Doctor Who (TV Series)

The Sound of Drums (2007)

Nichola McAuliffe: Vivien Rook

Quotes 

• Vivien Rook : Mister Saxon, I was just having a little joke with poor little Lucy.

  The Master : Oh, but you're absolutely right. Harold Saxon doesn't exist.

  Vivien Rook : Then tell me. Who are you?

  The Master : I am the Master. And these...

  [the Toclafane teleport beside Saxon] 

  The Master : ...are my friends.

• The Master : Can't you hear it, Mrs Rook?

  Vivien Rook : What do you mean?

  The Master : The drum beat... the drums are coming closer... and closer.

• Vivien Rook : All of it-the schooldays, his degree, even his mother and father- it's all invented. Look, Harold Saxon never went to Cambridge. There was no Harold Saxon. The thing is, it's obvious. The forgery is screaming out, and yet no one can see it. It's as if he's mesmerised the entire world.

  Lucy Saxon : I think perhaps you should leave now.

  Vivien Rook : Eighteen months ago, he became real. This is his first honest-to-God appearance, just after the downfall of Harriet Jones and at the exact same time they launched the Archangel Network.

  Lucy Saxon : Mrs. Rook, now, stop it.

  Vivien Rook : Even now they've said that the Cabinet's gone into seclusion. I mean, what does that mean, 'seclusion'?

  Lucy Saxon : How should I know?

  Vivien Rook : But I've got plenty of research on you. Yes, good family, Roedean, not especially bright but essentially harmless, and that's why I'm asking you, Lucy, I am begging you, if you have seen anything, heard anything, even the slightest thing that would give you cause to doubt him...

  Lucy Saxon : I think...

  Vivien Rook : Yes?

  Lucy Saxon : There was a time when we first met. I wondered... but he was so good to my father and he said...

  Vivien Rook : What? Just tell me, sweetheart.

  Lucy Saxon : The thing is, I made my choice.

  Vivien Rook : I'm sorry?

  Lucy Saxon : For better or for worse. Isn't that right, Harry?

  [Mr. Saxon appears at the doorway] 

  The Master : My faithful companion.

• Vivien Rook : Mrs. Saxon, I have reason to believe that you are in very great danger. All of us, in fact. Not just the country, but the whole world.

  [Lucy laughs] 

  Vivien Rook : No, I beg of you. Hear me out.

  Lucy Saxon : What are you talking about?

  Vivien Rook : Your husband is not who he says he is. I'm sorry, but it's a lie. Everything's a lie.