The Quotable Doctor Who

Doctor Who has always had a special place in my world and I’ve had a great time talking about here on MLD. When I was reviewing and speculating on the full run of episodes from Season Five last year, I made it a point to add quotes from the show to the tags for the articles. They probably escaped most readers notice (and it isn’t really the most conventional use of the tags feature), but including them has actually brought a lot of readers to the site. It’s even come to the attention of some that I’ve neglected to include them when reviewing Season Six.

Never one to disappoint, I had to rectify this situation.

In anticipation of the show’s return for the rest of Season Six this Saturday, I re-watched the first half of the season to pick out what I consider some of the the most memorable and meaningful lines spoken by The Doctor and his companions. Everything can be found below, but not only did I go back and take in all of the goodness Steven Moffat, Matt Smith and the Doctor Who team have given us so far this year, I also found this amazing BBC America trailer that debuted at this year’s San Diego Comic Con. I’ve watched it about a hundred times.

I honestly can’t decide what part I like most: River Song with the eye patch? The return of the Doctor’s roommate Craig or any of the characters from last season that appear? Amy Pond – Samurai? The crazy garden? The Weeping Angels? The three astronauts teleporting in? Exploding Cybermen heads? Lake Silencio? Is that a Dalek eye?

Doctor Who returns on August 27th at 9PM on BBC America. If the trailer wasn’t thrilling enough, here’s a prequel BCC America released for this week’s episode Let’s Kill Hitler.

Doctor Who Season 6 quotes

• “I’m being extremely clever up here and there’s no one to stand around looking impressed! What’s the point in having you all?”
  –The Impossible Astronaut
• “And unlike me, she really doesn’t mind shooting people. I shouldn’t like that. Kinda do, a bit.”
  –Day of the Moon
• “Very efficient. I mean, if something’s going to kill you, it’s nice that it drops you a note to remind you.”
  –The Curse of the Black Spot
• “No, bunk beds are cool. It’s a bed, with a ladder. You can’t beat that.”
  –The Doctor’s Wife
• “Yes, it’s insane. And it’s about to get even more insanerer.”
  –The Rebel Flesh
• “Being ‘almost the Doctor’ is like being no Doctor at all.”
  –The Almost People
• “All those stories you’ve heard about him: they’re not stories, they’re true. ”
  –A Good Man Goes to War

Doctor Who Season 5 quotes

• “I’m The Doctor and I’m worse than everybody’s aunt”
  –The Eleventh Hour
• “If you were that old, and that kind, and the very last of your kind…. you couldn’t just stand there and watch children cry.”
  –The Beast Below
• “All right, it’s a Jammie Dodger, but I was promised tea!”
  –Victory of the Daleks
• “Oh I see, it’s how you keep score…”
  –The Time of Angels
•  “I made him say ‘comfy chairs'”
  –Flesh and Stone
• “That’s a relief! I thought I had burst out of the wrong cake.”
  –The Vampires of Venice
• “My poncho boys – if we’re gonna die let’s die looking like a Peruvian folk band”
  –Amy’s Choice
•  “Not every day – every other day”
  –The Hungry Earth
• “Come on – be extraordinary.”
  –Cold Blood
• “Is this how time normally passes? Really slowly – in the right order…”
  –Vincent and the Doctor
• “Less of young professional – more of an ancient amateur.”
  –The Lodger
• “Remember every black day I ever stopped you, and then… do the smart thing: Let somebody else try first.”
  –The Pandorica Open
• “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? ”
  –The Big Bang
• “In 900 years of time and space I’ve never met anyone who wasn’t important before”
  –A Christmas Carol