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[-] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 46 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

"Winning?! Is that what you think it's about? I'm not trying to win! I'm not doing this because I want to beat someone, or because I hate someone, or because, because I want to blame someone. It's not because it's fun and God knows it's not because it's easy. It's not even because it works, because it hardly ever does. I do what I do because it's right! Because it's decent! And above all, it's kind. It's just that. Just kind."

Words to live by.

[-] iMastari@kbin.social 38 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

"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 14

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 7 months ago

4 was wonderfully savage

[-] LopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.works 31 points 7 months ago

"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."

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 30 points 7 months ago

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 .

[-] ItsComplicated@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 months ago

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!

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago

I cried at seeing Mr Baker, ngl. Partly because seeing him on screen was so unexpected, and partly because of what he said.

[-] Jocarnail@lemmy.world 24 points 7 months ago

Rose… before I go, I just wanna tell you, you were fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. And you know what? So was I!

[-] OscarRobin@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

God I miss Eccleston so much, and I literally just rewatched his season.

[-] ech@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Through no fault of anyone, Eccleston being followed by Tennant and then by Smith really overshadowed his wonderful performance and all the credit he deserves for being the Doctor that brought the series back. I'll always love him for that season. He really was fantastic.

[-] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 24 points 7 months ago

"Nobody important! Now that's new! I've been all across time and space, and that's one thing o haven't met, yet - someone unimportant!"

[-] xtr0n@sh.itjust.works 21 points 7 months ago

Try to be nice; always be kind.

[-] ItsComplicated@sh.itjust.works 21 points 7 months ago

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

[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

"Never eat pears. They're too squishy and they always make your chin wet. That one's quite important. Write it down."

[-] xtr0n@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago

Thanks for bringing the real quote 😊

[-] ech@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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.

[-] wrath_of_grunge@kbin.social 20 points 7 months ago

We're all just stories in the end. Try to make it a good one, eh?

[-] ItsComplicated@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago

"Big Bang" was a good episode.

[-] bennel@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Do what I do: hold tight and pretend it's a plan.

- 11th

[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You have a horror movie called Alien?? That's really offensive no wonder everyone keeps invading you.

[-] TurnItOff_OnAgain@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago

Madge: Lily and Cyril’s father—my husband—is dead and they don’t know yet because if I tell them now then Christmas will always be what took their father away from them, and no one should have to live like that. Of course when the Christmas period is over I shall… I don’t know why I keep shouting at them.

The Doctor: Because every time you see them happy you remember how sad they’re going to be. And it breaks your heart. Because what’s the point in them being happy now if they’re going to be sad later. The answer is, of course, because they a re going to be sad later.

[-] stargazingpenguin@lemmy.zip 17 points 7 months ago

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.

[-] ItsComplicated@sh.itjust.works 16 points 7 months ago

Anyone remember "Spoilers"?

River Song - "Silence in the Library" and pretty much any episode she was in.

[-] TurnItOff_OnAgain@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

The way Tenants face fell and went pale when she whispered in his ear. Masterful

[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Amy, you need to start trusting me. Its never been more important.

But you don't always tell me the truth.

If I always told you the truth, I wouldn't need you to trust me.

[-] ech@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

11 was so menacing sometimes, in the best way.

Madame Kovarian : The anger of a good man is not a problem. Good men have too many rules.

The Doctor : Good men don't need rules. Today is not the day to find out why I have so many.

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[-] cerement@slrpnk.net 16 points 7 months ago

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)

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago

Better quote from that episode: "Nice to meet you, Rose. Run for your life."

[-] cerement@slrpnk.net 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I preferred the “I can feel it” quote because it lined up with simplex/complex/multiplex from Samuel R. Delany’s Empire Star

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[-] FunkyMonk@kbin.social 16 points 7 months ago

"Never be cruel, never be cowardly. And never ever eat pears! Remember: Hate is always foolish… and love is always wise."

[-] 18107@aussie.zone 15 points 7 months ago

What are you doctor, coward or killer?

Coward, any day.

[-] reddit_sux@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago
[-] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago

The moment I knew I was going to enjoy NuWho just at much as classic:

"Pleased to meet you Rose! Now run for your life!!"

[-] PaupersSerenade@sh.itjust.works 13 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

"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.

[-] roawre@feddit.ch 11 points 7 months ago

"Life is a weird way that nature has found to keep meat fresh" I don't remember the exact phrasing, but it's close.

[-] ItsComplicated@sh.itjust.works 11 points 7 months ago

One of my favorites:

"I Hate Being Wrong In Public. Everyone Forget That Happened."

Twelfth Doctor - "Deep Breath," Season 8 episode 1

[-] core@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

"You said memories become stories when we forget them. Maybe some of them become songs."

Clara from S09E12 "Hell Bent"

[-] ItsComplicated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

That was a good line. Kind of a sad episode also.

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 8 points 7 months ago
[-] ItsComplicated@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 months ago

I would "scarf" them down!

[-] JoMomma@lemm.ee 7 points 7 months ago

"Doctor, who?" "Yes" "???"

[-] TubeTalkerX@kbin.social 7 points 7 months ago
[-] orbitz@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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.

[-] ItsComplicated@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

Good line. I found the video of part 2 on dailymotion. The quote is about 2:23 into the episode.

[-] Melkath@kbin.social 5 points 7 months ago

One day I won't hate this man by default... I'm trying.

[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago

i invented the quadricycle!

[-] OscarRobin@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

"I never would."

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