The Doctor: Doctor Song, you’ve got that face on again. River: What face? The Doctor: The “He’s hot when he’s clever” face. River: This is my normal face. The Doctor: Yes it is. River: Oh, shut up. The Doctor: Not a chance.
You want weapons? We’re in a library! Books! The best weapons in the world!
You don’t want to take over the universe. You wouldn’t know what to do with it beyond shout at it.
Rule 1: The Doctor lies.
Never run when you’re scared. Rule 7.
See the bowtie? I wear it and I don’t care. That’s why it’s cool.
Though the man above might say hello, expect no love from the beast below.
It’s a TV show. Only the emotional damage is real.
River Song: Right then. I have questions, but number one is this – what in the name of sanity have you got on your head? The Doctor: It’s a fez. I wear a fez now. Fezzes are cool.
So is this how it works Doctor? You never interfere with the affairs of other peoples or planets, unless there are children crying?
All lives end. All hearts are broken. Caring is not an advantage.
I always rip out the last page of a book, then it doesn’t have to end. I hate endings.
If it’s time to go, remember what you’re leaving. Remember the best.
Amy: I had something I wanted to tell him. Stuff always gets in the way. Canton: Stuff does that.
We all change, when you think about it. We’re all different people all through our lives. And that’s OK, that’s good, you gotta keep moving, so long as you remember all the people that you used to be.
I can’t see what’s wrong about assuming intelligence in your audience and what’s bad news about being rewarded for assuming that.
There’s something really cool about scaring children. Traumatize a generation, that’s what it’s all about.
I’ll be a story in your head. But that’s OK. We’re all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh? Because it was, you know; it was the best.
You don’t just give up. You don’t just let things happen. You make a stand! You say no! You have the guts to do what’s right, even when everyone else just runs away.
An awful lot of storytelling isn’t really about making people understand – it’s about making people care.