“By the look of him, he didn't die easily.”

“It is never easy to die.”

— Colby and Max, in “Image of the Fendahl”

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“When I employed you, you led me to believe you were a hardened criminal.”

“As My Lady knows, before I entered your service I was found guilty of a large number of offenses.”

“Then have the courage of your convictions. Drink.”

— Lady Peinforte and Richard, in “Silver Nemesis”

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“Where will he go now?”

“Somewhere else.”

— Borusa and Leela bid farewell to the Doctor, in “The Invasion of Time”

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I am whatever I am made to be. This time Lady Peinforte called me Nemesis, so I am retribution.

— Nemesis, in “Silver Nemesis”

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Have you noticed how people's intellectual curiosity declines sharply the moment they start waving guns about?

— The Doctor, in “The Horns of Nimon”

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The cosmos without the Doctor scarcely bears thinking about.

— The Master, in “The Five Doctors”

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Everyone has a “point” nowadays. I am a man of action, not reason!

— Yrcanos, in “Mindwarp”

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Small though it is, the human brain can be quite effective when used properly.

— The Doctor, in “The Two Doctors”

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“Oh, you shouldn't be worried; Time Lords have 90 lives.”

“How many have you got through?

“About 130.”

— The Doctor and Romana, in “The Creature From the Pit”

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Didn't you find two angry men stuck to my car?

— The Doctor, in “The Ambassadors of Death”

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“I refuse to be worried by a renegade like the Master. He's an unimaginative plodder.”

“His degree in cosmic science *was* of a higher class than yours.”

“Yes, well, I was a late developer.”

— The Doctor and the unnamed Time Lord, in “Terror of the Autons”

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Enlightenment brings whatever one desires. I desire to be amused.

— Captain Wrack, in “Enlightenment”

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“There was even a picture of a tree, a fine thing.”

“Simply a primitive way of producing oxygen. Thank the Company, we have no need of trees on Pluto.”

— Citizen Cordo and the Gatherer, in “The Sunmakers”

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There are times in our relationship when I feel an interpreter wouldn't come amiss.

— Mel, to the Doctor, in “The Ultimate Foe”

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Why is a mouse when it spins?

— The Doctor, in “Robot”

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“Are you telling me you don't know what year it is?”

“If I knew, I wouldn't ask. Don't be obtuse, man!”

— Laurence Scarman and the Doctor, in “The Pyramids of Mars”

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Is that all you can say? She was a living being, and now what is she? A component!

— Romana, in “The Armageddon Factor”

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“You know, I had a feeling that Niever was actually expecting to hear an answer to his prayer.”

“There wouldn't be much point in praying if you didn't.”

“I could quote you a few theologians who'd give you an argument on that.”

— The Doctor and Leela, in “The Face of Evil”

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There is nothing purer and more unsullied, Madam, than the desire for revenge, but, if you follow the metaphor, I've thrown a pebble into the water, perhaps killing two birds with one stone and causing ripples that will rock the High Council to its foundations.

— The Master, in “The Ultimate Foe”

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The generators were built by the old Eternity Perpetual company. They were designed to last forever; that's why the company went bankrupt.

— Vorg, in “Carnival of Monsters”

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You are concerned about the fate of the blue whale and the natterjack toad, yet the obvious, most defenceless part of creation, the kingdom of plant life, receives no protection at all.

— Harrison Chase, in “The Seeds of Doom”

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It was only a small explosion. They couldn't understand how blowing up the art room was a creative act.

— Ace, in “Dragonfire”

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“What are you doing in the lake?”

“Drowning.”

— Brigadier Bambera and Ace, in “Battlefield”

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“And what is your bureau doing about bonsai?”

“Bonsai, Mr Chase?”

“Mutilation and torture, Mr Dunbar. The hideous, grotesque Japanese practice of miniaturizing shrubs and trees. What is your bureau doing about that?”

— Harrison Chase and Dunbar, in “The Seeds of Doom”

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I don't believe you've met my young friend Ace, an expert in calorification, incineration, carbonization, and inflammation.

— The Doctor, in “The Happiness Patrol”

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“Yes, yes, I can see that, but how did you know in the first place?”

“Oh, I use my own special technique.”

“Oh, really, Doctor? And may we know what that is?”

“Keeping my eyes open and my mouth shut.”

— Klieg and The Doctor, in “Tomb of the Cybermen”

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That's the world as Sutekh would leave it: a desolate planet circling a dead sun.

— The Doctor, in “The Pyramids of Mars”

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The Cabinet's accepted my report, and the whole affair is now completely closed. ... A fifty-foot monster can't swim up the Thames and attack a large building without some people noticing, but you know what politicians are like.

— The Brigadier, in “Terror of the Zygons”

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I'm afraid we have no time for codes and manners.

— The Doctor, in “The Edge of Destruction”

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“You possess an energy you do not understand?”

“Yes, silly, isn't it? Only my professor at the Academy seemed to understand it.

— Monarch and the Doctor, in “Four to Doomsday”

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“Nice work, Doctor.”

“Well, I thought she was bluffing!”

— Ace and the Doctor, as the Destroyer is freed, in “Battlefield”

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“A swordsman does not fear death if he dies with honour.”

“Then he's an idiot.”

— Farrah and the Doctor, in “The Androids of Tara”

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“This may qualify as the worst miscalculation since life crawled out of the seas on this sad planet.”

“Well, nobody's perfect.”

— The Doctor and Ace, in “Silver Nemesis”

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“It seems we must always meet again.”

“They do say opposites attract.”

— The Master and the Doctor, in “Survival”

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“Intone the computations? Why?”

“I've wondered that myself. Never had the nerve to ask them.”

— Adric and the Doctor, in “Logopolis”

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What do you want? You don't want to take over the universe, do you? No... you wouldn't know what to do with it, beyond shout at it.

— The Doctor, in “The Pirate Planet”

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“He says he doesn't know who he is or why he has come.”

“Well, I admire a man with an open mind.”

— Ruther and Shardovan, in “Castrovalva”

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One solid hope's worth a cartload of certainties.

— The Doctor, in “Warrior's Gate”

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It's more serious than death, Mr Stevenson. He's changing form.

— The Doctor, in “The Seeds of Doom”

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“At the season when ice floods swamped the pasturelands, we herded the mammoths sunwards to find new grazing.”

“Tricky things, mammoths.”

— Nimrod and Inspector Mackenzie, in “Ghost Light”

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