TV Meme - Day 24
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For the 30 Days of TV meme, I'm offering up a Doctor Who (Classic and New) quote spam!
Day 24 - Best quote
Have you ever thought what it's like, to be wanderers in the fourth dimension? Have you? To be exiles?
- The 1st Doctor, in "An Unearthly Child"
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. Goodbye, Susan.
- The 1st Doctor, in "The Dalek Invasion of Earth"
Logic, my dear Zoe, merely enables one to be wrong with authority.
- The 2nd Doctor, in "The Wheel in Space"
"Yes, yes, I can see that, but how did you know in the first place?"
"Oh, I use my own special technique."
"Oh, really, Doctor? And may we know what that is?"
"Keeping my eyes open and my mouth shut."
- Klieg and The 2nd Doctor, in "Tomb of the Cybermen"
My dear Miss Shaw, I never "report myself" anywhere.. particularly not "forthwith".
- The 3rd Doctor, in "The Silurians"
"But I don't exist in your world!"
"Then you won't feel the bullets when we shoot you."
- The 3rd Doctor and the Brigade Leader (aka Evil!Brig), in "Inferno"
Nonsense; what you need, as Ms Shaw herself so often remarked, is someone to pass you your test tubes and tell you how brilliant you are. Miss Grant will fulfill that function admirably.
- The Brigadier to the 3rd Doctor, in "Terror of the Autons"
Jenkins! Chap with the wings there -- five rounds rapid.
- The Brigadier, in "The Daemons"
"Well, Sergeant? Aren't you going to say that it's bigger on the inside than it is on the outside? Everybody else does."
"It's pretty obvious, isn't it?"
- The 3rd Doctor and Sgt. Benton, in "The Three Doctors"
You may be a doctor, but I am the Doctor. The definite article, one might say.
- The 4th Doctor, in "Robot"
"Believe me, Doctor, the place is impregnable."
"Never cared much for the word 'impregnable'. Sound a bit too much like 'unsinkable'."
"What's wrong with 'unsinkable'?"
"Nothing, as the iceberg said to the Titanic."
- The Brigadier, the 4th Doctor, and Harry in "Robot"
There's no point in being grown-up if you can't be childish sometimes.
- The 4th Doctor, in "Robot"
I'm a Time Lord... I'm not a human being. I walk in eternity.
- The 4th Doctor, in "The Pyramids of Mars"
Please do not throw hands at me.
- D.84, in "The Robots of Death"
Sleep is for tortoises.
- The 4th Doctor, in "The Talons of Weng-Chiang"
"My dear, I don't think he's as stupid as he seems."
"My dear, nobody could be as stupid as he seems."
- The Countess and Count discuss the 4th Doctor, in "City of Death"
Romana: Oh, I'd be delighted. Should we take the lift or fly?
The Doctor: Let's not be ostentatious.
Romana: All right, let's fly, then.
The Doctor: [decisively] That would look silly. We'll take the lift, come on.
- Romana and the 4th Doctor, in "City of Death"
You can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs.
If you made an omelette, I'd expect to find a pile of broken crockery, a cooker in flames, and an unconscious chef.
- Duggan and Romana, in "City of Death"
Well, to be fair I did have a couple of gadgets he probably didn't, like a teaspoon and an open mind.
- The 4th Doctor, in "The Creature From the Pit"
A man is the sum of his memories, you know, a Time Lord even more so.
- The 5th Doctor, in "The Five Doctors"
"The Daleks shall become Lords of Time! We shall become all--"
"--powerful! Crush the lesser races! Conquer the galaxy! Unimaginable power! Unlimited rice pudding! Et cetera! Et cetera!"
- Davros and the 7th Doctor, in "Remembrance of the Daleks"
Ace, I'm getting too old for this sort of thing. He's all yours from now on... I'm going home to Doris.
- The Brigadier, in "Battlefield"
"Don't you have things you hate?"
"I can't stand burnt toast. I loathe bus stations, terrible places, full of lost luggage and lost souls."
- Ace and the 7th Doctor, in "Ghost Light"
There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, and the sea is 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!
- The 7th Doctor's final words, in "Survival"
I love humans. Always seeing patterns in things that aren't there.
- The 8th Doctor, in "The TV Movie"
Do you know like we were sayin'? About the Earth revolving? It's like when you're a kid. The first time they tell you that the world's turning and you just can't quite believe it 'cause everything looks like it's standin' still. I can feel it. The turn of the Earth. The ground beneath our feet is spinnin' 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 fallin' through space, you and me, clinging to the skin of this tiny little world, and if we let go... That's who I am.
- The 9th Doctor, in "Rose"
Tell you what. With a bit of jiggery pokery-
Is that a technical term, "jiggery pokery"?
Yeah, I got a first in jiggery pokery, what about you?
Nah, I failed hullabaloo.
- The 9th Doctor, in "The End of the World"
Funny little human brains. How do you get around in those things?
- The 9th Doctor, in "The Doctor Dances"
Everybody lives, Rose! Just this once! Everybody lives!
- The 9th Doctor, in "The Doctor Dances"
Explain yourself!
I said no.
What is the meaning of this negative?
It means no.
But she will be destroyed!
No! 'Cause this is what I'm going to do: I'm going to rescue her! I'm going to save Rose Tyler from the middle of the Dalek fleet! And then I'm going to save the Earth! And then, just to finish off, I'm going to wipe every last stinking Dalek out of the sky!
But you have no weapons! No defenses! No plan!
Yeah! And doesn't that scare you to death?
- Dalek and the 9th Doctor, in "Bad Wolf"
Tea! That's all I needed! Good cup of tea! Super-heated infusion of free-radicals and tannins, just the thing for healing the synapses.
- the 10th Doctor, in "The Christmas Invasion"
Goodness me, I'm a man! Yum! So many parts... and hardly used. Oh, two hearts! Oh baby, I'm beating out a samba!
- the Cassandra possessed 10th Doctor, in "New Earth"
You want weapons? We're in a library! Books! The best weapons in the world! This room's the greatest arsenal we could have - arm yourselves!
- the 10th Doctor, in "Tooth and Claw"
What's that?
Sonic screwdriver.
Well if you're not going to tell me.
No really, see? It's a screwdriver and it's... sonic.
What else have you got, laser spanner?
I did, but it was stolen by Emmeline Pankhurst. Cheeky woman.
- Martha and the 10th Doctor, in "Smith and Jones"
Just think. When you get back, you could tell everyone that you've seen Shakespeare.
Yeah! And then I could get sectioned!
- The 10th Doctor and Martha, in "The Shakespeare Code"
Come on! We can all have a good flirt later!
Is that a promise, Doctor?
Oooh, 57 academics just punched the air!
- The 10th Doctor and William Shakespeare, in "The Shakespeare Code"
There was a war. A Time War. The Last Great Time War. My people fought a race called the Daleks, for the sake of all creation. And they lost. We lost. Everyone lost. They're all gone now. My family. My friends. Even that sky. [reminiscent] Oh, you should have seen it! That old planet... The second sun would rise in the south, and the mountains would shine. The leaves on the trees were silver, when they caught the light, every morning it looked like a forest on fire. When the autumn came, a brilliant glow though the branches...
- The 10th Doctor, in "Gridlock"
He's like fire and ice and rage. He's like the night, and the storm in the heart of the sun. He's ancient and forever. He burns at the centre of time and he can see the turn of the universe. And... he's wonderful.
- Tim Latimer, in "Family of Blood"
People don't understand time. It's not what you think it is.
Then what is it?
Complicated.
Tell me.
Very complicated.
I'm clever, and I'm listening, and don't patronise me because people have died and I'm not happy. Tell me.
People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect... but actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly... timey-wimey... stuff.
- The 10th Doctor and Sally Sparrow, in "Blink"
Fascinating race, the Weeping Angels. The only psychopaths in the universe to kill you nicely. No mess, no fuss, they just zap you into the past and let you live to death. The rest of your life used up and blown away in the blink of an eye. You die in the past, and in the present they consume the energy of all the days you might have had, all your stolen moments. They're creatures of the abstract. They live off potential energy.
What in God's name are you talking about?
Trust me, just nod when he stops for breath.
- The 10th Doctor, Billy Shipton and Martha, in "Blink"
So there I was, stranded in the year two-hundred-one-hundred, ankle-deep in Dalek dust, he goes off without me. But I had this [taps his wrist strap] I used to be a Time Agent, it’s called a Vortex Manipulator. He’s not the only one who can time travel-
Excuse me, that’s not time travel. It’s like, I’ve got a sports car, you’ve got a Space Hopper.
Oh ho ho! Boys and their toys.
- The 10th Doctor, Jack Harkness, and Martha, in "Utopia"
And... Utopia is...?
Oh, every human knows about Utopia! Where have you been?!
Bit of a hermit.
A hermit. With... friends?
Hermits United. We meet up every ten years. Swap stories about caves. It's good fun... for a hermit.
- The 10th Doctor and Professor Yana, in "Utopia"
Well, perfect to look at, maybe. And it was, it was beautiful. They used to call it the Shining World of the Seven Systems. And on the continent of Wild Endeavour, in the mountains of Solace and Solitude, there stood the Citadel of the Time Lords. The oldest and most mighty race in the universe. Looking down on the galaxies below, sworn never to interfere, only to watch. Children of Gallifrey were taken from their families at the age of eight, to enter the Academy.
- the 10th Doctor, in "The Sound of Drums"
I travelled across the world. From the ruins of New York, to the fusion mills of China, right across the radiation pits of Europe. And everywhere I went I saw people just like you, living as slaves! But if Martha Jones became a legend then that's wrong, because my name isn't important. There's someone else. The man who sent me out there, the man who told me to walk the Earth. And his name is The Doctor. He has saved your lives so many times and you never even knew he was there. He never stops. He never stays. He never asks to be thanked.
- Martha, in "The Last of the Time Lords"
What... what's so funny?
A gun.
What about it?
The gun in four parts.
Yes? ...And I destroyed it.
A gun, in four parts scattered across the world, I mean... come on. Did you really believe that?!
What do you mean?
...As if I would ask her to kill...
- Martha, the Master and the 10th Doctor, in "The Last of the Time Lords"
Do you wanna know what I was doing, travelling the world?
Tell me.
I was telling a story, that's all. No weapons, just words.
- Martha and the Master, in "The Last of the Time Lords"
You know, I loved being you. Back when I first started, at the very beginning, I was always trying to be old and grumpy and important, like you do when you're young. And then I was you, and it was all dashing about and playing cricket and my voice going all squeaky when I shout. I still do that, the voice thing, I got that from you! Oh, and the trainers, and [puts on his glasses] snap. 'Cos you know what, Doctor? You were my Doctor.
- the 10th Doctor to the 5th Doctor, in "Time Crash"
...With Martha, like I said, it got... complicated. And that was all my fault. I just want a mate.
You just want to mate?!
I just want a mate!
You're not mating with me, sunshine!
A mate! I want a mate!
Well, just as well, cos I'm not having any of that nonsense! You're just a long streak of nothing!
- The 10th Doctor and Donna, in "Partners in Crime"
And, what sort of job's a kissogram?
I go to parties, and I... kiss people... with outfits. It's a laugh!
You were a little girl five minutes ago!
You're worse than my aunt!
I'm the Doctor; I'm worse than everyone's aunt! And that is not how I'm introducing myself.
- Amy and the 11th Doctor, in "The Eleventh Hour"
Hello. I'm the Doctor. Basically... run.
- The 11th Doctor, in "The Eleventh Hour"
The difference being the computer doesn't accept me as human.
Why not? You look human...
No, you look Time Lord. We came first.
So there's other Time Lords, yeah?
No. There were, but there aren't... just me now. Long story. It was a bad day, lots of bad stuff happened.
- The 11th Doctor and Amy, in "The Beast Below"
Have you ever run away from something because you were scared, or not ready, or just... just because you could?
Once. A long time ago.
What happened?
[gestures to himself.] Hello!
- Amy and the 11th Doctor, in "The Beast Below"
The writing... the graffiti: Old High Gallifreyan. [dramatically] The lost language of the Time Lords. There were days, there were many days, where these words could burn stars, raise up empires, and topple gods.
What does this one say?
[hesitates, then, exasperatedly] "Hello sweetie".
- The 11th Doctor and Amy, in "The Time of Angels"
Didn't anyone ever tell you? 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.
And what would that be, sir?
Me. [fires]
- The 11th Doctor and Angel Bob, in "The Time of Angels"
It's a lot to take in, isn't it? Tiny box, huge room inside; what's that about? Let me explain...
It's another dimension.
It's basically another dimensi... what?
After what happened with Prisoner Zero, I've been reading up on all the latest scientific theories. FTL travel, parallel universes.
I like the bit when someone says "It's bigger on the inside!" I always look forward to that.
- The 11th Doctor and Rory, in "Vampires in Venice"
Hold my hand, Doctor. Try to see what I see. We're so lucky we're still alive to see this beautiful world. Look at the sky. It's not dark and black and without character. The black is in fact deep blue. And over there! Lighter blue. And blowing through the blueness and the blackness, the winds swirling through the air. And there shining, burning, bursting through, the stars! Can you see how they roll their light? Everywhere we look, complex magic of nature blazes before our eyes.
- Vincent Van Gogh, in "Vincent and the Doctor"
The way I see it, life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don’t always soften the bad things, but vice versa the bad things don’t always spoil the good things and make them unimportant. And we definitely added to his pile of good things.
- the 11th Doctor, in "Vincent and the Doctor"
There was a goblin, or a trickster... Or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.
How did it end up in there?
You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.
I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him.
- The 11th Doctor, Amy, and River Song, in "The Pandorica Opens"
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 11th Doctor, in "The Pandorica Opens"
Hello again.
Hello.
How have you been?
Good, yeah. Good. I mean, Roman.
Rory, [gesturing madly] I'm not trying to be rude, but you died.
Yeah. I know. I was there.
You died, and then you were erased from time. You didn't just die, you were never born at all, you never existed.
Erased? Wh-what does that mean?
How can you be here?
Well - I don't know. It's... kinda fuzzy.
Fuzzy...
Well, I died, and turned into a Roman. It's very distracting.
- The 11th Doctor and Rory, in "The Pandorica Opens"
Day 01 - A show that never should have been cancelled. - Firefly
Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching: Law & Order: UK
Day 03 - Your favourite new show (aired this TV season) - Luther
Day 04 - Your favourite show ever Doh! Doctor Who OF COURSE
Day 05 - A show you hate - None - there are genres I won't watch
Day 06 - Favourite episode of your favorite TV show - There's a list!
Day 07 - Least favourite episode of your favorite TV show - Several DW eps, all written by RTD (big surprise!)
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch - Doctor Who
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving - Law & Order: UK
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you - Blake's 7
Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favourite childhood show - Guess!
Day 14 - Favourite male character Mostly the Doctor
Day 15 - Favourite female character (Many and various!)
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show - None
Day 17 - Favourite mini series - Austen...
Day 18 - Favourite title sequence Doctor Who, Season 3
Day 19 - Best TV show cast - Doctor Who - and others!
Day 20 - Favourite kiss - Tenth Doctor/Martha - Smith and Jones
Day 21 - Favorite ship - You'll NEVER guess!
Day 22 - Favorite series finale - Sanctuary S1
Day 23 - Most annoying character - Rose Tyler
Day 24 - Best quote - There's an entire quote-spam up there!
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new) - Blake's 7/Murdoch Mysteries
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale - The Last of the Time Lords, Journey's End and The End of Time
Day 27 - Best pilot episode - Fringe and Warehouse 13
Day 28 - First TV show obsession - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Everyone faints!)
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession - *sings* If you don't know this by now...
Day 30 - Saddest character death
For the 30 Days of TV meme, I'm offering up a Doctor Who (Classic and New) quote spam!
Day 24 - Best quote
Have you ever thought what it's like, to be wanderers in the fourth dimension? Have you? To be exiles?
- The 1st Doctor, in "An Unearthly Child"
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. Goodbye, Susan.
- The 1st Doctor, in "The Dalek Invasion of Earth"
Logic, my dear Zoe, merely enables one to be wrong with authority.
- The 2nd Doctor, in "The Wheel in Space"
"Yes, yes, I can see that, but how did you know in the first place?"
"Oh, I use my own special technique."
"Oh, really, Doctor? And may we know what that is?"
"Keeping my eyes open and my mouth shut."
- Klieg and The 2nd Doctor, in "Tomb of the Cybermen"
My dear Miss Shaw, I never "report myself" anywhere.. particularly not "forthwith".
- The 3rd Doctor, in "The Silurians"
"But I don't exist in your world!"
"Then you won't feel the bullets when we shoot you."
- The 3rd Doctor and the Brigade Leader (aka Evil!Brig), in "Inferno"
Nonsense; what you need, as Ms Shaw herself so often remarked, is someone to pass you your test tubes and tell you how brilliant you are. Miss Grant will fulfill that function admirably.
- The Brigadier to the 3rd Doctor, in "Terror of the Autons"
Jenkins! Chap with the wings there -- five rounds rapid.
- The Brigadier, in "The Daemons"
"Well, Sergeant? Aren't you going to say that it's bigger on the inside than it is on the outside? Everybody else does."
"It's pretty obvious, isn't it?"
- The 3rd Doctor and Sgt. Benton, in "The Three Doctors"
You may be a doctor, but I am the Doctor. The definite article, one might say.
- The 4th Doctor, in "Robot"
"Believe me, Doctor, the place is impregnable."
"Never cared much for the word 'impregnable'. Sound a bit too much like 'unsinkable'."
"What's wrong with 'unsinkable'?"
"Nothing, as the iceberg said to the Titanic."
- The Brigadier, the 4th Doctor, and Harry in "Robot"
There's no point in being grown-up if you can't be childish sometimes.
- The 4th Doctor, in "Robot"
I'm a Time Lord... I'm not a human being. I walk in eternity.
- The 4th Doctor, in "The Pyramids of Mars"
Please do not throw hands at me.
- D.84, in "The Robots of Death"
Sleep is for tortoises.
- The 4th Doctor, in "The Talons of Weng-Chiang"
"My dear, I don't think he's as stupid as he seems."
"My dear, nobody could be as stupid as he seems."
- The Countess and Count discuss the 4th Doctor, in "City of Death"
Romana: Oh, I'd be delighted. Should we take the lift or fly?
The Doctor: Let's not be ostentatious.
Romana: All right, let's fly, then.
The Doctor: [decisively] That would look silly. We'll take the lift, come on.
- Romana and the 4th Doctor, in "City of Death"
You can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs.
If you made an omelette, I'd expect to find a pile of broken crockery, a cooker in flames, and an unconscious chef.
- Duggan and Romana, in "City of Death"
Well, to be fair I did have a couple of gadgets he probably didn't, like a teaspoon and an open mind.
- The 4th Doctor, in "The Creature From the Pit"
A man is the sum of his memories, you know, a Time Lord even more so.
- The 5th Doctor, in "The Five Doctors"
"The Daleks shall become Lords of Time! We shall become all--"
"--powerful! Crush the lesser races! Conquer the galaxy! Unimaginable power! Unlimited rice pudding! Et cetera! Et cetera!"
- Davros and the 7th Doctor, in "Remembrance of the Daleks"
Ace, I'm getting too old for this sort of thing. He's all yours from now on... I'm going home to Doris.
- The Brigadier, in "Battlefield"
"Don't you have things you hate?"
"I can't stand burnt toast. I loathe bus stations, terrible places, full of lost luggage and lost souls."
- Ace and the 7th Doctor, in "Ghost Light"
There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, and the sea is 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!
- The 7th Doctor's final words, in "Survival"
I love humans. Always seeing patterns in things that aren't there.
- The 8th Doctor, in "The TV Movie"
Do you know like we were sayin'? About the Earth revolving? It's like when you're a kid. The first time they tell you that the world's turning and you just can't quite believe it 'cause everything looks like it's standin' still. I can feel it. The turn of the Earth. The ground beneath our feet is spinnin' 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 fallin' through space, you and me, clinging to the skin of this tiny little world, and if we let go... That's who I am.
- The 9th Doctor, in "Rose"
Tell you what. With a bit of jiggery pokery-
Is that a technical term, "jiggery pokery"?
Yeah, I got a first in jiggery pokery, what about you?
Nah, I failed hullabaloo.
- The 9th Doctor, in "The End of the World"
Funny little human brains. How do you get around in those things?
- The 9th Doctor, in "The Doctor Dances"
Everybody lives, Rose! Just this once! Everybody lives!
- The 9th Doctor, in "The Doctor Dances"
Explain yourself!
I said no.
What is the meaning of this negative?
It means no.
But she will be destroyed!
No! 'Cause this is what I'm going to do: I'm going to rescue her! I'm going to save Rose Tyler from the middle of the Dalek fleet! And then I'm going to save the Earth! And then, just to finish off, I'm going to wipe every last stinking Dalek out of the sky!
But you have no weapons! No defenses! No plan!
Yeah! And doesn't that scare you to death?
- Dalek and the 9th Doctor, in "Bad Wolf"
Tea! That's all I needed! Good cup of tea! Super-heated infusion of free-radicals and tannins, just the thing for healing the synapses.
- the 10th Doctor, in "The Christmas Invasion"
Goodness me, I'm a man! Yum! So many parts... and hardly used. Oh, two hearts! Oh baby, I'm beating out a samba!
- the Cassandra possessed 10th Doctor, in "New Earth"
You want weapons? We're in a library! Books! The best weapons in the world! This room's the greatest arsenal we could have - arm yourselves!
- the 10th Doctor, in "Tooth and Claw"
What's that?
Sonic screwdriver.
Well if you're not going to tell me.
No really, see? It's a screwdriver and it's... sonic.
What else have you got, laser spanner?
I did, but it was stolen by Emmeline Pankhurst. Cheeky woman.
- Martha and the 10th Doctor, in "Smith and Jones"
Just think. When you get back, you could tell everyone that you've seen Shakespeare.
Yeah! And then I could get sectioned!
- The 10th Doctor and Martha, in "The Shakespeare Code"
Come on! We can all have a good flirt later!
Is that a promise, Doctor?
Oooh, 57 academics just punched the air!
- The 10th Doctor and William Shakespeare, in "The Shakespeare Code"
There was a war. A Time War. The Last Great Time War. My people fought a race called the Daleks, for the sake of all creation. And they lost. We lost. Everyone lost. They're all gone now. My family. My friends. Even that sky. [reminiscent] Oh, you should have seen it! That old planet... The second sun would rise in the south, and the mountains would shine. The leaves on the trees were silver, when they caught the light, every morning it looked like a forest on fire. When the autumn came, a brilliant glow though the branches...
- The 10th Doctor, in "Gridlock"
He's like fire and ice and rage. He's like the night, and the storm in the heart of the sun. He's ancient and forever. He burns at the centre of time and he can see the turn of the universe. And... he's wonderful.
- Tim Latimer, in "Family of Blood"
People don't understand time. It's not what you think it is.
Then what is it?
Complicated.
Tell me.
Very complicated.
I'm clever, and I'm listening, and don't patronise me because people have died and I'm not happy. Tell me.
People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect... but actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly... timey-wimey... stuff.
- The 10th Doctor and Sally Sparrow, in "Blink"
Fascinating race, the Weeping Angels. The only psychopaths in the universe to kill you nicely. No mess, no fuss, they just zap you into the past and let you live to death. The rest of your life used up and blown away in the blink of an eye. You die in the past, and in the present they consume the energy of all the days you might have had, all your stolen moments. They're creatures of the abstract. They live off potential energy.
What in God's name are you talking about?
Trust me, just nod when he stops for breath.
- The 10th Doctor, Billy Shipton and Martha, in "Blink"
So there I was, stranded in the year two-hundred-one-hundred, ankle-deep in Dalek dust, he goes off without me. But I had this [taps his wrist strap] I used to be a Time Agent, it’s called a Vortex Manipulator. He’s not the only one who can time travel-
Excuse me, that’s not time travel. It’s like, I’ve got a sports car, you’ve got a Space Hopper.
Oh ho ho! Boys and their toys.
- The 10th Doctor, Jack Harkness, and Martha, in "Utopia"
And... Utopia is...?
Oh, every human knows about Utopia! Where have you been?!
Bit of a hermit.
A hermit. With... friends?
Hermits United. We meet up every ten years. Swap stories about caves. It's good fun... for a hermit.
- The 10th Doctor and Professor Yana, in "Utopia"
Well, perfect to look at, maybe. And it was, it was beautiful. They used to call it the Shining World of the Seven Systems. And on the continent of Wild Endeavour, in the mountains of Solace and Solitude, there stood the Citadel of the Time Lords. The oldest and most mighty race in the universe. Looking down on the galaxies below, sworn never to interfere, only to watch. Children of Gallifrey were taken from their families at the age of eight, to enter the Academy.
- the 10th Doctor, in "The Sound of Drums"
I travelled across the world. From the ruins of New York, to the fusion mills of China, right across the radiation pits of Europe. And everywhere I went I saw people just like you, living as slaves! But if Martha Jones became a legend then that's wrong, because my name isn't important. There's someone else. The man who sent me out there, the man who told me to walk the Earth. And his name is The Doctor. He has saved your lives so many times and you never even knew he was there. He never stops. He never stays. He never asks to be thanked.
- Martha, in "The Last of the Time Lords"
What... what's so funny?
A gun.
What about it?
The gun in four parts.
Yes? ...And I destroyed it.
A gun, in four parts scattered across the world, I mean... come on. Did you really believe that?!
What do you mean?
...As if I would ask her to kill...
- Martha, the Master and the 10th Doctor, in "The Last of the Time Lords"
Do you wanna know what I was doing, travelling the world?
Tell me.
I was telling a story, that's all. No weapons, just words.
- Martha and the Master, in "The Last of the Time Lords"
You know, I loved being you. Back when I first started, at the very beginning, I was always trying to be old and grumpy and important, like you do when you're young. And then I was you, and it was all dashing about and playing cricket and my voice going all squeaky when I shout. I still do that, the voice thing, I got that from you! Oh, and the trainers, and [puts on his glasses] snap. 'Cos you know what, Doctor? You were my Doctor.
- the 10th Doctor to the 5th Doctor, in "Time Crash"
...With Martha, like I said, it got... complicated. And that was all my fault. I just want a mate.
You just want to mate?!
I just want a mate!
You're not mating with me, sunshine!
A mate! I want a mate!
Well, just as well, cos I'm not having any of that nonsense! You're just a long streak of nothing!
- The 10th Doctor and Donna, in "Partners in Crime"
And, what sort of job's a kissogram?
I go to parties, and I... kiss people... with outfits. It's a laugh!
You were a little girl five minutes ago!
You're worse than my aunt!
I'm the Doctor; I'm worse than everyone's aunt! And that is not how I'm introducing myself.
- Amy and the 11th Doctor, in "The Eleventh Hour"
Hello. I'm the Doctor. Basically... run.
- The 11th Doctor, in "The Eleventh Hour"
The difference being the computer doesn't accept me as human.
Why not? You look human...
No, you look Time Lord. We came first.
So there's other Time Lords, yeah?
No. There were, but there aren't... just me now. Long story. It was a bad day, lots of bad stuff happened.
- The 11th Doctor and Amy, in "The Beast Below"
Have you ever run away from something because you were scared, or not ready, or just... just because you could?
Once. A long time ago.
What happened?
[gestures to himself.] Hello!
- Amy and the 11th Doctor, in "The Beast Below"
The writing... the graffiti: Old High Gallifreyan. [dramatically] The lost language of the Time Lords. There were days, there were many days, where these words could burn stars, raise up empires, and topple gods.
What does this one say?
[hesitates, then, exasperatedly] "Hello sweetie".
- The 11th Doctor and Amy, in "The Time of Angels"
Didn't anyone ever tell you? 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.
And what would that be, sir?
Me. [fires]
- The 11th Doctor and Angel Bob, in "The Time of Angels"
It's a lot to take in, isn't it? Tiny box, huge room inside; what's that about? Let me explain...
It's another dimension.
It's basically another dimensi... what?
After what happened with Prisoner Zero, I've been reading up on all the latest scientific theories. FTL travel, parallel universes.
I like the bit when someone says "It's bigger on the inside!" I always look forward to that.
- The 11th Doctor and Rory, in "Vampires in Venice"
Hold my hand, Doctor. Try to see what I see. We're so lucky we're still alive to see this beautiful world. Look at the sky. It's not dark and black and without character. The black is in fact deep blue. And over there! Lighter blue. And blowing through the blueness and the blackness, the winds swirling through the air. And there shining, burning, bursting through, the stars! Can you see how they roll their light? Everywhere we look, complex magic of nature blazes before our eyes.
- Vincent Van Gogh, in "Vincent and the Doctor"
The way I see it, life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don’t always soften the bad things, but vice versa the bad things don’t always spoil the good things and make them unimportant. And we definitely added to his pile of good things.
- the 11th Doctor, in "Vincent and the Doctor"
There was a goblin, or a trickster... Or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.
How did it end up in there?
You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.
I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him.
- The 11th Doctor, Amy, and River Song, in "The Pandorica Opens"
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 11th Doctor, in "The Pandorica Opens"
Hello again.
Hello.
How have you been?
Good, yeah. Good. I mean, Roman.
Rory, [gesturing madly] I'm not trying to be rude, but you died.
Yeah. I know. I was there.
You died, and then you were erased from time. You didn't just die, you were never born at all, you never existed.
Erased? Wh-what does that mean?
How can you be here?
Well - I don't know. It's... kinda fuzzy.
Fuzzy...
Well, I died, and turned into a Roman. It's very distracting.
- The 11th Doctor and Rory, in "The Pandorica Opens"
Day 01 - A show that never should have been cancelled. - Firefly
Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching: Law & Order: UK
Day 03 - Your favourite new show (aired this TV season) - Luther
Day 04 - Your favourite show ever Doh! Doctor Who OF COURSE
Day 05 - A show you hate - None - there are genres I won't watch
Day 06 - Favourite episode of your favorite TV show - There's a list!
Day 07 - Least favourite episode of your favorite TV show - Several DW eps, all written by RTD (big surprise!)
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch - Doctor Who
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving - Law & Order: UK
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you - Blake's 7
Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favourite childhood show - Guess!
Day 14 - Favourite male character Mostly the Doctor
Day 15 - Favourite female character (Many and various!)
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show - None
Day 17 - Favourite mini series - Austen...
Day 18 - Favourite title sequence Doctor Who, Season 3
Day 19 - Best TV show cast - Doctor Who - and others!
Day 20 - Favourite kiss - Tenth Doctor/Martha - Smith and Jones
Day 21 - Favorite ship - You'll NEVER guess!
Day 22 - Favorite series finale - Sanctuary S1
Day 23 - Most annoying character - Rose Tyler
Day 24 - Best quote - There's an entire quote-spam up there!
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new) - Blake's 7/Murdoch Mysteries
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale - The Last of the Time Lords, Journey's End and The End of Time
Day 27 - Best pilot episode - Fringe and Warehouse 13
Day 28 - First TV show obsession - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Everyone faints!)
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession - *sings* If you don't know this by now...
Day 30 - Saddest character death