“Well, Sergeant? Aren't you going to say that it's bigger on the inside than it is on the outside? Everybody else does.”

“It's pretty obvious, isn't it?”

— The Doctor and Sgt. Benton, in “The Three Doctors”

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You know how it is; you put things off for a day and before you know it it's a hundred years later.

— The Doctor, in “Arc of Infinity”

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Now I'll never know if I was right.

— Adric's last words, in “Earthshock”

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“What are you doing here?”

“That's a very difficult question. Why is everyone around here so preoccupied with metaphysics?”

— Belász and the Doctor, in “Dragonfire”

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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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If you want a job done properly, get a girl to do it. Out of the way, boys!

— Ace, in “The Curse of Fenric”

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Nothing ... well, that's something.

— The Doctor, in “Warrior's Gate”

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I'm not going to sit here like a spare lemon waiting for the squeezer.

— The Brigadier, in “The Daemons”

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“I have failed!”

“What's it like?”

— Davros and the Doctor, in “Destiny of the Daleks”

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“You know, if the statue *had* been made of stone, I doubt if it could have killed you.”

“Really?”

“It would take a mountain to crush an ego like yours.”

— Jobel and the Doctor, in “Revelation of the Daleks”

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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...

— The Doctor, in “Mark of the Rani”

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As I believe I told you long ago, Doctor, you will never amount to anything in the galaxy while you retain your propensity for vulgar facetiousness.

— Cardinal Borusa, in “The Deadly Assassin”

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How can a robot catch laryngitis? I mean, what do you need it for?

— The Doctor, in “Destiny of the Daleks”

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“I take it you're yet another member of the UNIT team?”

“Yes. Depressing, isn't it?”

— Dr. Meredith and the Doctor, in “The Silurians”

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Call yourself a Time Lord! A broken clock keeps better time than you do; at least it's accurate twice a day, which is more than you ever are!

— Tegan, to the Doctor, in “The Visitation”

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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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“What's that awful noise?”

“I beg your pardon... 'Awful noise'? A good way to talk about my singing!”

“No, Doctor, not that awful noise — the other one!”

— Barbara and the Doctor, in “The Chase”

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“I don't understand it.”

“He never does.”

— The Doctor and Turlough, in “Enlightenment”

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Funny old business, time; it delights in frustrating your plans.

— The Doctor, in “Dragonfire”

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Is it me, or is the new #Mastodon #quote feature the MOST USELESS tool ever to be designed? It overloads a button, making you take an extra tap to boost, not to mention having to read and target a new menu with a finger or a mouse? In case you didn't know, it is hidden under the boost button in the Web UI. It allows you to quote a whole toot, annotate the quote, and ask, if necessary, if the poster will allow you to do so. The poster can revoke permission.

...to quote something, copy and paste only the content you need. Be sure to include the user's handle if you want to attribute the quote.

Nobody that would abuse quoting, that is would misappropriate or twist a toot's meaning, would use the feature. They will copy and paste. This leaves the remainder of the community doing an extra tap, with the extra dexterity required for potentially challenged users, while trying to figure out why they would use the feature in the first place.

Boost for Sample Size when you vote, please!

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#fediverse #write #author #writingCommunity #writersOfMastodon #writingCommunity

• I've used the quote feature and like it. (33%, 20 votes)
• I've used the quote feature and don't like it. (6%, 4 votes)
• I've not used the quote feature. (35%, 21 votes)
• What quote feature? (16%, 10 votes)
• I left a comment. (6%, 4 votes)

I wasn't wandering the streets. I was merely contemplating certain local cartographic anomalies.

— The Doctor, in “Remembrance of the Daleks”

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“Hence, this new device. It's called a randomizer, and it's fitted to the guidance systems and operates under a very complex scientific principle called pot luck. No one knows where we're going, not even the Black Guardian.”

“Not even us.”

— The Doctor and Romana, in “The Armageddon Factor”

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“Allowing himself to be captured by the Sontarans — if anything happens to myself as a result of it, I will never forgive himself.”

“I do wish you'd stop switching personal pronouns.”

— The Doctor and Peri, in “The Two Doctors”

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“Is that bad?”

“Bad? No, it's disastrous.”

— Peri and the Doctor, in “Timelash”

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“Einstein says that—”

“I'm not paying Einstein, Professor; I'm paying you.”

— Professor Kerensky and Scaroth, in “City of Death”

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“Ancelyn, in this world we have a great and honourable tradition of tactical withdrawal.”

“Ah, you wish to run away. Well, there can be but thirty of them at the most.”

— Brigadier Bambera and Ancelyn, in “Battlefield”

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Sleep is for tortoises.

— The Doctor, in “The Talons of Weng-Chiang”

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“Doctor, why didn't the helium make *your* voice go squeaky?”

“Because I'm a Time Lord. I've been around, you know.”

— Leela and the Doctor, in “The Robots of Death”

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“I have always had a certain regard for you, Doctor, personally, and the operation will, of necessity, be painful, but —”

“It will hurt you more than it hurts me.”

“What gives you that idea?”

— Dastari and the Doctor, in “The Two Doctors”

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“Boot cupboard? But it's enormous!”

“Oh, I've seen bigger boot cupboards.”

— Sarah and the Doctor, in “The Masque of Mandragora”

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Did you ever get to Troy, Drax? A little place in Asia Minor...

— The Doctor, in “The Armageddon Factor”

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You can compile a reverse transition from existing data — you love doing that.

— The Doctor, to K9, in “State of Decay”

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Sleep is for tortoises.

— The Doctor, in “The Talons of Weng-Chiang”

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For every reaction, there's an opposite and equally different action.

— The Doctor, in “Shada”

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You cannot speak as though reality is a one-dimensional concept.

— The Valeyard, in “The Ultimate Foe”

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