Doctor Who (TV Series)

Knock Knock (2017)

David Suchet: Landlord

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  Landlord : Can you help her?

  The Doctor : Tell me what happens.

  Landlord : It was just before the war. Eliza was dying... nothing could be done... until these creatures saved her. At first, it was a miracle.

  The Doctor : And then, they needed food.

  Landlord : Twenty years later, the creatures grew dormant.

  Landlord : [voice cracking]  Eliza was fading...

  Landlord : [chokes back a sob, composes, then continues]  then a vagrant broke into the house, fell asleep, and the lice... absorbed him! I was horrified! But Eliza grew strong, and I realized what I had to do. It is regrettable, but nobody really misses the students. They're simply assumed to have run away.

  The Doctor : And you think your daughter is more important than all of them.

  Landlord : Yes, of course! At this moment, you're concerned about your granddaughter, and you would do whatever it took to keep the person you love from death, wouldn't you?

  The Doctor : Yes, I would.

  Landlord : Then you understand why I must take this course of action!

  The Doctor : Oh, I do. I would tear the sky apart. I would reduce the solar system to the tiniest cinder for anyone I love. But if I was about to do that, if I'd got to that point of desperation, then I would have one hope, one desire:

  Landlord : Yes?

  The Doctor : That someone would stop me.