Doctor Who Quotes

“There you go, being human again,' said the Doctor. He put an arm around Rose, and hugged her to him. 'It's not fair, is it, when we're forced into pitying someone we hate. Feels like the world's turned topsy-turvy. But it's all right. You're still allowed to hate them. As long as you don't gloat at their downfall, that's all.”
― Jacqueline Rayner, Doctor Who: Winner Takes All

“I hate guns," replied the Doctor. "Which isn't to say that a bit of fantasy violence can't be therapeutic.”
― Jacqueline Rayner, Doctor Who: Winner Takes All

“What is it?"

The Doctor didn't answer straight away. Robert tried hard not to stare as he got up and began to sweep things on to the floor, crash, smash. Robert was terrified the Quevvils might hear the noise, terrified the Doctor might break something important; most of all, terrified of the Doctor.

"How dare they!" the Doctor yelled, thumping the wall with his fist. "How dare they make me do this to her! Rose is not a toy!"

"She'll understand," Robert ventured after a moment, scared of making things worse, but knowing he had to say something. "She'll know you had to do it, why you had to do it."

The Doctor didn't seem to hear him. His voice was calmer now, but icier; scarier. "You don't treat someone like that. You don't treat a person like that. And they're making me degrade her like that. We'll get out of this, won't dwell on it, won't ever mention it again. But, back of our minds, it'll always be there." He thumped the wall again, then, after a frozen second, sat back down and picked up the controller. "I'll just get on with augmenting my friend then.”
― Jacqueline Rayner, Doctor Who: Winner Takes All

“It was that depressing time in the early morning where the only people about were milkmen, police officers- and time travellers.”
― Jacqueline Rayner, Doctor Who: Winner Takes All

“Who wants to do ordinary things like sleep, when there's a universe to explore? What would you rather do, catch forty winks, or nip off to have a look at the moons of Juipiter?"

"I don't know," she said, teasing. "Isn't it quite cold up there?"

"Somewhere warm then, then!" he said. "We could watch the building of the Great Pyramid, or investigate this rumour I heard about this mad scientist who tried to build asbestos robots to colonise the sun."

And all of Rose's tiredness fell away as he spoke. She looked out of the window as the sun rose upon another grey London day, and thought about the alternatives the Doctor was offering. And she realized that while she might truly be the mistress of her own destiny, sometimes there really wasn't much of a choice.

"Yeah, all right," she said.

So, arm in arm, they left the flat, and walked towards the future.”
― Jacqueline Rayner, Doctor Who: Winner Takes All