Quotes
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"Typical! Absolutely typical! That's the kind of high-handed attitude one's come to expect from the UN recently. Now, Brigadier, what about this Doctor? I gather he's not a British subject. Then who is he and where does he come from?" ~ Mister Chinn
"I see. Shoot first and think afterwards, is that it?" ~ The Third Doctor
"Don't you think you'd better abort? What goes up must come down again. The warheads! Abort, man, abort!" ~ The Third Doctor
"Artillery? Well, your missiles couldn't find their target, what chance bazookas?" ~ The Third Doctor
"Our worlds are uncountable light years away on the far rim of the galaxy. Our planetary system has been crippled by extreme solar flare activity. Axos is all that remains of our culture. As you can see, our science, unlike yours, has taken an organic path. This ship? This ship was not built for our journey. It was grown. Grown from a single cell and now its nutrient is all but exhausted. We would like to stay. Until our nutrition and energy cycles have been fully replenished. In return, according to your custom, we offer a gift, a payment. Axonite." ~ Axon Man
Axon Man: Axonite is, shall we say, the chameleon of the elements. It is a thinking molecule. It uses the energy it absorbs, not only to copy but to recreate and restructure any given substance.
The 3rd Doctor: And yet you still ran out of fuel?
"Doctor, I wasn't imagining things. I tell you I heard Bill Filer's voice!" ~ Jo Grant
"Yes, tremendous material advantages, but I doubt if even Axonite could increase the growth of human common sense." ~ The Third Doctor
"What about me? I insist you release me. I kept my side of the bargain. I insist!" ~ The Master
"Your freedom? The bargain, you remember, was that if we spared you and your Tardis, you would lead us to this planet in return for the death of the Doctor. But our sensors detected something you neglected to tell us. This Doctor is also a Time Lord, is he not?" ~ Axon Man
"I told you so! Particle acceleration, it's the only answer. If you're not prepared to risk your own equipment, why don't we try mine?" ~ The Third Doctor
"My dear Winser, I hope you'll forgive this unauthorised use of your precious equipment, but in case there is an accident, I'm making this recording of what not to do." ~ The Third Doctor
"Emergency! Nutrition cycle prematurely activated! Immediate recovery essential. Emergency! Emergency!" ~ Axos
"Oh, you stupid quack!" ~ Winser
"All things must die, Doctor. Mankind, this planet, Axos merely hastens the process. Axonite is simply bait for human greed. Because of this greed, Axonite will soon spread across the entire planet and then the nutrition cycle will begin.Slowly we will consume every particle of energy, every last cell of living matter. Earth will be sucked dry!" ~ Axon Man
Minister: Perhaps you can tell me why the sole result of the special powers I granted you, has been this catastrophic security leak?
Chinn: Catastrophic security leak? Which catastrophic security leak, sir?
"Oh, no! But what does he think he's doing? What a botch-up! Oh, well, I suppose it could be made to work. Just possibly. Right, Doctor. Don't keep me waiting, will you? " ~ The Master
"Pure mathematics cannot lie. You'll need an immense amount of power to create a time field for anything as large as Axos." ~ The Third Doctor
"Oh, hopeless! Overweight, under-powered old museum piece! Ah, no proper stabiliser. You may as well try to fly a second hand gas stove!" ~ The Master (on the Doctor's TARDIS)
"Well, my own Tardis is held by Axos and I needed a space vehicle to get away from this planet before it's too late." ~ The Master
The Master: Well, theoretically it should be able to store all the power generated around it, like it solar cell battery.
Hardiman: Are you trying to tell me you can absorb the total output of this complex in a police box?
The Master: Yes.
"Either we destroy Axos or Axos destroys the world. Which is it to be, Brigadier?" ~ The Master
"The whole thing's electro-convulsing. The power's creating an electrical storm in its brain and we're going right through the centre of the trauma! Come on! Hang on!" ~ The Third Doctor
"The claws of Axos are already deeply embedded in the Earth's carcass! Soon it'll activate its nutrition cycle and the feast'll be begin. The Axonite'll cease to be dormant and it'll continue to grow, gentlemen, until every living thing is consumed." ~ The Third Doctor
"All bloodhounds look disappointed. It's an occupational hazard." ~ Bill Filer
The 3rd Doctor: Because if you mend the Tardis, we can both escape.
The Master: Both? Tell me, Doctor, are you suggesting an alliance?
The 3rd Doctor: Why not? I don't want to spend the rest of my life as a heap of dust on second rate planet to a third rate star. Do you?
"You may have conquered this tiny speck in space but you've yet to conquer time. We are prepared to give you this power on one condition. That we join forces against the High Council of the Time Lords." ~ The Third Doctor
"Stop him! Don't you understand? He's committing suicide and he's taking us all with him! He's doing this for Earth, not for you. He's putting you all in a time loop and you'll never get out of it! Never!" ~ The Master
"Well, it's perfectly simple, Brigadier. A time loop is, er. Well, it's a time loop. One passes continually through the same points in time. Passes through the same. Yes. Well, the Axons said they wanted time travel and now they've got it." ~ The Third Doctor
"It seems that I'm some kind of a galactic yo-yo!" ~ The Third Doctor
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Trivia
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Useless Bits: The line “freak weather conditions” is in the script to explain the shifts in weather between filming (which goes from snowy to sunny from take to take).
The original script called for the Axons to land in Hyde Park, with their ship shaped like a human skull. The script was spectacular in other respects also. The production team loved the story, but had it scaled down on account of impracticality and budget.
Working titles for this story included Doctor Who and the Gift, The Friendly Invasion, The Axons, and The Vampire from Space. The last title was used through the production of the first two episodes. It was changed only by the time filming began on the third as the BBC wanted to avoid the word "vampire". The DVD release contains unused footage and cuts from the story packaged with the original title sequence – naming the story as The Vampire from Space. The Vampire from Space was envisaged as a seven-parter, but the concept of the storylines changed as production progressed.
For reasons unexplained, the opening titles for this serial use the Second Doctor's version of the Doctor Who theme music as opposed to the Third Doctor's, as do The Mind of Evil and Terror of the Autons. After this serial, the theme reverts to the Jon Pertwee standard.
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Links (Watch on DailyMotion.com)
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Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
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