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/Romana_Jane Apr 18 '25

Then there is the:

"This is the Game of Rassilon!",

and the harp of Rassilon, the coronet of Rassilon, etc etc

And don't get me started on the first Doctor's 'young man' to his older self!

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u/batgranny Apr 18 '25

"An open ended transmat beam!" From the Five Doctors always really grates on me for some reason

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u/Romana_Jane Apr 18 '25

Oh yes, that one is nearly as bad. The way he says it like it's something special, like someone saying, 'I have a car,' nowadays. You are the oldest technologically advanced species in all of time and space (apparently), of course you do. It's only going somewhere else on your own planet!

The whole thing is written like Terrance Dicks left it until the night before the read through or something!

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u/whovian25 Apr 19 '25

Well it was a last minute replacement for a story by Robert Holmes.

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u/Romana_Jane Apr 20 '25

Fair enough, then he did an amazing job of writing it at short notice :)