"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.
“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 144 was wonderfully savage
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!
I cried at seeing Mr Baker, ngl. Partly because seeing him on screen was so unexpected, and partly because of what he said.
“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.”
“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!”
Rose… before I go, I just wanna tell you, you were fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. And you know what? So was I!
God I miss Eccleston so much, and I literally just rewatched his season.
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.
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
Thanks for bringing the real quote 😊
“Never eat pears. They’re too squishy and they always make your chin wet. That one’s quite important. Write it down.”
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.
We’re all just stories in the end. Try to make it a good one, eh?
“Big Bang” was a good episode.
Do what I do: hold tight and pretend it’s a plan.
- 11th
You have a horror movie called Alien?? That’s really offensive no wonder everyone keeps invading you.
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.
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.
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
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 preferred the “I can feel it” quote because it lined up with simplex/complex/multiplex from Samuel R. Delany’s Empire Star
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 👍
I think when using words like better you are voicing your opinion and not providing any objective assessment on other peoples opinion. In this context I would interpret better as a subjective personal opinion. While a phrase like "a quote I like more from that episode: " would have also worked. In a forum using less words leading to a snappier comment is better for legibility.
But I can certainly see how the phrase could be considered negative.
I see your point that “snappy=legible”, but it can also come at the cost of losing nuance, dialogue becoming an argument, and ultimately “snappy=burn” instead.
The reply above didn’t signal "Nice one, though I prefer ___,” it reads like “Wrong! ___ is objectively better.” I only reacted to this because OP explicitly called for personal favourites, and nobody should get to trump what others like.
Removed by mod
Really? In a thread overflowing with votes for “Always try to be nice, but never fail to be kind,” I think you’re the one with a poor grasp of conversational cues.
Anyhoo, blocked. Bye.
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.
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.
He could go from childish to threatening in the blink of an eye and it was wonderful.
