Doctor Who Quotes

• The world would be a poorer place without Doctor Who.

  Steven Spielberg

  Doctors, Would Be, World

  "Edinburgh TV Festival 2008: don't rule out Doctor Who feature film, says Steven Moffat" by Ben Dowell, www.theguardian.com. August 23, 2008.

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• We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?

  Matt Smith

  Stories, Ends

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• In 900 years of time and space, I've never met anyone who wasn't important

  Matt Smith

  Years, Space, Important

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• Courage isn't just a matter of not being frightened, you know. It's being afraid and doing what you have to do anyway.

  Jon Pertwee

  Matter, Frightened, Being Afraid

  "Fictional character: The Doctor". TV Series "Doctor Who", (10.4, "Planet of the Daleks"), 7 April - 12 May, 1973.

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• You don’t just give up. You don’t just let things happen. You make a stand! You say no! You have the guts to do what’s right, even when everyone else just runs away.

  Steven Moffat

  Running, Giving Up, Just Give Up

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• Demons run when a good man goes to war.

  Steven Moffat

  Running, War, Men

  "Doctor Who". www.imdb.com. 2005.

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• There's something that doesn't make sense. Let's go and poke it with a stick.

  Steven Moffat

  Sticks, Poke, Make Sense

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• Some people live more in 20 years than others do in 80. It's not the time that matters, it's the person.

  David Tennant

  Years, People, Matter

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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? Come on! Look at me! No plan, no back-up, no weapons worth a damn! Oh, and something else, I don't have anything 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.

  Matt Smith

  Smart, Silly, Gun

  "Fictional character: The Doctor". TV Series "Doctor Who" ("The Pandorica Opens", 2010), (2005- ).

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• I'll be a story in your head. But that's OK. We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh? Because it was, you know; it was the best.

  Steven Moffat

  Stories, Ends, Knows

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• I am and always will be the optimist. The hoper of far-flung hopes and the dreamer of improbable dreams.

  Matt Smith

  Dream, Optimist, Improbable

  "Fictional character: The Doctor (Ganger)". "Doctor Who" The Almost People, May 28, 2011.

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• If it’s time to go, remember what you’re leaving. Remember the best.

  Steven Moffat

  Leaving, Remember, Ifs

  "Doctor Who / The Wedding of River Song". www.imdb.com. 2011.

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• The Doctor: Oh, now what's this, then? I love this. A big, flashy-lighty thing. That's what brought me here. Big, flashy-lighty things have got me written all over them. Not actually, but give me time... and a crayon.

  Steven Moffat

  Doctors, Giving, Crayon

  "Doctor Who / A Christmas Carol". www.imdb.com. 2010.

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• 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.

  Steven Moffat

  Blessed, Doctors, Wind

  "Fictional character: River Song". Doctor Who: Forest of the Dead, June 7, 2008.

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• 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 center of time and he can see the turn of the universe. And... he's wonderful.

  Paul Cornell

  Heart, Night, Fire

  "Doctor Who". www.imdb.com. 2005.

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• The Doctor: [aiming gun at the ceiling] 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. Angel Bob: And what would that be, sir? The Doctor: Me. [fires]

  Steven Moffat

  Smart, Angel, Gun

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• I love humans; always seeing patterns in things that aren’t there.

  Paul McGann

  Patterns, Humans, Seeing

  "Fictional character: The Doctor". "Doctor Who", 1996.

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• When you think about it, we’re all different people all through our lives, and that’s okay, that’s good, you’ve got to keep moving so long as you remember all the people that you used to be.

  Matt Smith

  Moving, Thinking, Long

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• River Song: Right, I have questions. But number one is this: what in the name of sanity have you got on your head? The Doctor: It's a fez. I wear a fez now. Fezzes are cool.

  Steven Moffat

  Song, Doctors, Names

  "Doctor Who / The Big Bang". www.imdb.com. 2010.

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• 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. The 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 going to take it back.

  Steven Moffat

  Men, Magic, Stories

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• The Doctor: Don't blink. Don't even blink. Blink and you're dead. Don't turn your back. Don't look away. And don't blink.

  Steven Moffat

  Doctors, Looks, Blink

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• We're all stories, in the end.

  Steven Moffat

  Stories, Ends

  "Doctor Who". www.imdb.com. 2005.

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• Rose: 'If you are an alien, how come you sound like you're from the north?' Doctor: 'Lots of planets have a north!

  Steven Moffat

  Doctors, Rose, Sound

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• 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... time-y wimey... stuff.

  Steven Moffat

  People, Balls, Viewpoints

  "Doctor Who (Blink)". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 2005–.

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• Reinette: One may tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel.

  Steven Moffat

  Angel, World, May

  "Fictional character:Reinette". "The Girl in the Fireplace", May 6, 2006.

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