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== about the show itself == |
== about the show itself == |
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{{quote|''No, look, there’s a blue box. It’s bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. It can go anywhere in time and space and sometimes even where it’s meant to go. And when it turns up, there’s a bloke in it called The Doctor and there will be stuff wrong and he will do his best to sort it out and he will probably succeed cos he’s awesome. Now sit down, shut up, and watch '[[Doctor Who |
{{quote|''No, look, there’s a blue box. It’s bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. It can go anywhere in time and space and sometimes even where it’s meant to go. And when it turns up, there’s a bloke in it called The Doctor and there will be stuff wrong and he will do his best to sort it out and he will probably succeed cos he’s awesome. Now sit down, shut up, and watch '[[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/S3 E10 Blink|Blink]]'.''|'''[[Neil Gaiman]]''' [http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2011/04/if-this-is-thursday-then-i-must-be-at.html summarizes 48 years of backstory]}} |
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{{quote|He is impulsive, idealistic, ready to risk his life for a worthy cause. He hates tyranny and oppression and anything that is anti-life. He never gives in and he never gives up, however overwhelming the odds against him.<br /> |
{{quote|He is impulsive, idealistic, ready to risk his life for a worthy cause. He hates tyranny and oppression and anything that is anti-life. He never gives in and he never gives up, however overwhelming the odds against him.<br /> |
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''Travelling man, coming down to rescue you!"''|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuJ5erEcoeI Travelling Man] - [[Chameleon Circuit]]}} |
''Travelling man, coming down to rescue you!"''|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuJ5erEcoeI Travelling Man] - [[Chameleon Circuit]]}} |
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{{quote|''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]]'' has a reputation for attracting a certain class of obsessive, socially stunted fan. But when the latest ''Trek'' fan film isn't geeky enough to fully satisfy the escapist yen of your Linux-loving, Zaurus-toting, polyester-wearing ass, there is only one fully pedigreed alternative suitable for your viewing needs -- the one and only ''[[ |
{{quote|''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]]'' has a reputation for attracting a certain class of obsessive, socially stunted fan. But when the latest ''Trek'' fan film isn't geeky enough to fully satisfy the escapist yen of your Linux-loving, Zaurus-toting, polyester-wearing ass, there is only one fully pedigreed alternative suitable for your viewing needs -- the one and only ''[[Doctor Who]]''.<br /> |
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(Unless you're British, in which case loving ''Doctor Who'' comes as naturally as loving ''[[Seinfeld]]'' does to Americans.)|'''The Rotten Library''', ''[http://www.rotten.com/library/culture/doctor-who/ Doctor Who]''}} |
(Unless you're British, in which case loving ''Doctor Who'' comes as naturally as loving ''[[Seinfeld]]'' does to Americans.)|'''The Rotten Library''', ''[http://www.rotten.com/library/culture/doctor-who/ Doctor Who]''}} |
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{{quote|{{smallcaps|EXTERMINATE!}}|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3OR905bEaE "Doctor Who"] by '''Parry Gripp'''}} |
{{quote|{{smallcaps|EXTERMINATE!}}|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3OR905bEaE "Doctor Who"] by '''Parry Gripp'''}} |
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{{quote|"''[[Star Wars]]'' is adolescent nonsense; ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind|Close Encounters]]'' is obscurantist drivel; ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]]'' can turn your brains to puree of bat guano; and the greatest science fiction series of all time is ''Doctor Who''! And I'll take you all on, one-by-one or all in a bunch to back it up!"|'''[[Harlan Ellison]]''', recalling an address to science-fiction fans, in his Introduction to a series of ''[[ |
{{quote|"''[[Star Wars]]'' is adolescent nonsense; ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind|Close Encounters]]'' is obscurantist drivel; ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]]'' can turn your brains to puree of bat guano; and the greatest science fiction series of all time is ''Doctor Who''! And I'll take you all on, one-by-one or all in a bunch to back it up!"|'''[[Harlan Ellison]]''', recalling an address to science-fiction fans, in his Introduction to a series of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' novelizations published in the US in the late 70s.}} |
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== The Ninth Doctor == |
== The Ninth Doctor == |
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{{quote|''Do you wanna come with me? 'Cause if you do, then I should warn you, you're gonna see all sorts of things. [[Doctor Who |
{{quote|''Do you wanna come with me? 'Cause if you do, then I should warn you, you're gonna see all sorts of things. [[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/S1 E3 The Unquiet Dead|Ghosts from the past.]] Aliens from the future. [[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/S1 E2 The End of the World|The day the Earth died in a ball of flame.]] It won't be quiet, it won't be safe and it won't be calm. But I'll tell you what it will be: the trip of a lifetime.''|'''Ninth Doctor''', 2005 trailers}} |
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{{quote|''[[You May Panic Now|Run]].''|The '''Ninth Doctor''''s first word<s>s</s> to Rose Tyler, "Rose"}} |
{{quote|''[[You May Panic Now|Run]].''|The '''Ninth Doctor''''s first word<s>s</s> to Rose Tyler, "Rose"}} |
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'''Eleventh Doctor:''' Everything. I look at a star and it's just a big ball of burning gas, and I know how it began, I know how it ends…and I was probably there both times. You know, after a while, everything is just ''stuff''. That's the problem. You make all of space and time your backyard what do you have? A ''backyard''. But you can see it. And when you see it, I see it.|"Meanwhile in the TARDIS 2"}} |
'''Eleventh Doctor:''' Everything. I look at a star and it's just a big ball of burning gas, and I know how it began, I know how it ends…and I was probably there both times. You know, after a while, everything is just ''stuff''. That's the problem. You make all of space and time your backyard what do you have? A ''backyard''. But you can see it. And when you see it, I see it.|"Meanwhile in the TARDIS 2"}} |
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{{quote|'''Eleventh Doctor:''' They're just friends. Chums, pals, mates, buddies. ...[[Doctor Who |
{{quote|'''Eleventh Doctor:''' They're just friends. Chums, pals, mates, buddies. ...[[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/S4 E1 Partners in Crime|not mates]], [[Noodle Incident|forget mates]].<br /> |
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'''Amy:''' And out of all those...friends, how many would you say, just out of curiosity, were girls?<br /> |
'''Amy:''' And out of all those...friends, how many would you say, just out of curiosity, were girls?<br /> |
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'''Eleventh Doctor:''' Oh...some of them, I suppose. Must've been.<br /> |
'''Eleventh Doctor:''' Oh...some of them, I suppose. Must've been.<br /> |
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'''Eleventh Doctor''': Because you are. The Universe is big; it's vast and complicated and ridiculous and sometimes, very rarely, impossible things just happen and we call them miracles. 900 years, never seen one yet, but this'll do me.|"The Pandorica Opens"}} |
'''Eleventh Doctor''': Because you are. The Universe is big; it's vast and complicated and ridiculous and sometimes, very rarely, impossible things just happen and we call them miracles. 900 years, never seen one yet, but this'll do me.|"The Pandorica Opens"}} |
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{{quote|''Now the question of the hour is, who's got the Pandorica? Answer -- I do. Next question, who's coming to take it from me? (''beat'') Come on! Look at me: no plan, no backup, no weapons worth a damn. Oh, and something else I haven't got: Any, thing, to, lose! So if you're sitting up there in your silly little spaceship, with all your silly little guns, and you've got any plans on taking the Pandorica tonight, just remember who's standing in your way. Remember every black day I ever stopped you. And then, and then, do the smart thing. Let somebody else try first.''|'''Eleventh Doctor''' to an entire army of ''[[ |
{{quote|''Now the question of the hour is, who's got the Pandorica? Answer -- I do. Next question, who's coming to take it from me? (''beat'') Come on! Look at me: no plan, no backup, no weapons worth a damn. Oh, and something else I haven't got: Any, thing, to, lose! So if you're sitting up there in your silly little spaceship, with all your silly little guns, and you've got any plans on taking the Pandorica tonight, just remember who's standing in your way. Remember every black day I ever stopped you. And then, and then, do the smart thing. Let somebody else try first.''|'''Eleventh Doctor''' to an entire army of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' villains, "The Pandorica Opens"}} |
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{{quote|''It's a fez, I wear a fez now. Fezzes are cool.''|'''Eleventh Doctor''' on his new hat, "The Big Bang"}} |
{{quote|''It's a fez, I wear a fez now. Fezzes are cool.''|'''Eleventh Doctor''' on his new hat, "The Big Bang"}} |
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'''Sylvia''': Bit late for that, madam.|"Partners in Crime"}} |
'''Sylvia''': Bit late for that, madam.|"Partners in Crime"}} |
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{{quote|'''Cause the thing is, Doctor, I believe it all now. You opened my eyes. All those amazing things out there, I believe them all. Well, apart from [[Doctor Who |
{{quote|'''Cause the thing is, Doctor, I believe it all now. You opened my eyes. All those amazing things out there, I believe them all. Well, apart from [[Doctor Who/2007 CS Voyage of the Damned/Recap|that replica of the Titanic flying over Buckingham Palace on Christmas Day]], I mean that's ''gotta'' be a hoax.''|'''Donna Noble''', "Partners in Crime"}} |
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{{quote|'''Pompeiian Stallholder''': [[British Accents|'Afternoon sweet'art. What can I get you, miluv?]]<br /> |
{{quote|'''Pompeiian Stallholder''': [[British Accents|'Afternoon sweet'art. What can I get you, miluv?]]<br /> |
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'''The TARDIS''': There's something I didn't get to say to you.<br /> |
'''The TARDIS''': There's something I didn't get to say to you.<br /> |
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'''The Doctor''': [[Tear Jerker|...goodbye.]]<br /> |
'''The Doctor''': [[Tear Jerker|...goodbye.]]<br /> |
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'''The TARDIS''': No. I just wanted to say... Hello. Hello, Doctor. It's so very, very nice to meet you.|[[Doctor Who |
'''The TARDIS''': No. I just wanted to say... Hello. Hello, Doctor. It's so very, very nice to meet you.|[[Doctor Who/Recap/S32 E4 The Doctors Wife|"The Doctor's Wife"]]}} |
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{{quote| "I wish I could tell you that you'll be loved. That you'll be safe and cared for and protected. But this isn't the time for lies. What you are going to be, Melody, is very very brave. But not as brave as they all have to be, because there's somebody coming. I don't know where he is, or what he's doing, but trust me; he's on his way. There's a man who's never going to let us down, and not even an army can get in the way. He's the last of his kind; he looks young, but he's lived for hundreds and hundreds of years. And wherever they take you, Melody, however scared you are, I promise you, you will never be alone. Because this man is your father. He has a name, but the people of our world know him better... {{spoiler|as The Last Centurion.}}"<br /> |
{{quote| "I wish I could tell you that you'll be loved. That you'll be safe and cared for and protected. But this isn't the time for lies. What you are going to be, Melody, is very very brave. But not as brave as they all have to be, because there's somebody coming. I don't know where he is, or what he's doing, but trust me; he's on his way. There's a man who's never going to let us down, and not even an army can get in the way. He's the last of his kind; he looks young, but he's lived for hundreds and hundreds of years. And wherever they take you, Melody, however scared you are, I promise you, you will never be alone. Because this man is your father. He has a name, but the people of our world know him better... {{spoiler|as The Last Centurion.}}"<br /> |
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'''River:''' I can't let you die—<br /> |
'''River:''' I can't let you die—<br /> |
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'''The Doctor:''' But I have to die!<br /> |
'''The Doctor:''' But I have to die!<br /> |
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'''River:''' Shut up! [[Grand Romantic Gesture|I can't let you without knowing you are loved.]] [[You Are Not Alone|By so many and so much.]] [[Love Confession|And by no one more than me.]]|[[Doctor Who |
'''River:''' Shut up! [[Grand Romantic Gesture|I can't let you without knowing you are loved.]] [[You Are Not Alone|By so many and so much.]] [[Love Confession|And by no one more than me.]]|[[Doctor Who/Recap/S32 E13 The Wedding of River Song|"The Wedding of River Song"]]}} |
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{{quote|'''Dorium''': On the Fields of Trenzalor at the Fall of the Eleventh, where no living creature can speak falsely or fail to answer, a Question will be asked. A Question that must never, '''''ever''''' be answered.<br /> |
{{quote|'''Dorium''': On the Fields of Trenzalor at the Fall of the Eleventh, where no living creature can speak falsely or fail to answer, a Question will be asked. A Question that must never, '''''ever''''' be answered.<br /> |
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'''Dorium''': "Silence ''must'' fall" would be a better translation. The Silence are determined that the Question will never be answered, that the Doctor will ''never'' reach Trenzalor.<br /> |
'''Dorium''': "Silence ''must'' fall" would be a better translation. The Silence are determined that the Question will never be answered, that the Doctor will ''never'' reach Trenzalor.<br /> |
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'''The Doctor''': I don't understand. What's it got to do with me?<br /> |
'''The Doctor''': I don't understand. What's it got to do with me?<br /> |
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'''Dorium''': The first Question. The oldest Question in the universe, hidden in plain sight. Would you like to know what it is?|[[Doctor Who |
'''Dorium''': The first Question. The oldest Question in the universe, hidden in plain sight. Would you like to know what it is?|[[Doctor Who/Recap/S32 E13 The Wedding of River Song|"The Wedding of River Song"]]}} |
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{{quote|{{spoiler|"Doctor who?"}}|[[Driving Question|The Question That Must Never Be Answered]]}} |
{{quote|{{spoiler|"Doctor who?"}}|[[Driving Question|The Question That Must Never Be Answered]]}} |
Revision as of 11:06, 25 January 2014
about the show itself
No, look, there’s a blue box. It’s bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. It can go anywhere in time and space and sometimes even where it’s meant to go. And when it turns up, there’s a bloke in it called The Doctor and there will be stuff wrong and he will do his best to sort it out and he will probably succeed cos he’s awesome. Now sit down, shut up, and watch 'Blink'.
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He is impulsive, idealistic, ready to risk his life for a worthy cause. He hates tyranny and oppression and anything that is anti-life. He never gives in and he never gives up, however overwhelming the odds against him. |
Craig Ferguson: Tonight's show is about a man... who's not really a man. He's a Doctor, but he's not really a doctor, like Dr. Phil, but AWESOME! Most people in the United States of America have not heard of him. He's just like me in that regard! |
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Star Trek has a reputation for attracting a certain class of obsessive, socially stunted fan. But when the latest Trek fan film isn't geeky enough to fully satisfy the escapist yen of your Linux-loving, Zaurus-toting, polyester-wearing ass, there is only one fully pedigreed alternative suitable for your viewing needs -- the one and only Doctor Who. —The Rotten Library, Doctor Who
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Watching Doctor Who Is Like Having A Relationship With God.
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For every inexplicable time pretzel or hmm-hummer it presents, though, it’s one of the most distinct shows I watch: it’s mercurial protagonist, who can flip between Implacable Intimidator and Goofy Ultrapacifist in a harrowing instant is one of the more intriguing things about it. It’s a romp, for lack of a better term. It’s a joke that you’re in on, and if you don’t watch it enough to pass through the membrane and get to that inside portion, you’ll probably feel like the show is teasing you most of the time. You’ll see those “special effects” and probably be insulted by them, when for the regular audience they are, in their amalgamation, a kind of “wink.” You can see the strings and stagey bits, and if you agree to believe it, you’re off to the races. It’s a show you must meet half-way, which I do, and I’ve been repaid for it many times over.
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"Star Wars is adolescent nonsense; Close Encounters is obscurantist drivel; Star Trek can turn your brains to puree of bat guano; and the greatest science fiction series of all time is Doctor Who! And I'll take you all on, one-by-one or all in a bunch to back it up!"
—Harlan Ellison, recalling an address to science-fiction fans, in his Introduction to a series of Doctor Who novelizations published in the US in the late 70s.
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The First Doctor
If you could touch the alien sand and hear the cries of strange birds, and watch them wheel in another sky, would that satisfy you?
—First Doctor, An Unearthly Child
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Have you ever thought what it's like to be wanderers in the fourth dimension? Have you? To be exiles? Susan and I are cut off from our own planet - without friends or protection. But one day we shall get back. Yes, one day...
—First Doctor, An Unearthly Child
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Fear makes companions of us all, Miss Wright.
—First Doctor, An Unearthly Child
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I made some cocoa and got engaged.
—First Doctor, summing up his part in The Aztecs.
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It all started out as a mild curiosity in the junkyard and now it's turned out to be quite a great spirit of adventure.
—First Doctor, The Sensorites
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One day, I shall come back. Yes, I shall come back. Until then, there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties. Just go forward in all your beliefs, and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine.
—First Doctor, The Dalek Invasion of Earth
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Our lives are important - at least to us - and as we see, so we learn... Our destiny is in the stars, so let's go and search for it.
—First Doctor, The Reign of Terror
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The Second Doctor
There are some corners of the universe which have bred the most terrible things. Things that act against everything we believe in. They must be fought.
—Second Doctor, The Moonbase
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Our lives are different from anybody else's. That's the exciting thing. Nobody in the universe can do what we're doing!
—Second Doctor, Tomb of the Cybermen
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Jamie: Have you thought up some clever plan, Doctor? —The Abominable Snowmen
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This is, er... Koschei, one of my oldest and dearest friends. We were at... school together, you see. Koschei, this is James Robert McCrimmon. He and Victoria Waterfield travel with me these days.
—Second Doctor, from the Missing Adventures novel The Dark Path
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Your leader will be angry if you kill me! I... I'm a genius.
—Second Doctor, talking his way out of being shot down by the Ice Warriors; The Seeds of Death
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UNIT Soldier: Halt! You're not allowed in there. —The Five Doctors
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The Third Doctor
Now listen to me...
—Third Doctor, every other story
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I reversed the polarity of the neutron flow.
— Third Doctor, The Sea Devils
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I always find violent exercise makes me hungry, don't you agree?
—Third Doctor, holding The Master at swordpoint while stealing his lunch, The Sea Devils
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"Makes it seem so pointless, really, doesn't it?" —Jo and the Third Doctor, The Time Monster
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Courage isn't just a matter of not being afraid. It's being afraid and doing what you have to do anyway.
—Third Doctor, Planet of the Daleks
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You know, for a man who abhors violence, I took great satisfaction in doing that.
—Third Doctor on taking out a Dalek, Planet of the Daleks
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So... the fledgling flies the coop.
—Third Doctor, foreseeing the imminent loss of his long time companion; The Green Death
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A straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but it is by no means the most interesting.
—Third Doctor, The Time Warrior
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Good grief, it's a triceratops! Look Brigadier, try and keep it occupied while I'm finishing this off, will you?
—Third Doctor, Invasion of the Dinosaurs
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The Fourth Doctor
You may be a doctor, but I'm the Doctor. The definite article, you might say.
—Fourth Doctor, Robot
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It may be irrational of me, but human beings are quite my favorite species.
—Fourth Doctor, The Ark in Space
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Homo Sapiens! What an inventive, invincible species. It's only a few million years since they crawled up out of the mud and learned to walk. Puny, defenseless bipeds. They've survived flood, famine and plague. They've survived cosmic wars and holocausts and now here they are, out amongst the stars, waiting to begin a new life. Ready to out-sit eternity. They're indomitable....indomitable.
—Fourth Doctor, musing on humanity, The Ark in Space
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Fourth Doctor: Davros, if you had created a virus in your laboratory, something contagious and infectious that killed on contact, a virus that would destroy all other forms of life; would you allow its use? —Genesis of the Daleks
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You can't rule the world in hiding. You've got to come out on the balcony sometimes and wave a tentacle.
—Fourth Doctor, Terror of the Zygons
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I'm not a human being; I walk in eternity...
—Fourth Doctor, Pyramids of Mars
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Deactivating a generator loop without the correct key is like repairing a watch with a hammer and chisel. One false move and you'll never know the time again.
—Fourth Doctor, Pyramids of Mars
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Sarah Jane: So, providing we don't burn up on re-entry and aren't suffocated on the way down, we'll probably be smashed to a pulp when we land. —The Android Invasion
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Fourth Doctor: You humans have got such limited, little minds. I don't know why I like you so much. —The Masque of Mandragora
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The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don't alter their views to fit the facts; they alter the facts to fit their views. Which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.
—Fourth Doctor, The Face of Evil
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That's the empty rhetoric of a defeated dictator, and I don't like your face either.
—Fourth Doctor, Horror of Fang Rock
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Romana I: But he had such an honest face! —The Ribos Operation
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Kimus: Do you drive these things for a living? —The Pirate Planet
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Romana II: Where are we going? —City of Death
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The Fifth Doctor
[Asks a group of women the quickest way out of town. They all point in different directions] That's democracy for you.
—Fifth Doctor, Castrovalva
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An apple a day keeps the... Ah.
—Fifth Doctor, Kinda
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For some people, small, beautiful events is what life is all about!
—Fifth Doctor, Earthshock
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Sorry, must dash!
—Fifth Doctor, The Five Doctors
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There should have been another way.
—The Fifth Doctor on the absurdly high body count in his stories, Warriors of the Deep
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Oh, marvelous. You're going to kill me. What a finely-tuned response to the situation.
—Fifth Doctor, Frontios
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I tried keeping a diary once. Not chronological, of course. But the trouble with time travel is, one never seems to find the time.
—Fifth Doctor, The Caves of Androzani
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Peri: Doctor, why do you wear a stick of celery in your lapel? —Fifth Doctor, The Caves of Androzani
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Fifth Doctor: (feverish) Not a very persuasive argument actually Stolz because I'm going to die soon anyway. Unless of course- —Fifth Doctor, The Caves of Androzani
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The Sixth Doctor
Well, look at me. I'm old, lacking in vigour, my mind's in turmoil. I no longer know if I'm coming, have gone, or even been. I'm falling to pieces. I no longer even have any clothes sense... Self-pity is all I have left.
—Sixth Doctor, The Twin Dilemma
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Rest is for the weary, sleep is for the dead. I feel like a hungry man eager for the feast!
—Sixth Doctor, Attack of the Cybermen
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Davros: This part of the galaxy is developing quickly. Famine *was* one of its major problems. —Revelation of the Daleks
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Planets come and go. Stars perish. Matter disperses, coalesces, forms into other patterns, other worlds. Nothing can be eternal.
—Sixth Doctor, The Trial of a Time Lord: The Mysterious Planet
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This is a situation that requires tact and finesse. Fortunately, I am blessed with both.
—Sixth Doctor, The Trial of a Time Lord: Terror of the Vervoids
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In all my travelling throughout the universe I have battled against evil, against power mad conspirators. I should have stayed here. The oldest civilisation: decadent, degenerate, and rotten to the core. Power mad conspirators, Daleks, Sontarans... Cybermen, they're still in the nursery compared to us. Ten million years of absolute power. That's what it takes to be really corrupt!
—Sixth Doctor, The Trial of a Time Lord: The Ultimate Foe
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The Seventh Doctor
Think about me when you're living your life one day after another, all in a neat pattern. Think about the homeless traveller in his old police box, his days like crazy paving.
—Seventh Doctor, Dragonfire
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Davros: We shall become all- —Remembrance of the Daleks
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Oi! Dalek! Over here. It's me, the Doctor. What's the matter with you? Don't you recognise your mortal enemy?
—Seventh Doctor, Remembrance of the Daleks
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Group Captain Gilmore: "What am I dealing with? Little green men?" —Remembrance of the Daleks
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I can hear the sound of empires toppling.
—Seventh Doctor, The Happiness Patrol
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[cheerily] Hello! I'm the Doctor! I believe you want to kill me?
—Seventh Doctor, Silver Nemesis
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Let me guess: my heresies appall you, my theories outrage you, I never answer letters, and you don't like my tie.
—Seventh Doctor, Ghost Light
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Ace: Don't you have things you hate? —Seventh Doctor, Ghost Light
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There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, and the sea's asleep, and the rivers dream; people made of smoke and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, somewhere else the tea's getting cold. Come on, Ace. We've got work to do.
—Seventh Doctor, Survival (the last piece of dialogue in the Classic Series)
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The Eighth Doctor
Eighth Doctor: Puccini! We've met before. —Doctor Who: The Movie
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Eighth Doctor: (towards the Master) You want dominion over the living, yet all you do is kill.
—Doctor Who: The Movie
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I am the man that gives monsters nightmares. The Daleks call me the Bringer of Darkness. I am the Eighth Man Bound. I am the Champion of Life and Time. I'm the guy with two hearts. I make History better. I am the Doctor.
—Eighth Doctor, from the Virgin New Adventures novel The Dying Days
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The Ninth Doctor
Do you wanna come with me? 'Cause if you do, then I should warn you, you're gonna see all sorts of things. Ghosts from the past. Aliens from the future. The day the Earth died in a ball of flame. It won't be quiet, it won't be safe and it won't be calm. But I'll tell you what it will be: the trip of a lifetime.
—Ninth Doctor, 2005 trailers
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Run.
—The Ninth Doctor's first word
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Rose Tyler: Is it always this dangerous? —"Rose"
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I can feel it. The turn of the Earth. The ground beneath our feet is spinning at 1,000 miles an hour, and the entire planet is hurtling around the Sun at 67,000 miles an hour and I can feel it. We're falling through space, you and me, clinging to the skin of this tiny little world, and if we let go... That's who I am.
—Ninth Doctor, "Rose"
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The assembled hordes of Genghis Khan couldn't get through those doors. And believe me, they've tried.
—Ninth Doctor on the sturdiness of the TARDIS, "Rose"
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Ninth Doctor (on the Gelth): Did it say anything? Can it speak? I'm the Doctor, by the way. —"The Unquiet Dead"
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Dalek: I am waiting for orders. —"Dalek"
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Ninth Doctor: Dom't you see it's all gone? Everything you were, everything you stood for. —"Dalek"
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The thing is, Adam, time travel is like visiting Paris. You can't just read the guidebook, you've gotta throw yourself in. Eat the food, use the wrong verbs, get charged double and end up kissing complete strangers - or is that just me?
—Ninth Doctor, "The Long Game"
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Who said you're not important? I've travelled to all sorts of places, done things you couldn't even imagine. But you two? Street corner, two in the morning, getting a taxi home. I've never had a life like that.
—The Ninth Doctor to a married couple, "Father's Day"
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Ninth Doctor: Sonic blaster, 51st Century... weapon factories at Villengard? —"The Doctor Dances"
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Ninth Doctor: Dr. Constantine, never left his patients. Back on your feet, constant doctor. The world doesn't want to get by without you just yet, and I don't blame it one bit. These are your patients, all better now. —"The Doctor Dances"
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Ninth Doctor: History says there was an explosion, who am I to argue with history? —"The Doctor Dances"
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Dalek: Alert! Alert! We are detected! —"Bad Wolf"
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You know what they call me in the ancient legends of the Dalek homeworld? The Oncoming Storm. You might have removed all your emotions, but I reckon right down deep in your DNA there's one little spark left. And that's fear. Doesn't it just burn when you face me?
—Ninth Doctor, "The Parting of The Ways"
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Ninth Doctor: Rose Tyler, I was going to take you to so many places. Barcelona! Not the city Barcelona, the planet Barcelona. You'd love it, fantastic place. They've got dogs with no noses! (laughs) Imagine how many times a day you end up telling that joke and it's still funny! —The regeneration of the Ninth Doctor begins, "The Parting of the Ways"
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The Tenth Doctor
Allons-y!
—Tenth Doctor; numerous times
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By the ancient rites of combat, I forbid you to scavenge here for the rest of time. And when you go back to the stars and tell others of this planet, when you tell them of its riches, its people, its potential, when you talk of the Earth, then make sure that you tell them this...it is defended!
—Tenth Doctor to the defeated Sycorax leader, "The Christmas Invasion"
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No second chances. I'm that sort of a man.
—Tenth Doctor, after sending the Sycorax leader to his doom using a satsuma, "The Christmas Invasion"
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I'm sorry, I am so, so, sorry.
—Tenth Doctor, every other Series 2 [2] episode
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Tenth Doctor: If I don't like your plan, it will end. —"School Reunion"
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Sarah Jane Smith: Goodbye, Doctor. —Sarah Jane rights a wrong three decades old, "School Reunion"
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Tenth Doctor: Must be a spatio-temporal hyperlink. —Tenth Doctor channeling the Cat from Red Dwarf, "The Girl in the Fireplace"
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Tenth Doctor: Even monsters under the bed have nightmares. —"The Girl in the Fireplace"
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Tenth Doctor: Madame de Pompadour! You look younger every day. —"The Girl in the Fireplace"
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Eddie Connolly: I. Am. TALKING! —"The Idiot's Lantern"
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Tenth Doctor: Men in black? Vanishing police cars? This is Churchill's England, not Stalin's Russia! —"The Idiot's Lantern"
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But I've seen a lot of this universe. I've seen fake gods, bad gods, demigods, would-be gods, and out of all that, out of that whole pantheon, if I believe in one thing, just one thing, I believe in her!
—The Tenth Doctor, on Rose Tyler, "The Satan Pit"
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Ida Scott: Hang on though, Doctor. You never really said... you two, who are you? —"The Satan Pit"
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Rose: Doctor, they've got guns. —"Army of Ghosts"
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Martha: You're completely mad! —"Smith and Jones"
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Crossing into established events is strictly forbidden...except for cheap tricks.
—Tenth Doctor, "Smith and Jones"
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Martha: Blimey, do you have to take a test to fly this thing? —Martha Jones on the TARDIS, "The Shakespeare Code"
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Tenth Doctor: Good mistress, this poor fellow has died from a sudden imbalance of the humours. A natural, if unfortunate demise. Call a constable, have him taken away. —"The Shakespeare Code"
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Tenth Doctor: Ohh, how to explain the mechanics of the infinite temporal flux? I know, Back to the Future. It's like Back to The Future. —"The Shakespeare Code"
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Queen Elizabeth I: Doctor! —"The Shakespeare Code"
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And that's it, I'm afraid. There's no more from you on the transcript, that's the last I've got. I don't know what stopped you talking but I can guess. They're coming. The Angels are coming for you, but listen: your life could depend on this. Don't blink. Don't even blink. Blink and you're dead. They are fast, faster than you could believe. Don't turn your back, don't look away, and don't blink. Good luck.
—Tenth Doctor, "Blink"
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Master: Doctor. —"The Sound of Drums"
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Look at you! The hat, the coat, the crickety-cricket stuff, the.... (unenthusiastically) stick of celery, yeah.... brave choice, celery, but fair play to you, not a lot of men can carry off a decorative vegetable.
—Tenth Doctor to the Fifth Doctor, "Time Crash"
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"Hey, I'm the Doctor! I can save the universe with a kettle and some string! And look at me, I'm wearing a vegetable."
—Tenth Doctor mimicking the Fifth Doctor, "Time Crash"
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I'm the Doctor. I'm a Time Lord. I'm from the planet Gallifrey in the constellation of Kasterborous. I'm 903 years old, and I'm the man who's gonna save your lives and all six billion people on the planet below. You got a problem with that?
—Tenth Doctor, "Voyage of the Damned"
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Astrid Peth, citizen of Sto, the woman who looked at the stars and dreamt of travelling... there is an old tradition... Now you can travel forever... You’re not falling, Astrid; you’re flying.
—The Tenth Doctor scattering Astrid's atoms across the universe; "Voyage of the Damned"
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Health and safety...film department.
—The Tenth Doctor, spying through a projection room, "Partners in Crime"
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Tenth Doctor: Hold on, hold on, hold on, one more thing, before...dying. Do you know what happens if you hold two identical sonic devices against each other? —"Partners in Crime"
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You need to get yourself a better dictionary. When you do, look up genocide and you´ll see a little picture of me there and the caption´ll read 'OVER MY DEAD BODY'!
—The Tenth Doctor, doing his job, "The Doctor´s Daughter"
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I never would. Have you got that? I never would. When you start this new world; this world of Human and Hath, remember that. Make the foundation of this society a man who never would.
—Tenth Doctor on taking revenge for the death of his daughter, "The Doctor's Daughter"
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Donna Noble: Use your thingy! —Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble arguing over the sonic screwdriver, "Silence in the Library"
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Tenth Doctor: You're not archaeologists, are you? Tell me you're not archaeologists. —"Silence in the Library"
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Vashta Nerada: These are our forests. They are our meat. —"Forest of the Dead"
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Donna Noble: You alright? —"Forest of the Dead"
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General Brudge: You don't have the courage to bear arms, Doctor. —Pest Control ("New Series Adventures" audiobook)
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Rani: I hope you're as good as Ms. Smith says you are. —The Sarah Jane Adventures: "The Wedding of Sarah Jane"
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Adelaide Brooke: State your name, rank and intention. —"The Waters on Mars"
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I don't want to go.
—The Tenth Doctor, on the verge of regeneration, The End of Time
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The Eleventh Doctor
Still not ginger!
—One of the first things the Eleventh Doctor says after regenerating, The End of Time
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GERONIMO!!!!!
—Eleventh Doctor, The End of Time
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Trust me. I'm the Doctor.
—Eleventh Doctor, "The Eleventh Hour"
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Amy Pond: I thought, like, well I started to think that maybe you were just a mad man with a box. —"The Eleventh Hour"
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Amy Pond: I grew up. —"The Eleventh Hour"
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Amy Pond: You're worse than my aunt! —"The Eleventh Hour"
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Eleventh Doctor: Leaving is good. Never coming back is better. C'MOOOOONNN, then! The Doctor will see you now! —"The Eleventh Hour"
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All of time and space, everything that ever happened, or ever will. Where do you want to start?
—Eleventh Doctor, "The Eleventh Hour"
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Bow Ties Are Cool.
—Eleventh Doctor, often
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Amy: You look human. —"The Beast Below"
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Eleventh Doctor: The writing, the graffiti [on the home box]: Old High Gallifreyan, lost language of the Time Lords. There were days, there were many days, that these words could burn stars, and raise up empires, and topple gods. —"The Time of Angels"
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Father Octavian: There are six billion human colonists [on this planet]. —"The Time of Angels"
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Eleventh Doctor: There's one thing you never put in a trap if you're smart. If you value your continued existence, if you have any plans about seeing tomorrow there's one thing you never ever put in a trap. —Eleventh Doctor to an entire army of Weeping Angels, once again demonstrating his ability to Badass Boast, "The Time of Angels"
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Eleventh Doctor: Amy, you've got to start trusting me. It's never been more important. —"Flesh and Stone" and "The Big Bang"
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Amy: Then why am I here? —"Meanwhile in the TARDIS 2"
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Eleventh Doctor: They're just friends. Chums, pals, mates, buddies. ...not mates, forget mates. —"Meanwhile in the TARDIS 2"
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Rory: Yours is bigger than mine. |
This ends today. I will tear down the House of Calvierri stone by stone. [...] And you know why? You didn't know Isabella's name. You didn't know Isabella's name.
—Eleventh Doctor, "The Vampires of Venice"
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There's something that doesn't make sense. Let's go and poke it with a stick.
—Eleventh Doctor, "Amy's Choice"
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Less of a young professional - more of an ancient amateur...
—Eleventh Doctor, "The Lodger"
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People fall out of the world sometimes, but they always leave traces. Little things we can't quite account for. Faces in photographs, luggage, half-eaten meals, rings. Nothing is ever forgotten, not completely. And if something can be remembered, it can come back.
—The Eleventh Doctor tries to get Amy to remember Rory, "The Pandorica Opens"
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Rory: So why am I here? —"The Pandorica Opens"
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Now the question of the hour is, who's got the Pandorica? Answer -- I do. Next question, who's coming to take it from me? (beat) Come on! Look at me: no plan, no backup, no weapons worth a damn. Oh, and something else I haven't got: Any, thing, to, lose! So if you're sitting up there in your silly little spaceship, with all your silly little guns, and you've got any plans on taking the Pandorica tonight, just remember who's standing in your way. Remember every black day I ever stopped you. And then, and then, do the smart thing. Let somebody else try first.
—Eleventh Doctor to an entire army of Doctor Who villains, "The Pandorica Opens"
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It's a fez, I wear a fez now. Fezzes are cool.
—Eleventh Doctor on his new hat, "The Big Bang"
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When you wake up, you'll have a mum and dad, and you won't even remember me. Well you'll remember me a little. I'll be a story in your head. That's okay. We're all stories in the end. Just make it a good one, eh? 'Cause it was, you know. It was the best. A daft old man who stole a magic box and ran away. Did I ever tell you that I stole it? Well, I borrowed it; I was always gonna take it back. Oh, that box. Amy, you'll dream about that box. It'll never leave you. Big and little at the same time. Brand new and ancient, and the bluest blue ever. And the times we had, eh? Woulda had. Never had. In your dreams, they'll still be there. The Doctor and Amy Pond, and the days that never came.
—Eleventh Doctor to Amelia, just before he's about to be erased from time, "The Big Bang".
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Christmas Eve on a rooftop, saw a chimney, my whole brain went "What the hell!"
—Eleventh Doctor, after dropping down through a chimney, "A Christmas Carol"
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Eleventh Doctor: Who's she? —"A Christmas Carol"
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I'm being extremely clever up here and there is no one to stand around looking impressed! What is the point of having you all?
—Eleven, a mite cross with his companions' secret meeting, "The Impossible Astronaut"
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I'm going to need a SWAT team ready to mobilise, street maps covering all of Florida, a pot of coffee, twelve Jammy Dodgers and a fez!
—Eleventh Doctor, having just barged into the Oval Office with guns pointed at him and a solution to President Nixon's mystery caller, "The Impossible Astronaut"
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Eleventh Doctor: ... Dr Song, you've got that face on again. —"The Impossible Astronaut"
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You just raised an army against yourself! And now, for a thousand generations, you're going to be ordering them to destroy you every day. How fast can you run? Because today's the day the human race threw you off their planet. And they won't even know they're doing it. I think the word you're looking for right now is "Oops".
—"Day of the Moon", part of the Eleventh Doctor's requisite Kirk Summation.
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Richard Nixon: I'm a president at the beginning of his time. Dare I ask? Will I be remembered? —"Day of the Moon"
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House: Fear me, Doctor, I've killed hundreds of Time Lords. —"The Doctor's Wife"
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Reverse the Jelly Baby of the neutron flow.
—The Eleventh Doctor's ganger duplicate getting adjusted to his regenerations in "The Almost People"
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Amy: Doctor, I'm frightened. I'm properly, properly scared. —"The Almost People"
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Hello everyone! Guess who? Please, point a gun at me if it helps you relax; you're only human.
—The Eleventh Doctor, having infiltrated an amassed army formed for the sole purpose of killing him; "A Good Man Goes to War"
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Eleventh Doctor: No. Colonel Manton, I want you to tell your men "run away." —"A Good Man Goes To War
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Imagine you were afraid, a long way from home, in terrible pain. Just when you thought it couldn't get worse... you looked up, and saw the face of the devil himself. [[[Beat]]] Hello, Dalek.
—The Eleventh Doctor, The Wedding of River Song
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Companions, Foes, and Others
What are you doing here? |
First Dalek: Exterminate all Humans! —The Power of the Daleks
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Oh, don't underestimate them, Jimmy. They may look like amateurs, but that man has an incredible knack of being one jump ahead of everyone.
—Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, The Invasion
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I am The Master, and you will obey me.
—The Master, Terror of the Autons
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There is no point in further discussion. Discussion is for the wise and the helpless, and I am neither.
—Leela, The Invasion of Time
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Romana: They taught me at school how to stop my hearts. —Destiny of the Daleks
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Countess Scarlioni: I don't think he's as stupid as he seems. —Discussing the Fourth Doctor, City of Death
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Duggan: You know what I don't understand...? —City of Death
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Fifth Doctor: All this carnage isn't necessary. —The Visitation
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Splendid fellows, all of you.
—Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart, to the First through Fifth Doctors, The Five Doctors
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The Master: I am the Master! —Planet of Fire
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You have the mouth of a prattling jackanapes. But your eyes: They tell a different story.
—Sharaz Jek speaking to the Fifth Doctor, The Caves of Androzani
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Your sense of humour will be the death of you, Doctor. Probably quite soon.
—Sharaz Jek (once more), The Caves of Androzani
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The truth? Hex wants the truth. Where to start? The most important truth you never learned, Hexxie boy, is that when the chips are down, the Doctor only ever thinks about himself. You see, it's just a chess game for him. He is the King -- All clever and very impressive but very hands-off with the nitty-gritty. He sits at the back and sends everyone else rushing about, doing his dirty work, all those plans and strategies and tinkering, sending wave after wave of pawns to die while he keeps his conscience clean.
—On the Seventh Doctor, A Death In The Family
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Clive: The Doctor is a legend woven throughout history. When disaster comes he's there. He brings a storm in his wake and he has only one constant companion. —"Rose"
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Are you my mummy?
—The Child, "The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances"
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Captain Jack: Captain Jack Harkness. —"Bad Wolf"
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Sarah Jane: The Doctor likes traveling with an entourage. Sometimes they're human, sometimes they're aliens and sometimes they're tin dogs. ...What about you? Where do you fit in the picture? —"School Reunion"
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Ricky: You see? No earpods. While the rest of the world downloads from Cybus Industries, we, we, have got freedom. You're talking to London's Most Wanted, but Target No. 1 is Lumic and we are going to bring him down. —"Rise of the Cybermen"
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Y'know, when you're a kid, they tell you it's all grow up, get a job, get married, get a house, have a kid and that's it. But the truth is the world's so much stranger than that, and so much darker, and so much madder, and so much better.
—Elton Pope, "Love & Monsters"
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Dalek: You will identify! —"Army of Ghosts"
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Cyber Leader: Daleks, be warned. You have declared war upon the Cybermen. —"Doomsday"
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But of all the strange, strange creatures —Neil Hannon singing "Love Don't Roam", "The Runaway Bride"
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You are not alone.
—The Face of Boe to the Tenth Doctor, "Gridlock"
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Dalek: Daleks have no concept of "worry". —"Daleks in Manhattan"
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Hutchinson: Latimer, you filthy coward! —"The Family of Blood"
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Tim Latimer: He's like fire and ice and rage. He's like the night, and the storm in the heart of the sun. —Tim Latimer describing the Tenth Doctor, "The Family of Blood"
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Master (on the gasmask he's wearing): Because of the gas. —"The Sound of Drums"
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The Master: Anything I can do? I could make the tea - or isn't that American enough? I dunno, I could make grits. What are "grits", anyway? —"The Sound of Drums"
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Donna: I'm not drifting...I'm waiting. —Donna Noble speaking of the Doctor, "Partners in Crime"
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Donna: (answering the phone, whispering) Not now. —"Partners in Crime"
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'Cause the thing is, Doctor, I believe it all now. You opened my eyes. All those amazing things out there, I believe them all. Well, apart from that replica of the Titanic flying over Buckingham Palace on Christmas Day, I mean that's gotta be a hoax.
—Donna Noble, "Partners in Crime"
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Pompeiian Stallholder: 'Afternoon sweet'art. What can I get you, miluv? —Donna Noble tests out the TARDIS' recursive translation circuits, "The Fires of Pompeii"
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He saves worlds, rescues civilizations, defeats terrible creatures, and runs a lot. Seriously, there's an outrageous amount of running involved.
—Donna Noble describing the Tenth Doctor, "The Doctor's Daughter"
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When you run with the Doctor, it feels like it will never end. But however hard you try, you can't run forever. Everybody knows that everybody dies, and nobody knows it like the Doctor. But I do think that all the skies of all the worlds might just turn dark if he ever, for one moment, accepts it. Everybody knows that everybody dies. But not every day. Not today. Some days are special. Some days are so, so blessed. Some days, nobody dies at all. Now and then, every once in a very long while, every day in a million days, when the wind stands fair and the Doctor comes to call, everybody lives.
—River Song, "Forest of the Dead"
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Father Octavian: You promised me an army. —"The Time of Angels"
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You know what's dangerous about you, Doctor? It's not that you make people take risks, it's that you make them want to impress you. You make it so they don't want to let you down. You have no idea how dangerous you make people to themselves when you're around.
—Rory Williams, "The Vampires of Venice"
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(on the legend of "the Pandorica" and what's trapped inside it) —"The Pandorica Opens" (the intended occupant of the Pandorica is later revealed to be the Doctor himself)
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(River Song faces off against a very weak Dalek after said Dalek has killed the Doctor) —"The Big Bang"
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Raggedy Man, I remember you, and you are LATE FOR MY WEDDING!
—Amy Pond, "The Big Bang"
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"The only water in the forest is the river..." —Arc Words; Series 6
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Amy: What's the matter with you? —Amy and Rory, "Day of the Moon"
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The Doctor: You know, since we're talking, with mouths -- not really an opportunity that comes along very often -- I just wanna say you have never been very reliable. |
"I wish I could tell you that you'll be loved. That you'll be safe and cared for and protected. But this isn't the time for lies. What you are going to be, Melody, is very very brave. But not as brave as they all have to be, because there's somebody coming. I don't know where he is, or what he's doing, but trust me; he's on his way. There's a man who's never going to let us down, and not even an army can get in the way. He's the last of his kind; he looks young, but he's lived for hundreds and hundreds of years. And wherever they take you, Melody, however scared you are, I promise you, you will never be alone. Because this man is your father. He has a name, but the people of our world know him better... as The Last Centurion." |
River: The Doctor lies.
—Rule #1, "A Good Man Goes To War"
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"Where. Is. My. Wife." |
How can you be so clever and so completely stupid at the same time?
—Amy Pond to the Doctor, Prequel to "Let's Kill Hitler"
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Rory: Shut up, Hitler! —"Let's Kill Hitler"
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River: I've been sending out a message. A distress call. Outside the bubble of our time. The universe is still turning and I've sent a message everywhere. To the future and the past, the beginning and the end of everything. "The Doctor is dying. Please, please help." |
Dorium: On the Fields of Trenzalor at the Fall of the Eleventh, where no living creature can speak falsely or fail to answer, a Question will be asked. A Question that must never, ever be answered. |
"Doctor who?"
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Droxil (after he and his subordinates have put their weapons on the ground and stepped back from the crying Madge, who then pulls a pistol of her own): "...there's nothing you could say that would convince me you would ever use that gun." —"The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe"
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- ↑ jumper means sweatshirt in British English
- ↑ Season 28
- ↑ (pronounced venay-veedee-veechy)