing a concealed laser pistol, while completely naked, and destroying the makeover droids.
77	* The Daleks realise they have been discovered and react as you'd expect: shrieking that they've been discovered and planning the murder of the Doctor.
78	* The Daleks have Rose, and have called the Doctor to gloat and demand his surrender. He refuses...
79	-->'''The Doctor:''' No.\
80	''' Dalek:'''[[AC:Explain yourself.]]
81	-->'''The Doctor:''' I said no.\
82	''' Dalek:'''[[AC:What is the meaning of this negative?]]
83	-->'''The Doctor:''' It means no.\
84	'''Dalek:'''[[AC:But she will be destroyed!]]
85	-->'''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!\
86	'''Dalek:'''[[AC:But you have no weapons! No defenses! No plan!]]
87	-->'''The Doctor:''' Yeah! And doesn't that scare you to death? Rose?\
88	'''Rose''': Yes, Doctor?\
89	'''The Doctor''': I'm coming to get you.
90	** It shows how well the Doctor works. He ''knows'' whatever plan he makes is going to go wrong, so he decides "to hell with it" and flies by the seat of his pants.
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92	!![[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays "The Parting of the Ways"]]
93	* The Doctor reintroduces himself to the Daleks:
94	-->'''The Doctor:''' Do you know what they call me in the ancient legends of the Dalek homeworld? ''The Oncoming Storm''. You might have removed all your emotions, but I reckon right down deep in your DNA, there's one little spark left. And that's fear. Doesn't it just ''burn'' when you face me?
95	* Whereas the Tenth Doctor claimed that wielding the power of the Time Vortex would turn a Time Lord into a vengeful god, the Ninth Doctor absorbs all of it to save Rose... and then he ''gives it back''.
96	* Jack, after fighting down to his last bullet, coolly stands and faces a troop of Daleks, holding out his arms ready for the attack:
97	-->'''Dalek:''' [[AC:EXTERMINATE!]]\
98	'''Jack:''' [[FacingTheBulletsOneLiner I kinda figured that]].
99	* When the Daleks breach Level 495, they find the Anne-Droid waiting for them and demand she identify herself. What do they get in response?
100	-->'''Anne-Droid''' "[[AC:You are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.]]" (''zaps three Daleks in rapid succession, disintegrating them'')
101	** Then a fourth Dalek rounds the corner, the Anne-Droid takes aim whilst delivering her signature line............and the Dalek just blows her head off without even speaking. Even though it only delayed them by a few seconds, the Anne-Droid still managed to take out three Daleks in seconds before she went down which is better than most have fared against the murderous pepperpots before or since.
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103	* Rose's speech to Jackie and Mickey back on Earth.
104	-->'''Rose:''' But it was... it was a better life. And I don't mean the travelling, the seeing aliens and spaceships and thing, that don't matter. The Doctor showed me a better way of living your life. You know, he showed you too. That you don't just give up. You don't just let things happen, you make a stand, you say no. You have the guts to do what's right when everyone else just runs away, and I can't!
105	* Just after Mickey's mini car fails to break open the TARDIS, Jackie arrives with a large tow-truck to help.
106	* Rose rips open the TARDIS's console and it takes off; we get a shot of the TARDIS ''spinning faster than ever before'' in the Time Vortex. Apparently, the Doctor is ''not'' kidding when he says the TARDIS can break the time barrier!
107	** Even better - normally when the Doctor pushes the TARDIS too far, she begins sparking and exploding and generally ends up on fire. Apparently ''travelling faster than the Time Barrier itself'' is ''not'' taxing for the TARDIS - this time, she ''wants'' to be flying at that speed, so she's calculated for it, rather than just having the Doctor spring it on her out of nowhere. TheAllegedCar? No. The TARDIS is ancient and battered, but ''works perfectly'' when she desires to.
108	* When Rose becomes [[PhysicalGod the Bad Wolf]].
109	-->"You are ''tiny''. I can see the whole of time and space. Every single atom of your existence. And I divide them."
110	* Rose mentions that if the Daleks fire missiles at the TARDIS, they'll destroy it as it has no shields, which the Daleks confirm to be "correct". As Jack creates a Forcefield using the extrapolator, this means that the TARDIS ''survived the whole goddamn Time War with '''no shields''''', which is probably ''why'' the Daleks ''crap themselves'' at her arrival and, in ''Journey's End'', try to ''burn her to bits with Z-Neutrino Energy!'' Like her thief, she just won't damn well die.

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