Today marks the end of our week-long celebration of Doctor Who‘s dialogue, as we round off a series of lists with YOUR favourite Who quotes!
After being around for nearly 50 years, Doctor Who obviously has a very rich heritage of characters, creatures and costumes; but perhaps the unsung hero of the show’s impact on popular culture is the rich and witty dialogue that has graced our screens since 1963. The variety of settings and broad range of characters enable the show to deliver everything from stirring battle speeches to hilarious one-liners. Boasting some of the world’s best catchphrases, heartbreaking farewells, and uniquely-named planets, Doctor Who has had a surprisingly strong impact on modern literature for something that is primaily seen on “The Idiots’ Lantern.” In fact, the show has even seen the words “TARDIS” and “Dalek” enter the Oxford Dictionary!
With all that in mind, there was far too large a wealth of material for us to whittle down the best quotes of Who to just 10. So instead, Hypable’s Doctor Who writers Laura Byrne Cristiano and Harri Sargeant have celebrated the quirky, moving, and hilarious words of the Doctor and company in a series of four lists. Over the last four days, we selected our 10 favourite quotes from the classic-era companions, classic-era Doctor, revival-era companions and revival-era Doctor – we are wrapping up the week with a list of fans’ favorite quotes based on all of your excellent submissions!
It may be too late to have your most-loved dialogue featured in the list, but we would still love to hear from you! Get in touch by using the comments below, tweeting us @WhoHype or emailing whohype@hypable.com with any quotes, questions or comments. And stay tuned – the first episode of our Doctor Who podcast WhoHype will be materialising in the next few days. We hope you have enjoyed this week’s list! Now, without further ado, here are the best of your submissions of the last five days.
K-9
“The Invasion of Time Part 1”
“You are a very stupid machine.”
Submitted by Matthew Gracon
Donna
“Silence in the Library”
Donna: “Well use the sonic thingy!”
The Doctor: “I can’t, it’s wood”
Donna: “It doesn’t…DO…wood…?!”
Submitted by Dlmarvin05 and Merina
The Brigadier
“The Five Doctors”
“Splendid fellows. All of you.”
Subtmitted by Katie
Jamie/The Doctor
“The Tomb of the Cybermen”
Jamie: “Try to give us a smooth take-off, Doctor. We don’t want to frighten her.”
The Doctor:” A smooth take-off? A smooth take-off?! What a nerve!”
Submitted by Oscar
The Fourth Doctor
Several episodes
“Would you care for a jelly baby?”
Submitted by Disraeli
The Fifth Doctor
“The Pandorica Opens”
“Never ignore a coincidence, unless you’re busy in which case always ignore a coincidence.”
Submitted by Matthewhpg
Donna
“Journey’s End”
“Is that what Time Lords do? Lob a bit off, grow another one? You’re like worms.”
Submitted by Gary65
Martha
“The Shakespeare Code”
“I SAY TO THEE, EXPELLIARMUS!”
Submitted by Kyle
Wilfred
“Journey’s End”
“But, every night, Doctor… when it gets dark, and the stars come out, I’ll look up… on her behalf. I’ll look up at the sky… and think of you.”
Submitted by Azeem
Rory
“The Big Bang”
The Doctor: “All the people who never lived. Your *girlfriend* isn’t more important than the whole universe.”
Rory: [Swinging The Doctor around and punching him on the jaw] “She is to me!”
Submitted by smargolies
The Tenth Doctor
“The End of Time”
“I don’t want to go.”
Submitted by Eric
The Tenth Doctor
“Blink”
“People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but /actually/ from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint – it’s more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly… timey wimey… stuff.”
Submitted by Delena
The Tenth Doctor
“Christmas Invasion”
“Look at these people: these human beings. Consider their potential. From
the day they arrive on the planet, and blinking step into the sun.
There is more to see than can ever be seen. More to do than – no, hold
on… Sorry, that’s the ‘Lion King’…”
Submitted by Carrie89
The Eleventh Doctor
“An Impossible Astronaut”
The Doctor: “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?”
Submitted by RavenclawRose
The Ninth Doctor
“Rose”
“Nice to meet you Rose. Run for your life!”
Submitted by Caitlin Walsh
The Eleventh Doctor
“The Time of Angels”
“There’s one thing you never put in a trap if you’re smart, if you value your continued existence, if you have any plans about seeing tomorrow there’s one thing you never ever put in a trap…..Me.”
Submitted by Peggy
The Ninth Doctor
“Rose”
“Do you know like we were saying,
about the earth revolving? It’s like when you’re a kid, the first time they
tell you that the world is turning and you just can’t quite believe it ’cause
everything looks like it’s standing still. I can feel it… The turn of the
earth. The ground beneath our feet is spinning at a thousand miles an hour. The
entire planet is hurtling around the sun at sixty-seven thousand miles an hour.
And I can feel it. We’re falling through space, you and me, clinging to the
skin of this tiny little world. And, if we let go… That’s who I am. Now
forget me.”
Submitted by Laura Jones
What do you think of this list? Have Hypable’s fans done you proud?