Fifth Doctor quotes from Doctor Who

[about the Concorde ] It's amazing.

Nyssa

What?

This thing is smaller on the inside than it is on the outside.

Well, there's a probability of anything. Statistically speaking, if you gave typewriters to a treeful of monkeys, they'd eventually produce the works of William Shakespeare.

Nyssa

[trying to draw the Doctor's attention away from his conversation with Tegan to the approaching craft on the viewscreen] Doctor...

Of course, you and I both know that at the end of a millennium they'd still be tapping out gibberish.

Tegan

And you'd be tapping it out right alongside them. I only asked you a simple question.

Who are they?

Fools, who tried to turn themselves into Time Lords.

Tegan

But what if the White Guardian tells me something important?

...Thank him politely. [The Doctor smiles] Won't be long.

You are not an Ephemeral. You are a... a time dweller. You travel in time.

You're reading my thoughts.

You are a Time Lord, a lord of time. Are there lords in such a small domain?

And where do you function?

Eternity. The endless wastes of eternity.

Tegan

What year are we in?

Around 2084.

Tegan

[Looking around] Little seems to have changed since my time.

Absolutely nothing, Tegan. There are still two power blocs, fingers poised to annihilate each other.

Tegan, make a wish! [Tegan shuts her eyes]

[pointing a gun at the Doctor]: Goodbye, Doctor!

Goodbye! [shoots him with the ultra-violet light generator]

Turlough

They're all dead, you know.

[looking around at the carnage] There should have been another way.

I will listen to what you say, but I should tell you that the Silurians have long since abandoned the way of mediation.

So it seems. Why? A civilized race like yours waging unprovoked war?

Defensive war, Doctor! There is a distinction. Silurian law forbids any other.

Defensive? There's no such thing. When we last met, your supreme wish was to live at peace with the other inhabitants of this planet. Now why change such an enlightened policy?

Our policy has always been peaceful survival. All that has changed is the means by which it can be achieved.

By actions such as we've seen here?

You forget! Twice we offered the hand of friendship to these ape-descended primitives, and twice we were treacherously attacked, our people slaughtered! It will not happen again.

There can be no alternative to peaceful co-existence.

There is, Doctor! A final solution!

[Realizing what this means] Genocide?! When everything you Silurians hold sacred forbids it?!

We will harm no one. These ape primitives will destroy themselves. We, Doctor, will merely provide the pretext.

You'll trigger the war this base was designed to fight.

Yes. And these human beings will die as they have lived: in a sea of their own blood!

You speak treason!

Fluently!

If I were you, I'd be dead.

I lack your practice, Davros.

You are soft, like all Time Lords. You prefer to stand and watch. Action requires courage; something you lack.

Tegan

I'm not coming with you.

I beg your pardon?

Tegan

I'm tired of it.

What's the matter?

Tegan

A lot of good people have died today. I'm sick of it.

You think I wanted it this way?

Tegan

No. It's just I don't think I can go on.

You want to stay on Earth?

Tegan

My aunt Vanessa said, when I became an air stewardess, if you stop enjoying it, give it up.

Tegan...

Tegan

It's stopped being fun, Doctor. Goodbye. [Shakes the Doctor's hand] Turlough. [Shakes Turlough's hand]

Turlough

Goodbye.

Tegan

I'll miss you both. [turns to leave, stepping over bodies as she does]

No, no, don't leave, not like this.

Tegan

I must! I'm sorry! Goodbye. [Runs out of the warehouse in tears]

Androzani Major was becoming quite developed last time I passed this way.

Peri

When was that?

...I don't remember. I'm pretty sure it wasn't the future.

Peri

Doctor, why do you wear a stick of celery in your lapel?

Does it offend you?

Peri

No, just curious.

Safety precaution. I'm allergic to certain gases in the praxis range of the spectrum.

Peri

Well, how does the celery help?

If the gas is present, the celery turns purple.

Peri

And then what do you do?

I eat the celery. If nothing else, I'm sure it's good for my teeth.

You better turn this ship around Doctor!

Why?

Because I'll kill you if you don't!

Not a very convincing argument actually, Stotz, because I'm going to die soon anyway, unless of course —

I'll give you to the count of three!

Unless of course I can find the antidote… I owe it to my young friend to try because I got her into this —

One,

So you see —

Two,

I'm not going to let you stop me now!

Three!