Doctor Who Quotations

Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television program produced by the BBC about a mysterious time-travelling adventurer known only as "The Doctor", who explores time and space with various (mainly human female) companions. He is a Time Lord, from the planet of Gallifrey. It is currently the longest-running science-fiction series broadcast on television, spanning twenty-six years on its original run, and the role of the Doctor on television has been played by ten actors. As a complete list of quotations from all eras of the show is too large to be contained on one page, this article has been split into subarticles, with quotations organised by which actor was portraying the Doctor at the time the episode was originally broadcast.

The lists of quotes for the First to Tenth Doctors' eras are incomplete. Please help by contributing to them.

The Doctor

The Doctor is the main character of the show. Although bearing remarkably human-like features, he is in fact one of the Gallifreyan Time Lords — a mysterious race who have mastered time travel. The Doctor occasionally regenerates into a new form, allowing a new actor to step into the role. For clarity's sake, quotes are listed by Doctor on the following subpages.

Quotations about the programme

[Executive Producer and writer Russell T. Davies on The 8th Doctor.]

Russell T. Davies: I thought he was full of heart. Full of warmth. I thought he was charismatic, funny, gentle and, and, and there were certain moments in that [TVM] that were some of the best moments of Doctor Who ever made.

[On The Time War.]

Russell T. Davies: The fact is the Time Lords did start it, all the way back in Genesis of the Daleks

[On the plainly Northern Doctor Christopher Eccleston.]

American TV Guide: Although Rose doesn't know what this "cockney" dude has to do with the sudden rash of killer mannequins.

[Appearing on BBC Wales Today, July 20, 2004, responding to the question, "why do you think people love Doctor Who so much?"]

Russell T. Davies: Because it's the best idea ever invented in the history of the world!