1: Marking a welcome shift away from Doctor Who for the Twilight generation is:
“Clara, I’m not your boyfriend”
2: Signalling a return to a darker, more dangerous Doctor:
“You realise of course one of is lying about our basic programming…and I think we both know who that is”
3: Inter-specious domestic bliss?
Lady Vastra: “Jenny and I are married, yet for appearances sake we maintain the pretence in public that she is my maid”
Jenny: “That doesn’t exactly explain why I’m pouring tea in private”
Lady Vastra: “Hush now!”
Jenny: “Good pretence, isn’t it?”
4: Proving that the Doctor’s as egotistical as ever, we have:
The Doctor: “I never bother with sleeping, I just do standing up cat-naps”
Lady Vastra: “Oh really, how interesting. And when do you do those?”
The Doctor: “Well generally whenever anyone else starts talking, I like to skip ahead to my bit. It saves time”
5: For so many reasons, not least the casting of Brian Miller, husband to the late Elisabeth Sladen, as the tramp:
The Doctor: “Give me your coat”
Tramp: “No”
The Doctor: “I am cold”
Tramp: “I’m cold”
The Doctor: “I’m cold, there’s no point us both being cold. Give me your coat”