Doctor Who (TV Series)

The Visitation: Part Three (1982)

Michael Melia: Terileptil

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• [the Terileptil Leader blasts the sonic screwdriver, destroying it] 

  The Doctor : I feel as though you've just killed an old friend.

  Terileptil : It is with some sadness that I tell you you are about to join it.

  The Doctor : Why not smile and let me live?

• Terileptil : War is honourable, Doctor. Even on this planet it is considered so.

  The Doctor : Oh, I know - but, by your own admission, these people are still primitive. What's your excuse?

• Terileptil : Your friends are of no interest to me.

  The Doctor : Well, that's unfortunate because we had intended to help you.

• The Doctor : There are only four of you?

  Terileptil : Three, now, but it is enough.

  The Doctor : Against the millions who already live on this planet? You'd NEVER establish yourselves here.

  Terileptil : You're assuming we plan to coexist.

• The Doctor : This carnage isn't necessary.

  Terileptil : It's survival, Doctor. Just as these primitives kill lesser species to protect themselves, so I kill them.

  The Doctor : That's hardly an argument.

  Terileptil : It's not supposed to be an argument! It's a statement!