olivia_sutton | Quotes Doctor Who (Tom Baker) (Reply)

Hi all,

A tiny bit more snow this morning, and thick grey clouds all day. Basically - yuck, when it comes to weather.

Today's quotes come from the Tom Baker years on Doctor Who, Tom Baker played the title role for 7 years. IMO - his best seasons were his first and his last, and the quality of the show varied widely for the other five seasons. Most of my favorite Baker episodes (stories) have made it to DVD, with the notable exceptions of (in order that I want to see them): "Masque of Mandragora" (SF in 15th century Italy), the E-space trilogy of "Full Circle", "State of Decay", and "Warrior's Gate", and "Revenge of the Cybermen".

Onto the quotes:

Various Doctor Who Quotes

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"You may be a doctor, but I'm the Doctor, the definite article, I might say." --The Doctor (Tom Baker) to Harry Sullivan (Ian Marter), "Robot", BBC 1974

"A new body's like a new house, takes a little bit of time to settle in." --The Doctor (Tom Baker), "Robot", BBC 1974

"Believe me, Doctor, the place is impregnable." -- The Brigadier (Nicholas Courtney)
"I never cared too much for the word, 'impregnable', sounds a bit too much like 'unsinkable'." --the Doctor (Tom Baker)
"What's wrong with 'unsinkable'?" -- Dr. Harry Sullivan (Ian Marter)
"Nothing, as the iceberg said to the Titanic." --the Doctor (Tom Baker)
"What?" --Harry
"Glug, glug, glug, glug." (said while sinking into his seat in the car) --The Doctor (Tom Baker), "Robot", BBC 1974

"Well, Doctor, What are we dealing with? Invasion from out space, again?" --The Brigadier
"Why should some alien life form invade Earth just to steal a new weapon? If they were that advanced they'd have weapons of their own." --The Doctor (Tom Baker), "Robot", BBC 1974

"The US cavalry never got treated like this!" --Sgt. Benton (after Sarah complains about UNIT)

"Naturally enough, the only country that could be trusted with such as role was Great Britain." --The Brigadier
"Well, naturally, I mean the rest were all foreigners." --The Doctor (Tom Baker), "Robot", BBC 1974

"Aren't you forgetting that in science, as in morality, the end never justifies the means?" --The Doctor (Tom Baker) to Professor Ketterwell, "Robot", BBC 1974

"You know, just once I'd like to meet an alien menace that wasn't immune to bullets!" --Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, "Robot", BBC 1974

"Homo Sapiens! What an inventive, invincible species. It's only a few millions years since they've crawled out of the mud and learned to walk. Puny, defenseless, bipeds. They've survived flood, famine and plague, they've survived cosmic wars and holocausts, and now here they are, out among the stars, waiting to begin a new life, ready to outsit eternity. They're indomitable! Indomitable!" --The Doctor (Tom Baker), "The Ark in Space", BBC 1975

"It may be irrational of me, but human beings are quite my favorite species." --The Doctor (Tom Baker), "The Ark in Space", BBC 1975

"We have won! They talk of Democracy, Freedom, Fairness, these are the creeds of cowards. The ones who will listen to 1,000 viewpoints and try to satisfy them all. Achievement comes through absolute power! And power through strength. They have lost!" --Davros, evil megalomaniac, "Genesis of the Daleks", BBC 1975

"Well, What are you waiting for?" --Sarah Jane
"Just touch these two strands together and the Daleks are finished. Have I done right?" The Doctor
"To destroy the Daleks, you can't doubt it?" --Sarah
"But I do. You see, some things could be better with the Daleks. Many Future Worlds will become allies just because of their fear of the Daleks." --The Doctor
"It isn't like that!" --Sarah (Elisabeth Sladen)
"But the final responsibility is mine, and mine alone." --The Doctor
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"But if I kill, wipe out a whole intelligent life form, then I become like them, I'd be no better than the Daleks." The Doctor (Tom Baker), "Genesis of the Daleks", BBC 1975

"We failed, Haven't we?" --Sarah Jane
"Failed? No, not really. You see, I know that though the Daleks will create havoc and destruction for millions of years, I know also, out of their evil must come something good."
The Doctor (Tom Baker), "Genesis of the Daleks", BBC 1975

"The Earth isn't my home, Sarah, I'm a Time Lord…" --the Doctor
"I know you're a Time Lord." --Sarah Jane
"You don't understand the implications --I'm not a human being, I walk in Eternity." --the Doctor
"What's the supposed to mean?" --Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen)
"It means I've lived for something like 750 years." --The Doctor (Tom Baker), "Pyramids of Mars", BBC 1975

"Something is very wrong…something's going on contrary to the laws of the universe, I must find out what." --the Doctor (Tom Baker), "Pyramids of Mars", BBC, 1975

"Good heavens! This is unbelievable! Totally, unbelievable!" --Lawrence Scarman
"You're going to say it transcends all the normal laws of physics." --the Doctor
"I am, yes, it does, it preposterous." --the Doctor
"Isn't it, isn't it? I often think dimensional transcendentalism is preposterous, but it works. Would you like to take a look around?" the Doctor
"May I?" --Lawrence
"Please." --the Doctor (Tom Baker), "Pyramids of Mars", BBC, 1975

"Now that we are here [in the TARDIS], why don't you tune-up 1980 and we can, well, leave." --Sarah Jane
"I can't." --the Doctor
"Why can't you?" --the Doctor
"Because if Sutekh isn't stopped he'll destroy the world." --the Doctor
"But he didn't, did he? I mean, we know the world didn't end in 1980."
"Do we?" --the Doctor
"Yes, of course we do." --Sarah Jane
"All right, if we leave now, let's see what the world will look like in 1980." --the Doctor

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"1980, Sarah, if you want to get off." --the Doctor, "Pyramids of Mars", BBC, 1975

"Every point of time has it's alternative, Sarah, you've looked into alternative time." --the Doctor
"Fascinating, Do you mean the future can be chosen, Doctor?" --Lawrence
"Not chosen, shaped. The actions of the present fashion the future." --the Doctor
"So a man can change the course of history?" --Lawrence
"To a small extent, It takes a being of Sutekh's almost limitless power to destroy the future. [pause] Well? (looking at Sarah)" --the Doctor (Tom Baker)
"We've got to go back." --Sarah Jane (Elisabeth Sladen) "Pyramids of Mars", BBC, 1975

"Sometimes you don't seem…" --Sarah Jane
"Human?" --the Doctor

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"A man has just been murdered." --Sarah Jane
"Four men, Sarah, five if you include Professor Scarman, himself. And they'll be the first of millions unless Sutekh is stopped." --the Doctor (Tom Baker), "Pyramids of Mars", BBC, 1975

"You're caught in the corridor of Eternity." --the Doctor, to Sutekh, "Pyramids of Mars", BBC, 1975

"I can feel my hair curling, and that means either its going to rain, or I'm on to something." The Doctor (Tom Baker) "Deadly Assassin", BBC 1976

"That's monstrous! Vaporisation without representation is against the Constitution!" The Doctor (Tom Baker), "Deadly Assassin", BBC, 1976

"No answer to a straight question-- typical politician." --The Doctor, "Deadly Assassin", BBC, 1976

"No, the story is not acceptable, we must adjust the truth." --The Cardinal, "Deadly Assassin", BBC, 1976

"If heroes don't exist-- it is necessary to invent them, good for public morale." --The Cardinal, "Deadly Assassin", BBC, 1976

"I shall have to go alone, of course. It's funny they always want you to go alone when you're walking into a trap, have you noticed that?" --The Doctor (Tom Baker), "Androids of Tara", BBC, 1978

"You see before you, the complete killing machine. As beautiful as you and as deadly as the plague! If only she were real, I'd marry her!" Count Grendal (Peter Jeffrey), "Androids of Tara", BBC, 1978

"I say, what a wonderful butler. He's so violent." --the Doctor (Tom Baker), "City of Death", BBC 1979

"Be careful, my dear, I don't think he's as stupid as he seems." Countess Scarlioni (Catherine Schell)
"My dear, no one could be as stupid as he seems." Count Scarlioni (in response) (Julian Glover) "City of Death", BBC 1979

"I can't let you fool about with time." --The Doctor (Tom Baker)
"What else do you ever do?" --Count Scarlioni (Julian Glover)
"Well, I'm a professional, I know what I'm doing." The Doctor (Tom Baker), "City of Death", BBC 1979

"It's the end--but the moment has been prepared for." --the Doctor (Tom Baker), "Logopolis", BBC ,1981

Enjoy--

Olivia