Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Colin Baker: The Doctor, Commander Maxil
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Quotes
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The Doctor : Wait a minute, I know you. You're the Chamberlain.
Chamberlain : Yes, that's right sir.
The Doctor : I don't like you.
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The Doctor : I always like to do the unexpected, it takes people by surprise.
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The Doctor : Planets come and go. Stars perish. Matter disperses, coalesces, forms into other patterns, other worlds. Nothing can be eternal.
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The Doctor : This is a situation that requires tact and finesse. Fortunately, I am blessed with both.
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The Doctor : In my time I have been threatened by experts. And I don't rate you very highly at all.
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The Doctor : Small though it is, the human brain can be quite effective when used properly.
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The Doctor : Rest is for the weary, sleep is for the dead.
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The Doctor : My last incarnation... oh, I was never happy with that one. It had a sort of feckless "charm" which simply wasn't *me*!
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The Doctor : Unless we are prepared to sacrifice our lives for the good of all, then evil and anarchy will spread like the plague.
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The Doctor : I am the Doctor, whether you like it or not.
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The Doctor : A little gratitude wouldn't irretrievably damage my ego.
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The Doctor : Into the matrix. Where the only logic is there isn't any logic.
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The Doctor : Unstable? Unstable? Unstable? This is me, Peri! Right now I am as stable as you will ever see me! You must forget how I used to be. I'm a Time Lord. A man of science, temperament, and *passion*!"
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The Doctor : I'm not only from another culture but another planet. I am in your terms an alien.
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The Doctor : I was trying to help. Surely even a blockhead like you can see that!
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The Doctor : No, there's something else going on here. I was taken out of time for another reason and I have every intention of finding out what it is!
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The Doctor : Well, look at me. I'm old, lacking in vigour, my mind's in turmoil. I no longer know if I'm coming, have gone, or even been. I'm falling to pieces. I no longer even have any clothes sense... Self-pity is all I have left.
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The Doctor : 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.
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The Doctor : And kindly refrain from addressing me as "Doc", Perpugilliam.
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The Doctor : Well, well. The Rani. I can't say I think much about your outfit. Doesn't do a thing for you.
The Rani : Your regeneration isn't too appealing either.
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The Valeyard : The future? Is it going to be the Doctor's defense that he improves?
The Sixth Doctor : Precisely.
The Valeyard : This I must see.
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The Doctor : More of a clown actually. Would you like to hear my rendering of "On With the Motley"?
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The Doctor : Well, look at me. I'm old, lacking in vigor, my mind's in a turmoil. I no longer know if I'm coming, have gone, or even been. I'm falling to pieces; I no longer even have any clothes sense. Self-pity is all I have left.
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The Doctor : Watch it, Mestor!
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The Doctor : The sound of giant slugs!
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The Doctor : Well, if he really does believe such unimaginable rubbish he must be faced by some unimaginable disaster which has unhinged his mind.
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The Doctor : A hyperactive Peri - too ghastly to contemplate.
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The Doctor : The Rani is a genius. Shame I can't stand her. I wonder if I was particularly nice to her, she might - nope, no, of course not...
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The Doctor : Natural metamorphosis. A form of rebirth. I call it a renewal. And this time... positive triumph. I can sense it in every fibre of my being.
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Perpugilliam 'Peri' Brown : Is there any intelligent life on this planet?
The Doctor : Apart from me, you mean?