Sixth Doctor quotes from Doctor Who

A little gratitude wouldn't irretrievably damage my ego.

Sorry about that, but we weren't getting anywhere with me playing pat-a-cake with the wall.

Peri

Doctor?

— You were expecting someone else?

Peri

I — I — I —

That's three I's in one breath — makes you sound a rather egotistical young lady.

Peri

What's happened?

Change, my dear. And it seems not a moment too soon.

Ahhh... a noble brow. Clear gaze. At least it will be, given a few hours sleep. A firm mouth. A face beaming with a vast intelligence. My dear child, what on Earth are you complaining about? It's the most extraordinary improvement.

Peri

Improvement?! On what?!

My last incarnation... oh, I was never happy with that one. It had a sort of feckless "charm", which simply wasn't me

Peri

What absolute rubbish! You were almost young, and you were sweet.

"Sweet?!" [scoff] Effete! Sweet? Sweet? That says it all. No, this has been a timely change. [Pauses, and stares into space] Change? What change? There is no change... no time, no rhyme, no place for space, nothing! Nothing but the grinding engines of the universe, the crushing boredom of eternity! [Collapses into a rack of coats and starts laughing hysterically, while Peri looks concerned]

Peri

He's not himself.

Then who am I?

Peri

I wish you wouldn't keep wandering off like that!

See it more as a mental stroll in a park of psychic tranquility!

Will you stop this nonsense?

No, Time Lord!

Then take the consequences!

You think I would be so vulnerable? You are an interfering fool!

No, just a rotten shot.

I would suggest, Peri, that you wait a little before criticizing my new persona. You may well find it isn't quite as disagreeable as you think.

Peri

Well, I hope so.

Whatever else happens, I am... the Doctor. Whether you like it... or not.

Peri

Do you mean the TARDIS is malfunctioning again?

Malfunctioning? [pause] Malfunctioning? MALFUNCTIONING!? After all the work I've done on it!?

Peri

Well, I only asked a simple question!

Indeed you did, and it was the wrong question!

What precisely do you do in there?

Argue, mainly.

Peri

[throws a stone into the lake the Doctor is fishing from]

DON'T DO THAT!! You'll frighten the fish!

Well, you certainly look better for your change of clothes and bath! You should try it more often.

Jamie

Thank you. [realises what the Doctor just said] What?

Jamie

Oh Dastari said he did operations that turned her into a genius.

What a stupid thing to do!

Jamie

That's what the Doctor said.

And I was right. Whatever he has done to her mind, her nature will remain the same.

[after being hunted by Shockeye but defeating him with Oscar's discarded Lepidopteran equipment] I believe he's now been, moth-balled.

[after summoning his TARDIS] Jamie?

Jamie

[To the Second Doctor] Um after you, Doctor.

Oh no. After you Jamie.

Jamie

Bye Peri.

Peri

Bye.

Jamie

[To the Sixth Doctor] Um Doctor.

Jamie. And keep an eye on the old gentlemen, will you?

Do not make me laugh, Doctor.

I wouldn't dare... not when you've got such big teeth.

I've always wanted to die a hero's death! You know it's funny, when I was at school, everyone used to think I was a coward because I didn't like cricket! If only they could see me now...

[through gritted teeth] Shut! Up!

Sorry? Oh yes, of course, you want to concentrate. Sorry!

Listen Herbert, if you want to do something useful, could you read off the numbers you see on that screen immediately in front of you?

Of course! This one?

Just the one.

That's the one.