Fourth Doctor quotes from Doctor Who

Lester

Why don't we just wait here?

I think my idea is better.

Lester

What is your idea?

I don't know yet. That's the trouble with ideas - they only come a bit at a time.

Lester

Harry, don't touch it! Open that buckle and you'll be blown to kingdom come.

Harry

You mean it's booby-trapped?

Lester

These buckles can't be opened until the Cybermen beam the release signal.

Harry, [sits up] were you trying to undo this?

Harry

Well, naturally.

Did you make the rocks fall, Harry?

Harry

Well, I suppose I must have done that, yes...

...Yes, yes... [starts laughing, and then roars] HARRY SULLIVAN IS AN IMBECILE!!!

The Beacon is approaching Voga at ten thousand light units. It is time for us to leave.

Bye bye.

You two are especially privileged. You are about to die in the biggest explosion ever witnessed in this solar system. It will be a magnificent spectacle. Unhappily, you will be unable to appreciate it.

Nice sense of irony. I thought for a moment he was going to smile.

Cogito ergo sum.

Sarah

What?

I think, therefore it missed.

Sarah

Yes, but we're still headed for the biggest bang in history!

Oh yes...Oh no. They've locked the gyro controls. The flight trimmers are jammed!

Sarah

What - what does that mean?

It means we're heading for the biggest bang in history.

When I left that psionic beam with you, Brigadier, I said that it was only to be used in an emergency!

This is an emergency!

Oil? An emergency? Ha! It's about time the people who run this planet of yours realised that to be dependent on a mineral slime just doesn't make sense.

You admire our technology, human?

Well, I'm not human; and I've seen better.

Sarah Jane

What's gone wrong this time?

Nothing. Nothing at all. What makes you think something's gone wrong?

Sarah Jane

Because you always get rude when you're trying to cover up a mistake.

Nothing of consequence. Slight overshoot, easily rectified.

Sarah Jane

Come on, where are we?

We've come out of the time vortex at the wrong point, that's all. A few years too late.

Sarah Jane

How many?

...30,000.

Have you checked the transmitters down there?

Yes, but any signal would have been monitored by our receivers.

Perhaps my receivers are better than yours.

[shoves the Doctor] Shut up!

My manners certainly are.

Sarah Jane

What's the matter? You should be glad to be going home!

The Earth isn't my home, Sarah. I'm a Time Lord.

Sarah Jane

Oh, I know you're a Time Lord.

You don't understand the implications. I'm not a human being; I walk in eternity...

Sarah Jane

What's that supposed to mean?

It means I've lived for something like 750 years.

Sarah Jane

All right, so you're middle-aged!

Yes! About time I found something to do than run around after the Brigadier!

Sarah Jane

This looks like it. (throws it down to the Doctor)

Ah!

Sarah Jane

What's the matter? Not enough?

Sweaty gelignite is highly unstable... One good sneeze could set it off. (puts the box on the floor gently)

Did you find any fuses?

Sarah Jane

No...(with a straight face) perhaps he sneezed.

Yes... perhaps it is time we were leaving. Don't want to be blamed for starting a fire, do we?

Sarah Jane

No!

There was enough of that in 1666.

Sarah Jane

(laughing) What?

How do I look?

Sarah Jane

(smirking) Hmm. Must have been a nasty accident!

(Annoyed) Don't provoke me.

Oh you're not fooling me sir, you came with Dr. Warlock didn't you?

Did we?

He asked you to scout 'round while he kept His Nibs busy.

Who?

The Egyptian, sir.

Ah, Egyptian eh? Is this where he keeps his relatives?

Well, Mr Scarman, I really must congratulate you for inventing the radio telescope 40 years early.

That, sir, is a Marconiscope. Its purpose is...

...is to receive radio emissions from the stars.

[beat] How could you possibly know that?

Well, you see, Mr Scarman, I have the advantage of being slightly ahead of you. Sometimes behind you, but normally ahead of you.

I see.

I'm sure you don't but it's very nice of you to try.