ECHOES: SIMPLE HISTORY

From 'Doctor Who' - "The Idiot's Lantern":

Out on the street, 50's music is playing, people are out on the street dancing and talking. Trestle tables line the centre of the road covered in pastries, cakes, drinks, etc. The Doctor and Rose walk down the street.

ROSE:

We could go down the mall, join in with the crowd.

THE DOCTOR:
Nah, that's just pomp and circumstance.

This is history right here.
ROSE:
The domestic approach.
THE DOCTOR:
Exactly.

From 'Sanctuary' - "Requiem":

WILL:
The people that you've met, the … the history that you've witnessed...
How do you relate to anybody?

Dinner parties must be hell.
HELEN:
History is just that, Will. It's history.

We've all experienced it.
I just have more under my belt than most people.
WILL:
No. No. No. No. No.

You were in Rheims the day the Nazi's surrendered.
You were right there in the room when it happened.
HELEN:
Only because Eisenhower refused to be in the same room as General Jodl,
and asked that I accompany General Smith to ensure that the process went smoothly.
WILL:
I guess Ike didn't want to breathe the same air as the Nazi High Command.
HELEN:
Some of them didn't even breathe air.

BCnU!
Toby O'B