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Season 1  "Boom Town"  1x11

Aired 18 years ago - Jun 04, 2005

Location: Cardiff, Wales Date: 2006 Enemy: Margaret Blaine (Blon Fel Fotch Pasameer-Day Slitheen) The Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack stop off in present-day Cardiff to recharge the TARDIS on the Rift they formerly encountered in 1869. Whilst there, they come upon a since-thought-long-dead enemy of theirs, who is hatching yet another plan to destroy Earth.

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Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 1 Episode 11 (S01E11) - 1
Don't listen to him, he's winding you up. You look fantastic.
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Early 21st-century slang, is cheesy good or bad? It's bad.
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That old lady's staring. Probably wondering what four people can do inside a small wooden box.
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Ricky, you put a mysterious blue box slap bang in the middle of town, what do people do? Walk past it.
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Cardiff Castle will be demolished, allowing the Blaidd Drwg Project to rise up, tall and proud,
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Whatever do you mean? Cathy, wasn't it?
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It was a very icy patch. These stories are nothing more than typical small-town thinking. Excuse me.
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Oh, come on! All girls together!
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 1 Episode 11 (S01E11) - 9
but Cleaver seemed to be talking about a nuclear holocaust. He almost made it sound deliberate.
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The 19th. It's really just to stop my mother from nagging, but the baby sort of clinched it.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 1 Episode 11 (S01E11) - 11
Maybe you're right. Maybe I'm cursed.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 1 Episode 11 (S01E11) - 12
I swear, it turns out the white things are tusks, and I mean, tusks! And it's woken and it's not happy!
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Ready. Ready. Ready.
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Oh, the Doctor's very good at teleports.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 1 Episode 11 (S01E11) - 18
A philanthropic gesture. I've learnt the error of my ways. And it just so happens to be on top of the rift.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 1 Episode 11 (S01E11) - 19
Fantastic! Is that a tribophysical waveform macro-kinetic extrapolator? Couldn't have put it better myself.
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Like stepping on an anthill.
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Margaret, we're gonna take you home. Hold on, like letting her go?
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It's not compatible, but it should knock off about 12 hours, we'll be ready to go by morning.
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Better than in there.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 1 Episode 11 (S01E11) - 26
I mean if you want to, I've got some money. OK. Yeah.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 1 Episode 11 (S01E11) - 27
You butchered my family and then ran for the stars, am I right?
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Do I get a last request?
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Here we are out on a date, and you haven't even asked my proper name.
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That's better. Now then, what d'you think? Mmm, steak looks nice. Steak and chips!
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 1 Episode 11 (S01E11) - 34
Midnight, we walk underneath these waves, a hundred feet tall and made of ice.
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You've been in that skin-suit too long, you've forgotten. There used to be a real Margaret Blaine.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 1 Episode 11 (S01E11) - 37
I know YOU! And I know her, and I know that's never gonna happen, so who do you think you're kidding? !
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I spared her life.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 1 Episode 11 (S01E11) - 40
And you're right, Doctor,
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Doctor? Are you even listening to me?
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One wrong move and she snaps like a promise. I might have known.
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they would be captivated by the extrapolator.
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Surf's up!
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Then where'd she go? She looked into the heart of the Tardis. Even I don't know how strong that is.
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Early 21st-century slang, is cheesy good or bad? It's bad.
#2
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That old lady's staring. Probably wondering what four people can do inside a small wooden box.
#3
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 1 Episode 11 (S01E11) - 4
Ricky, you put a mysterious blue box slap bang in the middle of town, what do people do? Walk past it.
#4
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 1 Episode 11 (S01E11) - 5
Cardiff Castle will be demolished, allowing the Blaidd Drwg Project to rise up, tall and proud,
#5
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 1 Episode 11 (S01E11) - 6
Whatever do you mean? Cathy, wasn't it?
#6
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 1 Episode 11 (S01E11) - 7
It was a very icy patch. These stories are nothing more than typical small-town thinking. Excuse me.
#7
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 1 Episode 11 (S01E11) - 8
Oh, come on! All girls together!
#8
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 1 Episode 11 (S01E11) - 9
but Cleaver seemed to be talking about a nuclear holocaust. He almost made it sound deliberate.
#9
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 1 Episode 11 (S01E11) - 10
The 19th. It's really just to stop my mother from nagging, but the baby sort of clinched it.
#10
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 1 Episode 11 (S01E11) - 11
Maybe you're right. Maybe I'm cursed.
#11
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 1 Episode 11 (S01E11) - 12
I swear, it turns out the white things are tusks, and I mean, tusks! And it's woken and it's not happy!
#12
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Ready. Ready. Ready.
#14
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Oh, the Doctor's very good at teleports.
#17
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A philanthropic gesture. I've learnt the error of my ways. And it just so happens to be on top of the rift.
#18
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Fantastic! Is that a tribophysical waveform macro-kinetic extrapolator? Couldn't have put it better myself.
#19
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Like stepping on an anthill.
#20
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Margaret, we're gonna take you home. Hold on, like letting her go?
#21
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It's not compatible, but it should knock off about 12 hours, we'll be ready to go by morning.
#23
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Better than in there.
#25
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I mean if you want to, I've got some money. OK. Yeah.
#26
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You butchered my family and then ran for the stars, am I right?
#27
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Do I get a last request?
#28
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Here we are out on a date, and you haven't even asked my proper name.
#31
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That's better. Now then, what d'you think? Mmm, steak looks nice. Steak and chips!
#33
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Midnight, we walk underneath these waves, a hundred feet tall and made of ice.
#34
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You've been in that skin-suit too long, you've forgotten. There used to be a real Margaret Blaine.
#36
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I know YOU! And I know her, and I know that's never gonna happen, so who do you think you're kidding? !
#37
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I spared her life.
#39
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And you're right, Doctor,
#40
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Doctor? Are you even listening to me?
#41
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One wrong move and she snaps like a promise. I might have known.
#44
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they would be captivated by the extrapolator.
#45
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Surf's up!
#46
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Then where'd she go? She looked into the heart of the Tardis. Even I don't know how strong that is.
#49
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