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This page is a collection of quotations from the era of the third official incarnation of The Doctor from the BBC science fiction television programme Doctor Who, during which the role of the Third Doctor was played by Jon Pertwee. As Doctor Who stories in other media (such as books, audio plays, etc) are the subject of intense debate as regarding their place in the series' overall canon, these quotations are taken entirely from episodes broadcast on television.
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[edit] Season 7
[edit] Spearhead from Space [7.1]
- (3 January - 24 January 1970)
- Liz Shaw: You really believe in a man who has helped to save the world twice, with the power to change his physical appearance? An alien who travels though time and space — in a police box?
- Doctor Henderson: Doctor Lomax, I took that blood sample from an adult male patient. Now you tell me that it's not human blood. I don't know if that makes me a doctor or a vet. But it's still my job to look after him.
- Doctor Henderson: How are you feeling?
- The Doctor : Shoes.
- The Doctor Oh, oh, no! That's not me at all!
- Channing: No one can destroy the Nestenes!
- The Doctor Smith. Doctor John Smith.
[edit] Doctor Who and the Silurians [7.2]
- (31 January - 14 March 1970)
- The Doctor: My dear Miss Shaw, I never report myself anywhere, particularly not forthwith.
[edit] Inferno [7.4]
- (9 May - 20 June 1970)
- The Doctor : Well, I'll tell you something that should be of vital interest to you. That you, Sir, are a NITWIT!
- The Doctor: So, free will is not an illusion after all.
- The Doctor: But I don't exist in your world!
- Brigade Leader: Then you won't feel the bullets when we shoot you.
[edit] Season 8
[edit] Terror of the Autons [8.1]
- (2 January - 23 January 1971)
- The Doctor: You know Jo, I sometimes think that military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.
- Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart: Nonsense, what you need, Doctor, as Miss Shaw herself so often remarked, is someone to pass you your test tubes, and to tell you how brilliant you are.
- The Doctor: Help, Brigadier! HELP!
- The Doctor: The Nestenes can put life into anything made of plastic. Anything at all.
- The Doctor: They're Autons! Bullets can't stop them!
[edit] The Claws of Axos [8.3]
- (13 March - 3 April 1971)
- The Doctor: Pure mathematics can not lie!
- The Doctor: Obviously the Time Lords have programmed the TARDIS always to return to Earth. It seems that I'm some sort of galactic yo-yo!
- [On how to survive a nuclear blast.]
- The Master: You could take the usual precautions...sticky tape on the windows, that sort of thing.
[edit] The Dæmons [8.5]
- (22 May - 19 June 1971)
- Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart: Jenkins...chap with wings there, five rounds, rapid!
- The Master: I only need two things. Your submission and your obedience to MY WILL!
[edit] Season 9
[edit] Day of the Daleks [9.1]
- (1 January - 22 January 1972)
- Interrogator: You're a spy!
- The Doctor: Am I? Who am I spying for?
- Interrogator: I'm asking the questions. I repeat, you're a spy!
- The Doctor: That wasn't a question. That was a statement.
- Interrogator: Careful, our friends here don't get much fun. [Gestures to the thuggish Ogron security guards.]
- The Doctor: Poor fellows. Sorry I can't oblige them at the moment, I'm not in the mood for games.
[edit] The Sea Devils [9.3]
- (26 February - 1 April 1972)
- [While watching The Clangers]
- The Master: I've discovered a rather interesting form of alien life.
- [The only time in the Third Doctor's era that he spoke his "catchphrase"]
- The Doctor: I reversed the polarity of the neutron flow.
[edit] Season 10
[edit] The Three Doctors [10.1]
- (30 December 1972 - 20 January 1973)
- Brigadier: Is there anything I can do?
- Third Doctor: Yes, pass me a silicon rod. [Stirs cup of tea with it]
- Brigadier: I meant is there anything UNIT can do about this space lightning business?
- Tyler: I can manage now, thank you.
- Brigadier: I'm delighted to hear it. Make yourself at home. We're only supposed to be a top secret security establishment(!) Liberty Hall, Dr. Tyler. Liberty Hall!
- Third Doctor: Jo, it's all quite simple - I am he and he is me!
- Jo Grant: And we are all together, coo coo cachoo?
- Both Doctors: What?
- Jo Grant: It's a song by The Beatles.
- Second Doctor: Really? How does it go? [Brings recorder to his lips]
- First Doctor: [Appearing on the TARDIS's television screen] Ah, there you are! I seem to be stuck up here. [Examines the Second and Third Doctors] So you're my replacements! A dandy and a clown! Have you done anything?
- Second Doctor: Uh, well we've assessed the situation-
- First Doctor: Just as I thought. [Chuckles] Nothing.
- Omega: [After the Third Doctor tells him that he always looked upon him as Gallifrey's greatest hero] A hero?! I SHOULD HAVE BEEN A GOD!!
- (The Second Doctor shows Omega the force field generator, his recorder in the middle of the generator)
- Omega: What is this childish contraption?!
- Second Doctor: The only freedom you can ever have. Take it.
- [Omega does nothing]
- Second Doctor: Take it, Omega!
- [Both Doctors close their eyes to try and focus their will against Omega's; Omega just laughs]
- Third Doctor: TAKE IT!
- Omega: COMMANDS! YOU COMMAND ME?! THIS IS MY WORLD, I COMMAND! AND YOU PESTER ME WITH TRINKETS?!
- [Omega knocks the force field generator out of the Doctor's hands]
- Second Doctor: RUN!
- [The recorder hits the ground; Omega's universe is soon gone in a flash of light]
[edit] Frontier in Space [10.3]
- (24 February - 31 March 1973)
- The Doctor: Allow me to congratulate you, sir. You have the most totally closed mind that I've ever encountered.
- The Master: Nobody could be more devoted to the cause of peace than I! As a commissioner of Earth's Interplanetary Police, I have devoted my life to the cause of law and order; And law and order can only exist in a time of peace.
- The Doctor: Are you feeling alright, old chap?
[edit] Planet of the Daleks [10.4]
- (7 April - 12 May 1973)
- The Doctor: Courage isn't just a matter of not being frightened, you know. It's being afraid and doing what you have to do anyway.
- The Doctor: Wait! Somebody's still in there.
- Dalek: Save for interrogation! Disable!
- [The Dalek fires at the Doctor. The Doctor yells in pain, and collapses on the ground]
- Dalek: Proceed as ordered!
[edit] The Green Death [10.5]
- (19 May 1973 - 23 June 1973)
- Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart: I never thought I'd have to fire in anger at a dratted caterpillar.
- Stevens: In the end, we all want the same thing: an ordered society, with everyone happy and well fed...
- The Doctor: ...Global Chemicals taking all the profits.
- Stevens: What's best for Global Chemicals is best for the world, is best for you.
- The Doctor: Such as a little touch of brainwashing?
- Stevens: Freedom from fear, freedom from pain...
- The Doctor: ...freedom from freedom.
[edit] Season 11
[edit] The Time Warrior [11.1]
- (15 December 1973 - 5 January 1974)
- The Doctor: A straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but it is by no means the most interesting.
- Linx: Ah, I understand. You have a primary and a secondary reproductive cycle. [beat] It is an inefficient system, you should change it.
[edit] Invasion of the Dinosaurs [11.2]
- (12 January - 16 February 1974)
- General Finch: Waiting for this mysterious scientific advisor of yours to turn up?
- Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart: That's right, sir.
- General Finch: [Sarcastically] I suppose he'll just materialize out of thin air.
- Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart: Very probably.
[edit] Death to the Daleks [11.3]
- (23 February - 16 March 1974)
- [The Doctor and Sarah Jane hear a strange, mechanical roaring sound]
- Sarah Jane: That sounded awfully close.
- The Doctor: Some sort of subterranean wind effect, I should think.
- Sarah Jane: Who are you kidding?
- The Doctor: Myself, chiefly.
- Sarah Jane: [pointing] Doctor! Look! Look at the city!
- [They watch as the abandoned city melts down to nothing.]
- The Doctor: It's rather a pity, in a way...now the universe is down to 699 wonders.
[edit] The Monster of Peladon [11.4]
- (23 March - 27 April 1974)
- The Doctor: The citadel of Peladon, Sarah. One of the most interesting and-
- Sarah Jane: Oh no it isn't - is it, Doctor?
- The Doctor: Well, no, not exactly.
- Sarah Jane: No, it's not your precious citadel at all. It's another rotten gloomy old tunnel!
- The Doctor: Yes, well, with the scanner still on the blink, there was no way I could really check.
- Sarah Jane: There's more than the scanner on the blink.
- Thalira: It would be different if I was a man. But I'm only a girl.
- Sarah Jane: Now just a minute! There's nothing "only" about being a girl, your Majesty.
[edit] Planet of the Spiders [11.5]
- (4 May - 8 June 1974)
- [Sarah realizes that Tommy's formerly low intelligence has been improved]
- Sarah Jane: Tommy, you're normal! You're just like everybody else!
- Tommy: Oh, I sincerely hope not.
- [The Third Doctor's last words.]
- The Doctor: A tear, Sarah Jane? No, don't cry. While there's life, there's...
[edit] Other Appearances
[edit] The Five Doctors [20.7]
- (23 November 1983) The following quotations occurred in a serial set after the Third Doctor's era had officially ended (in the era of the Fifth Doctor, to be exact) and thus are not technically part of this Doctor's era. As they are all quotes involving the Third Doctor, however, they are included here for the sake of completion.
- [Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart to the Third and Fifth Doctors in reference to the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Doctors.]
- Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart: Splendid fellows - all of you!
- Third Doctor: I've reversed the polarity of the Neutron flow, so the TARDIS should be free from the force field now.
