Catching Ducks

From "The Time of Angels" (episode 5.04):


[The Doctor is trying to fly the TARDIS.]

River: Use the stabilizers!

The Doctor: It doesn't have stabilizers!

River: The blue switches!

The Doctor: The blue ones don't do anything, they're just... blue!

River: Yes, they're blue: they're the blue stabilizers! [presses the button and the TARDIS stabilizes] See?

The Doctor: Yeah? Well, it's boring now, isn't it? They're boring-ers! They're blue... boring-ers!

Amy: Doctor, how come she can fly the TARDIS?

The Doctor: You call that flying the TARDIS? [scoffs] Ha!

River: Okay, I've mapped the probability vectors, done a foldback on the temporal isometry, charted the ship to its destination and... [presses a button, the TARDIS chimes] parked us right alongside.

The Doctor: Parked us? But we haven't landed!

River: Of course we've landed; I just landed her.

The Doctor: But it didn't make the noise.

River: What noise?

The Doctor: You know, the... [does an impression of the TARDIS materialization sound]

River: It's not supposed to make that noise. You leave the brakes on.

The Doctor: Yes, well, it's a brilliant noise. I love that noise.

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