- The Doctor: Well, you can't rule the world in hiding.You've got to come out onto the balcony sometimes and wave a tentacle, if you'll pardon the expression.
- The Brigadier: No, the cabinet's accepted my report and the whole affair's now completely closed.
- The Duke: You mean it never happened.
- The Brigadier: Er, well, a fifty foot monster can't swim up the Thames and attack a large building without some people noticing.But you know what politicians are like.
- The Doctor: You can't rule the world in hiding. You've got to come out on the balcony sometimes and wave a tentacle.
- The Duke: [after the TARDIS disappears] I'll be... Did they have return tickets?
- The Brigadier: Yes, I imagine so.
- The Duke: You should have taken them and got your refund, man. I thought you were a Scotsman.