- Turlough: Where does this lead?
- First Officer: [blocking his way] The deck. The crew are busy at the moment. You would only be in the way up there.
- Turlough: What are they doing?
- First Officer: Hauling of the halyards.
- Turlough: Halyards? On a spaceship?
- First Officer: We observe the spirit as well as the rules of the race.
- Tegan Jovanka: [wondering about the Eternals] Are they like TIme Lords?
- The Doctor: Oh, no, no. They exist outside of time.
- Tegan Jovanka: How?
- The Doctor: They're eternal. They exist in eternity. It's, uh... It's not really what you'd call living.
- Tegan Jovanka: So what makes 'em tick?
- The Doctor: We do. Their minds are empty, used up. They need ideas from us. They're desperate for them.
- Captain Striker: There's no need to whisper, Doctor. You and your companions are free to come and go as you wish. You are our guests, not our prisoners.
- Tegan Jovanka: I wanna die.
- Captain Striker: You are not an Ephemeral. You are a... a time dweller. You travel in time.
- The Doctor: You're reading my thoughts.
- Captain Striker: You are a Time Lord. A lord of time. Are there lords in such a small domain?
- The Doctor: And where do you function?
- Captain Striker: Eternity.
- The Doctor: It seems this race is getting serious. Someone is prepared to kill in order to win.
- Tegan Jovanka: But what... what's the prize?
- The Doctor: Oh, that we must find out.
- Captain Striker: Superior beings do not punish inferiors.
- The Doctor: Superior?
- Captain Striker: We use them... kindly.