“I see.”

“I'm sure you don't, but it's very nice of you to try.”

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

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“What *is* the noun for a collection of geniuses — a bevy?”

“An inspiration of geniuses? Don't know...”

— Peri and the Doctor, in “Mark of the Rani”

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You don't understand regeneration, Mel; it's a lottery, and I've drawn the short plank.

— The Doctor, in “Time and the Rani”

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“Me? Well, I told you, I'm from Galactic.”

“Galactic went out of business twenty years ago.”

“I wondered why I hadn't been paid.”

“That's not good enough.”

“That's what I thought.”

— The Doctor and Rigg, in “Nightmare of Eden”

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Why don't you stabilize your pedestrian infrastructure, President?

— Borusa, in “The Invasion of Time”

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Later, Castellan, we must take another look at data security.

— Cardinal Borusa, in “The Deadly Assassin”

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I'm a Time Lord... I'm not a human being. I walk in eternity.

— The Doctor, in “The Pyramids of Mars”

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I know it's very difficult to understand. It's also very easy to be sarcastic.

— Wilkin, in “Shada”

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Oh, he's always in trouble, Tegan, hadn't you noticed? It amuses him...

— Adric, about the Doctor, in “Four to Doomsday”

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“Have you ever heard of the Flying Dutchman?”

“No.”

“Pity; I've often wanted to know who he was.”

— The Doctor and Leela, in “Underworld”

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A man is the sum of his memories, you know, a Time Lord even more so.

— The Doctor, in “The Five Doctors”

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Prognostication impossible in matters concerning the Doctor.

— K9, in “The Invasion of Time”

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“A little portentous, perhaps, Mel?”

<sotto voce> "'Pretentious' is the word.”

— The Doctor and the Rani, in “Time and the Rani”

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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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First things first, but not necessarily in that order.

— The Doctor, in “Meglos”

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You know the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don't alter their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views, which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.

— The Doctor, in “The Face of Evil”

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