Donna: You’re not saying much.The Doctor: No, it’s just— It’s a funny old life. In the TARDIS.Donna: You don’t want me.The Doctor: I’m not saying that.Donna: But you asked me. would you rather be on...

Cyber Leader: Daleks, be warned. You have declared war upon the Cybermen. Dalek Sec: This is not war – this is pest control! Cyber Leader: We have five million Cybermen. How many are you? Dalek...

What Rose brings to the Doctor’s life is completion. It’s completing a circle – he’s male, he’s alien, he’s a traveler. Between the two of them together they complement each other and discover each other....

The Doctor and Donna see each other across the roomThe Doctor: Donna?Donna: Doctor!The Doctor: What are, what are you—?Donna: Oh. My. God!The Doctor: How?Donna: It’s me!The Doctor: I can see that.Donna: Oh this is brilliant!The...

Rose:i love youDoctor:Quite right, and i guess if it’s my last chance to say it… Rose Tyler…(the doctor fades, him in his TARDIS, with tear tracks and a tear running down his cheek)

I am the Bad Wolf. I create myself. I take the words. I scatter them … in time, and space. A message to lead myself here.

Donna to the policewoman: Don’t you touch this car!The Doctor watching: She’s not changed.Wilfred: Oh. There he is. Shawn Temple. They’re engaged. Getting married in the Spring.The Doctor: Another wedding.Wilfred: Yeah.The Doctor: Hold on, she’s...

Rose: My mum’s here.The Doctor: Oh, that’s just what I need! Don’t you dare make this place domestic!Mickey Smith: You ruined my life, Doctor. [the Doctor turns and looks at him, irritated] They thought she...

The Doctor: [hologram, speaking towards the console] This is Emergency Programme One. Rose, now listen, this is important. If this message is activated, then it can only mean one thing: we must be in danger,...

Donna: You really believe in all that stuff, don’t you?Wilfred Mott (Bernard Cribbins): It’s all over the place these days. If I wait here long enough…Donna: I don’t suppose you’ve seen a little blue box.Wilfred:...

The Doctor: Rose… before I go, I just want to tell you: you were fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. And do you know what? [Pause] So was I![The TARDIS lights up with energy as the Doctor regenerates...

Rose Tyler: The time war ends. Emperor Dalek: I will not die! I cannot diieee! [we see Rose’s eyes light up, and the Dalek Emperor and his entire fleet disappear in an explosion of golden...

Writing is such an industry now. In many ways, that’s a good thing, in that it removes all the muse-like mystique and makes it a plain old job, accessible to everyone. But with industry comes...

Sylvia: Stay right where you are.The Doctor: You can’t come with me.Wilfred: Well you’re not leaving me with her.Sylvia: Dad!The Doctor: Fair enough.Sylvia yelling at the TARDIS: Come back here! Come back here, I said!...

I travelled across the world. From the ruins of New York, to the fusion mills of China, right across the radiation pits of Europe. And everywhere I went I saw people just like you, living...

There’s one thing you don’t put in a trap, if you’re smart, if you value your continued existance, if you have any plans about seeing tomorrow, there is one thing you never ever put in...

Doctor Who: You want weapons? We’re in a library. Books are the best weapon in the world. This room’s the greatest arsenal we could have. Arm yourself!(from Tooth and Claw in Season 2)

Mickey: I told you to stay behind.Martha: You looked like you needed help. Besides, you’re the one who persuaded me to go freelance.Mickey: Yeah, but— we’re being fired at by a Sontoran. A dumpling with...

I saw the Fall of Troy! World War Five! I was pushing boxes at the Boston Tea Party! Now I’m gonna die in a dungeon…. [disgustedly] in Cardiff!

Captain Jack: Rose, you are worth fighting for. [Jack kisses Rose passionately] Captain Jack: Wish I’d never met you, Doctor, I was much better off as a coward. [Jack kisses the Doctor the same way]

There is no higher authority.

The Master: Where’s the TARDIS?The Doctor: Just stop. Just think.The Master: Kill him! I need that technology, Doctor. Tell me where it is or the old man is dead.Wilfred: Don’t tell him!The Master: I’ll kill...

The Doctor: Hello, I’ve come to see the Lord Mayor.Idris Hopper: Have you got an appointment?The Doctor: No, just an old friend passing by, bit of a surprise. Can’t wait to see her face!Idris Hopper:...

Wilf: God bless the cactuses! The Doctor: That’s cactI. Alien: And that’s racist!

I would rather be confused for 10 minutes than bored for 5 seconds.

The Master: Fifty seconds and counting.The Doctor: To what?The Master: Oh ho ho. You’re gonna love this.The Doctor: What is it? Hypnotism? Mind control? You’re grafting your thoughts inside them. Is that it?The Master: Oh...

*Throwing bread out of door* AND STAY OUT!

The Doctor: The Fourth Great and Bountiful Human Empire. And there it is: planet Earth at its height. Covered with megacities, five moons, population 96 billion. The hub of a galactic domain, stretching across a...

Dalek: I will talk to the Doctor.The Doctor: Oh will you? That’s nice. Hello!Dalek: The Dalek strategem nears completion. The fleet is almost ready. You will not intervene.The Doctor: Oh really? Why’s that, then?Dalek: We...

Naismith: The Gate was found inside a spaceship buried at the foot of Mount Snowden. It was moved to an institute known as Torchwood. But when Torchwood fell…. Let’s just say I acquired it.The Master:...

Rose: Who are you then? Who’s that lot down there? [The Doctor ignores her] I said who are they?!The Doctor: They’re made of plastic. Living plastic creatures. They’re being controlled by a relay device on...

Tea! That’s all I needed! Good cup of tea! Super-heated infusion of free-radicals and tannin, just the thing for healing the synapses.

In the end I sort of though we created a companion who was so alive and dynamic and so wedded to the doctor that you’d need a whole universe to contain her in. The only...

Maybe that’s when bad scripts are written, when you choose the theme first. I consider that I’ve something to say when I’ve thought of a person, a moment, a single beat of the heart, that...

Daleks: [simultaneously] Exterminate! Exterminate![They fire their weapons, none of which so much as touch the Doctor]The Doctor: Is that it? Useless! Nul points! [to Rose and Jack] It’s all right, you can come out; that...

The Doctor (Matt Smith): Legs! I’ve still got legs! Good. Arms. Hands. Oo! Fingers. Lots of fingers. Ears. Yes. Eyes two. Nose. I’ve had worse. Chin. Blimey. Hair. I’m a girl. No no. I’m not...

Rose: ‘If you are an alien, how come you sound like you’re from the north?’Doctor: ‘Lots of planets have a north!

Steven wrote to me today, saying, ‘Don’t you feel like sticking your head out of the window and yelling, “I DON’T KNOW WHAT I’M DOING!!!”‘ Yes, absolutely. Solidarity. Fear is always the same. Different worries...

Harriet Jones: When they fart, if you’ll pardon the word, it doesn’t smell like a fart, pardon the word, it’s like something else. What is it? It’s more like um…Rose: Bad breath!Harriet Jones: That’s it!The...