“I’m looking for a blonde in a Union Jack - a specific one, mind you, I didn’t just wake up this morning with a craving.”
“Every great decision creates ripples, like a huge boulder dropped in a lake. The ripples merge and rebound off the banks in unforeseeable ways. The heavier the decision, the larger the waves, the more uncertain the consequence.”
Or basically anything 7th said
Edit; I’m gonna leave this here as a showcase for The McCoy Years.
I can’t pick just one! The first one is probably my favorite if I must choose though.
The way I see it every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don’t always soften the bad things, but vice-versa, the bad things don’t necessarily spoil the good things or make them unimportant.
There’s no point in being grown up if you can’t be childish sometimes.
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.
Courage isn’t just a matter of not being frightened, you know. It’s being afraid and doing what you have to do anyway.
“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.”
-Tom Baker, The Face of Evil, Season 14, Episode 16.
“You know, you’re a classic example of the inverse ratio between the size of the mouth and the size of the brain.”
-Tom Baker, The Face of Evil, Season 14Jelly baby?
One of my favorites:
“I Hate Being Wrong In Public. Everyone Forget That Happened.”
Twelfth Doctor - “Deep Breath,” Season 8 episode 1
What are you doctor, coward or killer?
Coward, any day.
I don’t want to go.
That scene was brutal. I cried like a baby. And it so encapsulated Tennant’s doctor, his sheer joy in life that kept him going no matter how bad things got. It also drove home the weight of a doctor that loved a human, and became friends with one in a way he never had before.
To me, there’s no bad doctors at all, only varying degrees of greatness. But Tennant is the only one that can match “my” doctor, Tom Baker. Everything about his run just worked for me. So, that scene? Perfect, andb the quote itself is the distillation of that .
Tom Baker was one of the best the best Doctors!
“I don’t want to go” was originally said in The End of Time, but was also used by Tennant in the 50th Anniversary episode, Day of the Doctor. Tom Baker had a cameo in that one also!
We’re all just stories in the end. Try to make it a good one, eh?
“Big Bang” was a good episode.
It’s like when you’re a kid. The first time they tell you that the world’s turning and you just can’t quite believe it because everything looks like it’s standing still. I can feel it. That’s who I am.
—The Doctor, “Rose”, Doctor Who (S01E01) (2005-03-26)
Better quote from that episode: “Nice to meet you, Rose. Run for your life.”
I legitimately think of this bit regularly. It was such a perfect (re)introduction to The Doctor.
I think you mistake your personal favourite for “better”. No need to poo-poo others’ preferences.
Edit: Thanks for the downvotes, they help me keep track of how many tonedeaf DW redditors joined Lemmy 👍
Anyone remember “Spoilers”?
River Song - “Silence in the Library” and pretty much any episode she was in.
The way Tenants face fell and went pale when she whispered in his ear. Masterful
One day I won’t hate this man by default… I’m trying.
Maybe not favourite but one of them anyways,
Tom Baker S17E14 Nightmare of Eden, part 2 according to IMDb.
Guard: …who do you work for?
Doctor: Work for? I don’t work for anybody.I’m just having fun.
I never hear this one mentioned but I think it sums up the Doctor perfectly.
Good line. I found the video of part 2 on dailymotion. The quote is about 2:23 into the episode.
Try to be nice; always be kind.
I love this speech
“Never be cruel. Never be cowardly. Hate is always foolish. Love is always wise. Always try to be nice, but never fail to be kind.”
The Twelfth Doctor, TWICE UPON A TIME
I never exactly warmed up to Twelve, but he had a good number of moments that I loved, and this quote was one of them.