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Quotes
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[trying to catch a pterodactyl]
Ianto Jones : What exactly is your plan?
Captain Jack Harkness : I'm going to be the decoy.
Ianto Jones : And it will rip you to shreds.
Captain Jack Harkness : Dinosaurs? Had 'em for breakfast. Had to. Only source of pre-cooked food protein after the asteroid crashed. Long story.
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Captain Jack Harkness : [talking about the pterodactyl] Quite excitable!
Ianto Jones : Must be that aftershave.
Captain Jack Harkness : I never wear any.
Ianto Jones : You smell like that naturally?
Captain Jack Harkness : Fifty first century pheromones, you people have no idea!
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Ianto Jones : Like a butler! I could be a butler!
Captain Jack Harkness : We don't need a butler.
Ianto Jones : Excuse me, dried egg on your collar!
Captain Jack Harkness : [defensive] It was a busy week!
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Captain Jack Harkness : [to the pterodactyl] Come back with me. I've got somewhere nice and big where you can fly around.
Ianto Jones : So you'll let the pterodactyl in and not me?
Captain Jack Harkness : I need a guard dog.
Ianto Jones : I could be that!
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Owen Harper : If you're not a figment of my imagination, then I don't know what's happening any more. Maybe this is what a mental breakdown feels like.
Captain Jack Harkness : You're fine. It's the rest of the world that's delusional.
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Captain Jack Harkness : Time was, electrodes to the nipples meant the start of a good night.
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[Alex, a fellow Torchwood employee of Jack's, has shot all their colleagues]
Captain Jack Harkness : Alex, listen. It's going to be okay.
Alex : No. It's not. It's really not. I looked inside. It showed me what's coming. They were mercy killings. It's the kindest thing I could do. So none of us see the storm. I'm sorry I can't do the same for you. 21st century, Jack. Everything's gonna change. And we're not ready.
[shoots himself]
Captain Jack Harkness : Alex!
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Captain Jack Harkness : Silent types? That's okay. I used to date a guy with no mouth. Surprisingly creative.
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Toshiko Sato : Who are you?
Captain Jack Harkness : Nobody. I don't exist... and for a man of my charisma, that's quite an achievement.
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Captain Jack Harkness : And you are?
Ianto Jones : Jones, Ianto Jones.
Captain Jack Harkness : Nice to meet you, Jones Ianto Jones.
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Captain Jack Harkness : Owen. Why did you become a doctor?
Owen Harper : I thought if I could save one life, mine would be worthwhile. But you save one, and there's another and another, all clawing at you, demanding to be saved. And even if you do succeed, you can never save enough.
Captain Jack Harkness : Maybe here you can.