Doctor Who (TV Series)
The End of the World (2005)
Zoë Wanamaker: Cassandra
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Quotes
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[repeated line]
Cassandra : Moisturize me! Moisturize me!
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Cassandra : Oh, well, what do you know?
Rose Tyler : I was born on that planet. And so was my mum, and so was my dad. And that makes me officially the last human being in this room. 'Cause you're not human. You've had it all nipped and tucked and flattened till there's nothing left. Anything human got chucked in the bin. You're just skin, Cassandra. Lipstick and skin.
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Cassandra : The planet's end! Come gather, come gather! Bid farewell to the cradle of civilization! Let us mourn her with a traditional ballad...
[jukebox selects "Toxic" by Britney Spears]
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Rose Tyler : How many operations have you had?
Cassandra : 708. Next week its 709 - I'm having my blood bleached. Is that why you wanted a word? You could be flatter - you've got a little bit of a... chin... poking out.
Rose Tyler : I'd rather die.
Cassandra : Honestly, it doesn't hurt!
Rose Tyler : No, I mean it. I would rather die. It's better to die than to live like you - a bitchy trampoline.
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Cassandra : [as she is revealed as the mastermind behind the sabotage] I had hoped to manufacture a hostage situation, with myself as one of the victims. The compensation would have been enormous.
The Doctor : Five billion years and it still comes down to money.
Cassandra : Do you think it's cheap looking like this? Flatness costs a fortune.
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Cassandra : [about a large vintage Wurlitzer jukebox which was wheeled in] And here, another rarity - according to the archives, this was called an iPod. It stores classical music from humanity's greatest composers - play on!
[a henchman presses a button on the jukebox, which starts playing Soft Cell's "Tainted Love"]
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Cassandra : At Arms!
[attendants raise spray nozzles; both aim at the Doctor]
The Doctor : What are you gonna do - moisturize me?
Cassandra : [menacingly] With acid.
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The Doctor : People have died, Cassandra. You murdered them.
Cassandra : It depends on your definition of 'people'. And that's enough of a technicality to keep your lawyers dizzy for centuries.
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Cassandra : [before exploding] I am... too... young!
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The Steward : And last but not least, our very special guest... Ladies and gentlemen and trees and multiforms, consider the Earth below. In memory of this dying world, we call forth... the last human...
[Rose goes to step forward but the doors open and a piece of skin stretched on a frame, accompanied by two attendants, comes in]
The Steward : The Lady Cassandra O'Brien dot Delta 17.
Cassandra : Oh now, don't stare. I know. I know. It's shocking, isn't it? I've had my chin completely taken away. And look at the difference! Look how thin I am. Thin and dainty. I don't look a day over two thousand.
[to one of her attendants]
Cassandra : Moisturise me, moisturise me.
[the attendant sprays her]
Cassandra : Truly, I am the last human. My father was a Texan, my mother was from the Arctic desert. They were born on the Earth and they were the last to be buried in its soil. I have come to honour them and say goodbye.
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Cassandra : Oh, no tears.
[sounds like she's crying; attendant dabs her eyes with tissue]
Cassandra : No tears... I'm sorry.
[composes herself]
Cassandra : But behold, I bring gifts. From the Earth itself, the last remaining ostrich egg. Legend says it had a wingspan of fifty feet and blew fire from its nostrils. Or was that my third husband?
[starts to laugh]
Cassandra : Oh no. No, don't laugh. I'll get laughter lines.
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Cassandra : [to the Doctor] I bet you were the school swot who never got kissed.
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Cassandra : Talk to the face, talk to the face!
