Doctor Who over the years: Episode quotes
Rosa
(The Tardis materialises in an alley and the Doctor pokes her head out.) The Doctor: Nearly.
Yasmin: Sheffield?
The Doctor: Almost. Really close.
Graham: So not Sheffield, then?
The Doctor: You're doing this deliberately, aren't you?
Yasmin: Who are you talking to?
Ryan: If it's me, I haven't touched anything.
The Doctor: I'm talking to the Tardis, because this is our ninth attempt.
Graham: Fourteenth. You can't control this thing, can you?
The Doctor: Excuse me. Yes, I can. Most of the time. Just sometimes, like now, it has a mind of its own.
Yasmin: So where are we, actually?
The Doctor: Earth, United States. 1955, Montgomery, Alabama, if I'm reading this properly. New displays. Still figuring them out.
Graham: 1955? Elvis. Could we see Elvis?
The Doctor: I think he's in New York this week. I could give him a call.
Graham: You haven't got Elvis's phone number.
The Doctor: Don't ever tell anyone I lent him a mobile phone.
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(A passing woman drops her glove, Ryan picks it up.) Ryan: Excuse me. Excuse me. You dropped this.
(Her husband slaps Ryan across the face, hard.) Hey.
(Graham grabs Ryan.) Steele: Get your filthy black hands off my wife.
The Doctor: Whoa. Stop.
Yasmin: Sir, please take a step back. You okay, Ryan?
Ryan: I was just trying to give her back her glove.
(Throws it back on the ground.) Steele: Is this your boy?
Graham: He's my grandson, actually.
Steele: Your what?
Graham: My grandson.
Steele: You ain't from around here.
The Doctor: We don't want any trouble.
Steele: I don't know how it goes where you folks are from, but your boy, he'll be swinging from a tree with a noose for a neckerchief if he touches a white woman in Montgomery.
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The Doctor: We're very grateful, Miss...
Rosa: Mrs Parks, Rosa Parks.
Yasmin: No way.
Graham: You're kidding.
The Doctor: Brilliant. Rosa Parks. Lovely to meet you, Rosa Parks. Big fan.
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Yasmin: We were in Rosa Parks class in primary. Do you remember? All the Year 4, 5 and 6 classes were named after inspirational people.
Ryan: She's the bus woman, right?
Yasmin: You do remember what she did.
Ryan: Yeah, first black woman to ever drive a bus.
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Graham: Is it me, or has it gone very quiet in here?
Waitress: We don't serve negroes.
Ryan: Good, cos I don't eat them.
Waitress: Or Mexicans.
Yasmin: Is she talking to me?
Waitress: Y'all need to eat somewhere else.
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(The Doctor starts writing on the wall.) Graham: Oi, whoa, whoa, whoa. What are you doing?. That is vandalism. We'll have to pay for that.
The Doctor: Don't worry, special pen.
Graham: No, pack it in. You ain't Banksy.
The Doctor: Or am I?
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Graham: Doc, The wall.
(She sonicks it clean.) The Doctor: Banksy doesn't have one of those. Or have I?
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Officer: What's your business here in Montgomery?
Graham: We're here to, er, pitch an invention. Yeah, er, it's a telephone... that plays music, and it's a camera also, takes photo... and it's a calendar. And it send letters.
Officer: Sounds ridiculous.
Graham: Yeah, I know.
Officer: What's your name, sir?
Graham: Steve... Jobs. Steve Jobs.
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Rosa: This is Ryan Sinclair. He's from England. I'm thinking he might be a new recruit to our Youth Council. I said he could listen in and serve coffee. This is my husband, Parks. This is Mister Fred Gray. And this is Doctor King from Dexter Avenue Baptist Church.
Ryan: What? Martin Luther King?
King: That's correct.
(Ryan can't stop shaking his hand.) Ryan: Oh, my days. Me Nan loves you.
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The Doctor: On Monday, the boycotts begin. Across Montgomery, people refuse to use the buses as a response to Rosa's arrest. And in just over a year, on 21st December 1956, segregation on buses in Montgomery was ended.
(Damn! Posted this two days too early!!!) Ryan: So it all worked out for her.
The Doctor: No, life's still hard for Rosa. She loses her job, so does her husband. It's a struggle, but they keep fighting. And in June 1999, Rosa receives the Congressional Medal from President Clinton, the highest award given to any civilian, recognising her as a living icon for freedom.
(Actual news footage on the Time-Space Visualiser.) Ryan: It took so long, though. Her whole life.
The Doctor: Yes, it did. But she changed the world. In fact, she changed the universe. Look at this.
(She opens the Tardis doors. They are in the asteroid belt.) Asteroid 284996. Also known as Rosaparks.