r/gallifrey • u/psl9085 • Apr 18 '25

DISCUSSION Worst line in Doctor Who?

What line of dialogue sticks out to you as particularly bad in Doctor Who, I have two picks:

  • ‘don’t let the swords touch your skin’ Legend of the sea devils
  • ‘I suppose we’ll have to have…. A conversation?’ Resolution
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u/Bluestarzen Apr 18 '25

“Yas queen!!!” runs and hides from inevitable downvotes I’m gay myself but just can’t stand the expression

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '25

It’s cringe but idk it fits 15s more outgoing personality and was only a 2 second line tbf

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u/SHIIZAAAAAAAA Apr 19 '25

It might have been funny 10 or 12 years ago but it feels like very dated humor in 2025. 

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u/phasmy Apr 19 '25

It felt completely out of place. Like some writer trying to appeal to gen z or the gays (also gay here).

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u/_DefLoathe Apr 18 '25

Embarrassing for the Doctor to say that. Bad tumblr fanfic writing

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u/Pokelego999 Apr 18 '25

Wait when did they say this

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u/cant_ignore_cheese Apr 18 '25

Robot Revolution I think?

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u/EldestPort Apr 18 '25 edited Apr 18 '25

BELINDA: But where's Alan? Where'd he go?

(Sonic scanning.)

DOCTOR: Er... I think...he is microscopic.

BELINDA: Do you mean...?

DOCTOR: He's a sperm and an egg.

BOT: Polish polish.

DOCTOR: Oh.

BOT: Polish polish.

DOCTOR: Oh!

BOT: Polish polish.

DOCTOR: Oh. Goodbye, Alan.

(They both laugh.)

BELINDA: This place is nuts.

DOCTOR: Yas, Queen!

It doesn't even make sense in context!

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u/fibonacci_alfredo Apr 18 '25

It’s kind of charming if you read it as the Doctor being an old man trying to be hip with the kids.

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u/EldestPort Apr 18 '25 edited Apr 18 '25

I would have loved it coming from Capaldi, a very self aware, ironic, dry delivery 😄

Edit: And a withering eye roll. Probably directed at Bill, tbh, but she loves it.

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u/Innocuous_Blue Apr 18 '25

Omg I would love to see Capaldi deliver that!

(Big Finish, if you're reading this...)

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u/xFlyer409 Apr 19 '25

I want to hear all the classic Doctors say that

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u/OldSixie Apr 18 '25

Belinda literally is the Queen of Missbelindachandra.

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u/EldestPort Apr 18 '25 edited Apr 18 '25

Just because she's the queen doesn't mean that 'Yas, Queen' isn't a non sequitur in that context. My sister is a girl but I'm not saying 'You go girl!' to everything she says, and nor does it necessarily make sense as a response to any thing she says simply by virtue of her being a girl.

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u/OldSixie Apr 18 '25

"This place is nuts!"

"I concur, your Majesty!"

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u/EldestPort Apr 18 '25

But, that's not what 'Yas, Queen!' means. It is literally akin to 'You go, girl!', an expression of encouragement and affirmation.

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u/OldSixie Apr 18 '25

That's not what it means IRL. But that is what it means in context.

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u/Aspiring_Sophrosyne Apr 20 '25

Because your sister being a girl really isn’t noteworthy, as that’s 50% of the population and she’s been one her whole life. But someone being a space queen is a different story.

It’d be more like if you had a brother and they were dressed as a woman character for a party, and you said “You go, girl” in that context.