The Doctor

"Oh, the pointing again. They're screwdrivers! What are you going to do, assemble a cabinet at them?"

"Anyone lose a fez?"

"Great men are forged in fire. It is the privilege of lesser men to light the flame. Whatever the cost."

"Never give up. Never give in."

"What I did, I did without choice, in the name of peace and sanity."

"Nice to meet you, Rose Tyler; Run for your life."

"Rose: So what you’re saying is, the whole world revolves around you? The Doctor: Sort of, yeah. Rose: You’re full of it. The Doctor: Sort of, yeah."

"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."

"Lots of planets have a north."

"The paper's slightly psychic, makes them see whatever I want them to see."

"You lot. You spend all your time thinking about dying, like you're going to get killed by eggs, or beef, or global warming, or asteroids. But you never take time to imagine the impossible: that maybe you survive."

"I'm a Time Lord. I'm the last of the Time Lords. They're all gone. I'm the only survivor. I'm left travelling on my own, 'cause there's no one else."

"I love a happy medium!"

"You think you know your own name? How stupid are you?"

"Well, you can stay there if you want! … But right now there's this plasma storm brewing in the Horsehead Nebula. Fires are burning ten million miles wide! I could fly the TARDIS right into the heart of it and ride the shockwave all the way out. Hurtled right across the sky and end up anywhere! Your choice."

"You're right: I am dangerous, I don't want anyone following me."

"The stuff of nightmares, reduced to an exhibit. I'm getting old."

"The last of the great space dustbins How does it feel?"

"We're not the same! I'm not the... No, wait, maybe we are... Yeah, right, yeah, okay. You've got a point 'cause I know what to do. I know what should happen. I know what you deserve. Exterminate!"

"Everybody lives, Rose. Just this once...Everybody lives!!"

"The Doctor: No! 'Cause this is what I'm gonna do — I'm gonna rescue her! I'm gonna save Rose Tyler from the middle of the Dalek fleet, and then I'm gonna save the Earth, and then — just to finish you off — I'm gonna wipe every last stinking Dalek out of the sky! Dalek: But you have no weapons! No defenses! No plan! The Doctor: Yeah! And doesn't that scare you to death? Rose? Rose, I'm coming to get you."

"Rose, now listen; this is important. If this message is activated, then it can only mean one thing. We must be in danger, and I mean fatal. I'm dead, or about to die any second with no chance of escape. And that's okay — hope it's a good death. But I promised to look after you, and that's what I'm doing. The TARDIS is taking you home. And I bet you're fussing and moaning now — typical! But hold on and just listen a bit more. The TARDIS can never return for me. Emergency Programme One means I'm facing an enemy that should never get their hands on this machine. So this is what you should do: let the TARDIS die. Just let this old box gather dust. No one can open it; no one will even notice it. Let it become a strange little thing standing on a street corner. And over the years, the world will move on and the box will be buried. And if you wanna remember me, then you can do one thing, that's all, one thing — Have a good life. Do that for me, Rose. Have a fantastic life."

"Rose: I can see everything. All that is. All that was. All that ever could be. The Doctor: That's what I see, all the time. And doesn't it drive you mad?"

"Time Lords have this little trick, it's sort of a way of cheating death. Except... it means I'm going to change. And you're not going to see me again... Not like this. Not with this daft old face. And before I go … before I go, I just want to tell you: you were fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. And do you know what? So was I!"

"Think you've seen it all? Think again. Outside those doors, we might see anything. We could find new worlds, terrifying monsters, impossible things. And if you come with me... nothing will ever be the same again!"

"Right, okay, [clears throat.] New teeth. That's weird. So, where was I? Oh, that's right! Barcelona!"

"You can spend the rest of your life with me, but I can't spend the rest of mine with you. I have to live on. Alone. That's the curse of the Time Lords."

"I've seen fake gods and bad gods and demi gods and would-be gods; out of all that, out of that whole pantheon, if I believe in one thing... just one thing... I believe in her."

"Never say never ever."

"Something in the air. Something's coming. A storm's approaching..."

"The Doctor: Human?"

"Crossing into established events is strictly forbidden. Except for cheap tricks."

"I'll tell you what then, don't... step on any butterflies. What have butterflies ever done to you?"

"The naming won't work on me."

"The shape of the Globe gives words power, but you're the wordsmith! The one true genius; the only one clever enough to do it. … Trust yourself. When you're locked away in your room, the words just come, don't they, like magic. Words, the right sound, the right shape, the right rhythm, words that last forever. That's what you do, Will. You choose perfect words. Do it. Improvise!"

"I'm not just a Time Lord, I'm the last of the Time Lords."

"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."

"Daleks are bad enough at any time, but right now they're vulnerable. And that makes them more dangerous than ever."

"There have been too many deaths today; way too many people have died. Brand new creatures and wise old men and age-old enemies, and I tell you, I tell you right now, I am not having one more death!"

"Black tie... Whenever I wear this, something bad always happens."

"Some people live more in twenty years than others do in eighty. It's not the time that matters, it's the person."

"There's no such thing as an ordinary human."

"I'm old enough to know that a longer life isn't always a better one. In the end, you just get tired. Tired of the struggle. Tired of losing everyone that matters to you. Tired of watching everything you love turn to dust. If you live long enough, Lazarus, the only certainty left is that you'll end up alone."

"People don't understand time. It's not what you think it is. … 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."

"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. …… 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."

"Yeah, listen, listen, got to dash... things happening. Well... four things. Well... four things and a lizard."

"We're at the end of the universe. Okay?! Right at the edge of knowledge itself! And you're busy... blogging!"

"I've had a whole year to tune myself into the psychic network and integrate with its matrices."

"You wouldn't listen. Because you know what I'm going to say... I forgive you."

"Jericho: How did you get in here? Doctor: Your door was open. Jericho: It most certainly was not! Doctor: Well it was once I opened it, but let's not get bogged down in the order of things."