20 Doctor Who Moments We'll NEVER Forget

17. "I'd Rather Have A Pint" (The Daemons)

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Doctor Who may be about to embark on an exciting new era as a multinational sci-fi franchise, but it's a fundamental part of British culture. There's no escaping that the Beatles, James Bond, and Doctor Who all came to prominence around the same time.

And there's no finer example of Doctor Who's uniquely British attitude than the closing scene of the classic 1970s serial The Daemons. A literal apocalypse has been averted (by blowing up a church), a cloven-hoofed daemon has been banished, and the Master is in cuffs.

And how does everyone celebrate this monumental victory? With Morris Dancing, or if you're the Brigadier and Mike Yates, a pint in the local pub.

Although Mike definitely would've preferred a dance.

 
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