“The Creature From the Pit” quotes from Doctor Who

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.

Stupid expression, 'stands to reason.' Why isn't it 'lie down to reason?' Much easier to reason lying down.

Well, to be fair I had a couple of gadgets he probably didn't, such as a teaspoon and an open mind.

[Introducing himself] Astrologer extraordinary. Seer to princes and emperors. The future foretold, the present explained, the past... apologised for.

Romana II

So Erato came here to offer you metal in exchange for chlorophyll. Of course!

Right. But who was the first person he met?

The person who held the monopoly of metal.

Right! And did she put the welfare of her struggling people above her own petty power? No... she tipped the ambassador into a pit and threw astrologers at him!