Doctor Who/Quotes: Difference between revisions

== about the show itself ==

 

 

{{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.

In fact, to put it simply, the Doctor is a hero.|'''[[Terrance Dicks]]'''}}

 

 

{{quote|''"It's completely terrifying!''

''So many places I've been, there's so much more more to see!''

''We got galaxies and planets and moons,''

 

{{quote|''"Travelling man,''

'' Alien man, running from the days of old.''

''Out of his world, with nothing left to lose.''

 

{{quote|''[[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]]''.

(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]''}}

 

He can show you the stars

He can love you more because

 

Doctor Who, whatcha gonna do

Doctor Who, Doctor Who,

 

 

 

Your adventures will be great

But as you experience the freedom of time,

 

Galaxies at supersonic speeds

You only lie in wait to hear the word

To hear the word

 

{{quote|"''[[Star Wars]]'' is adolescent nonsense; ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind|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.}}

'''Second Doctor''': Bung a rock at it.|''The Abominable Snowmen''}}

 

 

{{quote|''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''}}

{{quote|''I [[Reverse the Polarity|reversed the polarity of the neutron flow]].''|''' Third Doctor''', ''The Sea Devils''}}

 

 

{{quote|"Makes it seem so pointless, really, doesn't it?"

 

{{quote|'''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.

'''Sarah Jane''': ''Our'' plan? It's ''your'' plan!|''The Android Invasion''}}

 

'''Sixth Doctor:''' You turned them into food?

'''Davros:''' A scheme that has earned me great acclaim.

'''Davros:''' Certainly not! That would have created what I believe is termed... "[[Expospeak Gag|consumer resistance]]".|''Revelation of the Daleks''}}

 

 

== The Eighth Doctor ==

'''Eighth Doctor''': These ''shoes''! [stomps the ground happily] They fit '''[[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny|perfectly]]'''!|''Doctor Who: The [[Made for TV Movie|Movie]]''}}

 

 

== The Ninth Doctor ==

 

 

{{quote|'''Rose Tyler''': Is it always this dangerous?

'''Ninth Doctor''': Alright then. If you want orders, follow this one. Kill yourself.

'''Dalek''': {{smallcaps|The Daleks must survive!}}

'''Dalek''': {{smallcaps|...You would make a good Dalek.}}|"Dalek"}}

 

'''Ninth Doctor''': [[Big Brother|I'm coming to get you.]]|"Bad Wolf"}}

 

 

{{quote|'''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!

'''Tenth Doctor:''' And '''I'm not LISTENING!''' Now, you, Mr. Connolly, you are staring into a deep, dark '''pit''' of trouble if you don't let me help. So I'm ''ordering'' you, ''sir'', tell me what's going on!|"The Idiot's Lantern"}}

 

'''Rose:''' Thank you...hold on, was that an insult?|"The Idiot's Lantern"}}

 

'''Tenth Doctor:''' Witchcraft.|"The Shakespeare Code"}}

 

'''Martha:''' The film?

'''Tenth Doctor:''' No, ''[[Ask a Stupid Question|the novelisation]]''. Yes, the film!|"The Shakespeare Code"}}

 

{{quote|'''Queen Elizabeth I''': Doctor!

'''Tenth Doctor''': How should I know, I haven't met her yet! That's time travel for you. Still, can't wait to find out, that's something to look forward to...|"The Shakespeare Code"}}

 

{{quote|'''Master''': Doctor.

'''Tenth Doctor''': Master.

'''Master''': As you chose yours. The man who makes people better. [[Shut Up, Kirk|How sanctimonious is that]]?|"The Sound of Drums"}}

 

{{quote|''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 {{spoiler|taking revenge for the death of his daughter}}, "The Doctor's Daughter"}}

 

'''Donna''': What, [[Weaksauce Weakness|it doesn't do wood]]?!|'''Tenth Doctor''' and '''Donna Noble''' arguing over the [[Freud Was Right|sonic screwdriver]], "Silence in the Library"}}

 

{{quote|'''Vashta Nerada''': These are our forests. They are our meat.

(''the shadows grow'')

(''the shadows recoil'')|"Forest of the Dead"}}

 

{{quote|'''Donna Noble''': You alright?

'''Donna Noble''': 'Cause I'm alright too.|"Forest of the Dead"}}

 

'''Eleventh Doctor''': ..."Hello, sweetie".|"The Time of Angels"}}

 

'''Eleventh Doctor''': You lot, you're everywhere, you're like rabbits! (''grins like a kid on Christmas morning'') [[In Harm's Way|I'll never get]] [[Chronic Hero Syndrome|done saving you.]]|"The Time of Angels"}}

 

'''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:''' ''(to the TARDIS)'' Thanks. Thanks, dear. Miss out the metal dog, why don't you?|"Meanwhile in the TARDIS 2"}}

 

 

{{quote|'''Amy:''' Doctor, I'm frightened. I'm properly, properly scared.

'''Eleventh Doctor:''' {{spoiler|No you're not; and you haven't been for a very, ''very'' long time...}}|"The Almost People"}}

 

== Companions, Foes, and Others ==

 

 

{{quote|'''First Dalek''': {{smallcaps|Exterminate all Humans!}}

{{quote|''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''}}

 

 

{{quote|''There is no point in further discussion. Discussion is for the wise and the helpless, and I am neither.''|'''Leela''', ''The Invasion of Time''}}

'''Romana''': One for casual, one for best.|''Destiny of the Daleks''}}

 

'''Count Scarlioni''': My dear, ''no one'' could be as stupid as ''he'' seems.|Discussing the Fourth Doctor, ''City of Death''}}

 

 

{{quote|'''Fifth Doctor''': All this carnage isn't necessary.

'''Terileptil''': ''[angrily]'' It's not supposed to be argument! ''It's a '''statement!'''''|''The Visitation''}}

 

{{quote|'''Dalek''': {{smallcaps| You will identify!}}

'''Rose''': All right, then. That's the Doctor.

'''Rose''': Five million Cybermen, no problem. One Doctor... ''now you're scared''.|"Army of Ghosts"}}

 

'''Diagoras:''' That's progress. You gotta move with the times or you get left behind.

'''Dalek:''' {{smallcaps|My planet is gone. Destroyed in a great war. Yet versions of [[New York City|this city]] stand throughout history. The human race always continues.}}

'''Diagoras:''' ...I'll take that as a compliment.|"Daleks in Manhattan"}}

 

 

{{quote|'''Master''' (''on the gasmask he's wearing''): Because of the gas.

'''Master''': [[Preemptive Declaration|This gas.]]|"The Sound of Drums"}}

 

'''The Master''' ''(to Lucy)'': Misery guts.|"The Sound of Drums"}}

 

'''Donna''': I can't, I'm busy.

'''Sylvia''': Why are you whispering?

'''Sylvia''': Bit late for that, madam.|"Partners in Crime"}}

 

{{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/Recap/2007 CS Voyage of the Damned|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"}}

 

'''Tenth Doctor''': Welsh. You sound Welsh. There we are, learnt something.|'''Donna Noble''' tests out the TARDIS' recursive translation circuits, "The Fires of Pompeii"}}

 

{{quote|(''River Song faces off against a very weak Dalek after said Dalek has {{spoiler|[[Berserk Button|killed the Doctor]]}}'')

'''Dalek''': {{smallcaps|You will be EXTERMINATED!}}

'''River''' (''nonchalant''): It died.|"The Big Bang"}}

 

'''The TARDIS''': Do you ever wonder why I chose you, all those years ago?

'''The Doctor''': ''I'' chose ''you''. You were unlocked.

'''The TARDIS''': No. I just wanted to say... Hello. Hello, Doctor. It's so very, very nice to meet you.|[[Doctor Who/Recap/S32/E04 The Doctor's Wife|"The Doctor's Wife"]]}}

 

{{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.}}"

 

{{quote|'''River:''' [[I Lied|The Doctor lies.]]|Rule #1, "A Good Man Goes To War"}}

 

"A Good Man Goes To War" }}

 

 

{{quote|'''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."

(cue collective [[Oh Crap]] moment for the Harvesters)|"The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe"}}

 

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