# Speak to me only in Doctor Who quotes!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-doctor-who-quotes/632748>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [August 26, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-doctor-who-quotes/632748 "2012-08-26T20:25:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 19\
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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-doctor-who-quotes/632748/1 "2012-08-26T20:25:27Z")

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We all know how this works by now.

“Well, I’m not human and I’ve seen better.”

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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-doctor-who-quotes/632748/2 "2012-08-26T21:09:52Z")

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Would you like a jelly baby?

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**Author:** ![Malden\_Capell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malden_capell/32/5274_2.png) [@Malden\_Capell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malden_Capell)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-doctor-who-quotes/632748/3 "2012-08-26T21:11:37Z")

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One gets tired of jelly babies, Castellan.

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**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-doctor-who-quotes/632748/4 "2012-08-26T22:18:18Z")

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The brontosaurus is large and placid…and stupid.

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**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-doctor-who-quotes/632748/5 "2012-08-26T23:24:30Z")

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When I say “run” … run!

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-doctor-who-quotes/632748/6 "2012-08-27T01:05:24Z")

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Interfere? Of course we should interfere. Always do what you’re best at, that’s what I say.

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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-doctor-who-quotes/632748/7 "2012-08-27T05:05:51Z")

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> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#):
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> When I say “run” … run!

'Allo. I’m the Doctor. Basically… **run.**

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**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-doctor-who-quotes/632748/8 "2012-08-27T05:15:19Z")

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_ **Mels:** _ Let’s see… You’ve got a time machine. I’ve got a gun. What the hell. Let’s kill Hitler!

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**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-doctor-who-quotes/632748/9 "2012-08-27T14:15:07Z")

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Exterminate!

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**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-doctor-who-quotes/632748/10 "2012-08-27T16:01:12Z")

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I’m burning up a sun just to say goodbye.

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-doctor-who-quotes/632748/11 "2012-08-27T16:54:42Z")

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He saves worlds, rescues civilizations, defeats terrible creatures and runs a lot. Seriously, there’s an outrageous amount of running involved.

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-doctor-who-quotes/632748/12 "2012-08-27T16:59:35Z")

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"What do you want? You don’t want to take over the universe, do you? No… you wouldn’t know what to do with it, beyond shout at it. "

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**Author:** ![Malden\_Capell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malden_capell/32/5274_2.png) [@Malden\_Capell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malden_Capell)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-doctor-who-quotes/632748/13 "2012-08-28T12:48:42Z")

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Let’s get out of here, it’s a madhouse, it’s full of Arabs!

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**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-doctor-who-quotes/632748/14 "2012-08-28T14:02:14Z")

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Bow ties are cool.

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**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-doctor-who-quotes/632748/15 "2012-08-28T22:36:27Z")

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Fezzes are cool.

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-doctor-who-quotes/632748/16 "2012-08-29T14:46:08Z")

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Allons-y!

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**Author:** ![bleach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bleach/32/3106_2.png) [@bleach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bleach)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-doctor-who-quotes/632748/17 "2012-09-06T20:30:01Z")

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"Say hello to the Sofa of Reasonable Comfort. "

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**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-doctor-who-quotes/632748/18 "2012-09-07T06:59:47Z")

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I’m the Doctor, and you’re in the biggest library in the Universe. Look me up.

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**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-doctor-who-quotes/632748/19 "2012-09-08T00:11:05Z")

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One that’s both in Doctor Who and in [Middleman](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLvXLuHjYM4#t=01m09s).

“…there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties. Just go forward in all your beliefs and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine.”
