I suppose you could say the yoke's on him if you were the sort of person who said that sort of thing which fortunately I'm not.
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
Stupid expression, 'stands to reason.' Why isn't it 'lie down to reason?' Much easier to reason lying down.
[The Doctor explains why he outdid Lady Adrasta's chief engineer.]
Well, to be fair I had a couple of gadgets he probably didn't, such as a teaspoon and an open mind.
Look, have a jelly baby and don't forget to brush your teeth.
[The Doctor is being attacked within the projection by Mandrils]
Ah! Oh! My fingers! My arms! My legs! AH! My everything! Ohhhhhh....
Why don't you give me the gun and then I can keep an eye on myself so I don't get up to any funny business.
You know K-9, sometimes I think I'm wasted just rushing about the universe saving planets from destruction. With a talent like mine I might have been a great slow bowler.
Don't cross your bridges before they're hatched.
(27 September - 18 October 1980}
First things first, but not necessarily in that order.
Why can't people be nice to one another, just for a change? I mean, I'm an alien and you don't want to drag me into a swamp, do you... You do?!
Unless we work very closely together, we could be here until the crack of doom. Oh, what's the use? Can I have one of your pickles? I had a rushed lunch.
One good solid hope's worth a cart-load of certainties.
You were the noblest Romana of them all!
Adric, if I knew everything that was going to happen, where would the fun be?
They say the atmosphere there was so full of goodness that evil just shrivelled up and died. Maybe that's why I never went there.
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