I love a knees-up!
Played by Arthur Newall
Doctor Who · 1,966 quotes
Most-quoted character in Doctor Who: in 329 of its 1,966 quotes
Most scenes with: Sarah Jane Smith (30), Leela (27), Romana I (21)
Lines by Fourth Doctor 110
Through the millennia, the Time Lords of Gallifrey led a life of ordered calm, protected against all threats from lesser civilisations by their great power. But this was to change. Suddenly, and terribly, the Time Lords faced the most dangerous crisis in their long history...
That's monstrous! Vaporisation without representation is against the constitution!
[The Doctor is being tortured.]
All right! I confess, I confess. I confess to you're being a bigger idiot than I thought.
Oh! Engin, I can feel my hair curling and that can mean either that it's going to rain...or that I'm on to something.
Of course... What a stupendous egotist!
[The Doctor to The Master.]
You'd delay an execution to pull the wings off a fly.
(1 January - 22 January 1977)
Killing me isn't going to help you. It isn't going to do me much good either...
You know, the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don't alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the facts to fit the views. Which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.
Answers are easy. It's asking the right questions which is hard.
If they're preparing for a battle, they're hardly likely to send men on patrol on the off chance that you might come back. [several crossbow bolts strike the tree inches from his face] On the other hand, I could be wrong about that.
I never carry weapons. If people see you mean them no harm, they never hurt you. Nine times out of ten...
You're a classic example of the inverse ratio between the size of the mouth and the size of the brain.
[The Doctor on Leela's squeaky voice.]
Oh, there's a mouse in the wainscoating.
Sleep is for tortoises!
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