The Quotable Doctor Who
2000 Quotations about the World's Favourite Time Lord

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The Quotable Doctor Who: Vol One 

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"Excellent book, but... don't be confused by the title, the book contains quotes and comments ABOUT the Doctor and the show, but NOT actual quotations from the show / scripts. That being said, the book is an excellent addition to the true Doctor Who aficionado's library. I look forward to future volumes with anticipation."

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THE QUOTABLE DOCTOR WHO quote book series

Volume One: The Doctor, TV Show and Companions

Volume Two: Monsters, Enemies and Other Characters

Volume Three: TV Episode Guide Classic Who Seasons

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Dr Who Quotes Book Review - The Quotable Doctor Who Volume One: The Doctor, The TV Show and Companions.

"Excellent book, but... don't be confused by the title, the book contains quotes and comments ABOUT the Doctor and the show, but NOT actual quotations from the show/scripts. That being said, the book is an excellent addition to the true Doctor Who aficionado's library. I look forward to future volumes with anticipation."

Louie 'Digger' Neira  on Amazon.com

"C'est une chouette idée de sortir une série de livres de citations!"

["This is a great idea for a series of quotations books!"]

Flo on DoctorWho.xooit.fr

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THE QUOTABLE DOCTOR WHO quotes book series

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Dr Who Quotes about the Eleven Doctor Who Actors

ELEVEN QUOTATIONS ABOUT
THE ELEVEN DOCTORS

THE Dr WHO FIRST XI
by Catherine A Davies & Colin M Jarman 

With 2011 only a few days away, the time seems right for Doctor Who fans to look back at the first 11 leading actors to have played The Doctor on TV.

The following are some of our favourite quotations about each Doctor ...

1. WILLIAM HARTNELL

"His crusty characterisation sometimes made the premise seem more like Ebenezer Scrooge: Time Cop."

Christopher Bahn on AVClub.com (2010)

2. PATRICK TROUGHTON

"A piccolo playing Clive Dunn in baggy trousers and Tucker Jenkins haircut."

TVCream.co.uk

3. JON PERTWEE

"Pertwee's version, exiled to Earth to foil multiple extra-terrestrial incursions into the M25 area, was co-opted by the military establishment, but compensated by dressing like Jimi Hendrix and being as rude as possible to anyone in a uniform."

Matthew Sweet in The Independent (2003)

4. TOM BAKER

"Superbly intelligent, witty and fond of jelly babies, this Doctor would stick around longer than any other and inspire thousands of children to beg mothers everywhere to get knitting."

Chris Alpha on TheOodcast.com (2010)

5. PETER DAVISON

"When the Doctor was in his fifth regeneration, well, honestly, I couldn't take him seriously as a Time Lord ... All I could see in this Doctor was Tristan Farnon - adorable vet. I expected that at any moment he'd do a flea and tic check on K-9."

Carole E. Barrowman in Chicks Dig Time Lords (2010)

6. COLIN BAKER

"Colin Baker's acting talent - and his innate charisma - can easily be seen. He fulfils the main requirement that any actor who plays the Doctor must meet: he's interesting."

David Ryan on DVDVerdict.com (2008)

7. SYLVESTER McCOY

"The Doctor has not been in any danger of being mistaken for Michelangelo's David. Tom Baker nice chap but face like a bag of pork chops and Sylvester McCoy frankly disturbing."

Lucy Mangan in The Guardian (2006)

8. PAUL McGANN

"I wish we could see more of how he’d have handled The Doctor, because he has a funky Willy Wonka / Lord Byron vibe going on. And also because life is short and he is hot."

MaryAnn Johanson on FlickFilosopher.com (2010)

9. CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON

"Eccleston brought a real, nearly tangible, sense of madness to the character of the Doctor. He was the ladies' Tom Baker ... with a head injury."

Keith Breese on FilmCritic.com (2005)

10. DAVID TENNANT

"David Tennant brought humanity and humour to the part, as well as a lot of hair product. And the widest, stariest eyes on (and often off, obviously) the planet. "

Sam Wollaston in The Guardian (2009)

11. MATT SMITH

"You know you're getting older when the doctor starts looking younger. I've got jars of chutney that have been around longer than the new Doctor Who ... Anyway, I like him. Partly because he looks as if he could have come from the planet Gallifrey."

Jan Etherington in The Daily Telegraph (2009) 


The above quotations and more can be found in The Quotable Doctor Who Volume One compiled by Colin M Jarman & Catherine A Davies and published by Blue Eyed Books.


If you have a favourite quotation about any of the eleven doctors, please share it with us in the comments box below ...
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Happy Birthday Nicholas Courtney - forever "The Brigadier" from Doctor Who

Happy Birthday Nicholas Courtney

forever "Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart"

 Five Rounds of "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow!" ... Rapid! 

In tribute to one of the great actors and characters to ever appear in the Doctor Who TV series, here are a few words by and about Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart to celebrate Nicholas Courtney's 81st birthday today ...

"Nicholas Courtney, a man as important to Doctor Who as the Sonic Screwdriver."

David Maddox on SFSite.com (2001)

"I think I established him early on. I tried to get, in the scripts, the humour out of the man. Not that I played him for laughs, I didn't, but the fact that he got so many things wrong sometimes, like imagining that some planet was chroba - I wrote that line myself, actually. I wanted to get the humour in."

Nicholas Courtney on DenOfGeek.com (2008)

"Well, when I was established, they used to let me write the odd funny line, delivered seriously of course. In The Three Doctors, when Unit HQ ended up on a sandy alien planet, I said, 'No, I'm pretty sure that's Cromer.' ... 'Chap with wings, five rounds rapid' wasn't one of mine, sadly."
Nicholas Courtney on RadioTimes.com (2008)

The Silurians (1970) - "The Brigadier is seriously scary as the efficient trained killer he's paid to be. When we think about how they down-graded him later, reaching Colonel Blimp level in the Sylvester years, it makes us want to kick someone."
Androzani.com

"Lethbridge-Stewart, head of the Army's killing aliens division with a staff of around half a dozen, a pristine moustache and a forever-befuddled grasp on the Doctor's space-time antics."

TVCream.co.uk

"Fiercely patriotic, the Brigadier never encountered an alien that he didn't attempt to shoot or blow up."

BBC.co.uk/DoctorWho

"I loved the UNIT of the seventies with the Brigadier, Mike Yates, and Sergeant Benton, but they were always a little too family to be believable as a military organisation, especially a top-secret one."

Carl Malmstrom on PageFillers.com (1997)

"The Brig's a great character and he's still going strong. When I look back on my career, I think I might have done more classical work, but I jolly well don't mind. A friend who's done a lot of that said, 'Yes, but look, you're rich.' Which is kind of true. I've done OK because of all the royalties from sales of Doctor Who abroad. They've helped my pension enormously. Thanks to the DVDs and Big Finish, the Brig's still alive. Whether he's kicking or not, I don't know."
Nicholas Courtney on RadioTimes.com (2008)


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Doctor Who Book Signing at The Dr Who Shop in London

Colin M Jarman [far left] was at THE WHO SHOP in Upton Park, London signing copies of The Quotable Doctor Who.

Other 'Dr Who' signers present included:

<<<< Frank Collins - author of The Pandorica Opens and acclaimed Dr Who / Classic TV blogger

and

Bob Baker & Paul Tams promoting their new K-9 TV series

Many thanks to Alex and Kevan, and all the great staff and visitors at The Who Shop. The shop will stock signed copies of both The Quotable Doctor Who and The Pandorica Opens, while stocks last.

Never been to a Doctor Who book signing? Well, don't let this put you off ...
"The British Library, which outside of Dr Who book signing season, is Nerd HQ."
Richard Herring on RichardHerring.com (2003) 


Click here for details of how to buy The Quotable Doctor Who online.

Photo courtesy of Frank Collins and Cathode Ray Tube

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DOCTOR WHO on TWITTER - Part One

DOCTOR WHO on TWITTER

After a random dip into the Twittersphere here is a selection of our favourite Doctor Who related Tweets on Twitter from the last few days (along with our comments) ... which all just goes to prove how much people are talking and Tweeting about the Doctor.

Not surprising that the Xmas Special gets a good mention ... also great to see a number of Tweets from outside the UK proving that Who is a universal family.

And speaking of family ... please note that some of the following Tweets use "adult" language.

Dr WHO TWEETS

@jsie : Just had a dream I was watching a Doctor Who film made for the American market. It was rubbish. :/

That may not have been a bad dream, it may have been the 1996 movie ... ?

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@IvyWolf : I think I just got infected with Dr. Who obsession :D

Join the club and don't forget to get your booster shot.

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@Esabuddha : Samantha Who? Doctor Who?

Oooh! Christina Applegate for the next Who Companion?

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@rizqkramadhani : successfully seducing my brother into watching Doctor Who. LOL

Hmmmm! Not too sure about this one. Who may be one big happy family but this is taking it too far.

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Dr Who - Wit and Wisdom of Russell T. Davies - Part One: The Pre-Dawn of Doctor Who the New Series.

THE WIT and WISDOM of
RUSSELL T. DAVIES

Part One: The Pre-Dawn of Doctor Who the New Series (2003-05)

On the 'Doctor Who' TV show -

"It's the best idea ever invented in the history of the world!"

Russell T. Davies on BBC Wales Today (2004)

In 2003, the BBC finally announced that Doctor Who would return to our TV screens. Almost as important a question as the identity of the actor who would follow in the new Doctor's time-travelling tracks after a 16 year hiatus, was which creative talent would be entrusted to oversee and spearhead this much-awaited revival.

As we know now, this proved to be Russell T. Davies [right]. An inspired choice as it turned out, but one the BBC never really had much doubt about, as Mal Young - Head of BBC Drama - confidently announced back in 2003, "We're thrilled to have a writer of Russell's calibre to take us on this journey."

And some journey it was. On the road to resurrection, Russell was to prove more than a mere pencil-pusher ... he was an envelope pusher. As executive producer / show-runner, he was the undoubted guiding light that brought a sadly faded icon back to our screens.

Much has been made of Russell's legacy after the fact of the show's global success, but what were his thoughts before the New Series was unleashed? The following dozen quotations make interesting reading in understanding his creative mindset before he knew what he had (re-)created ...

2003

"I want to make the Doctor the best character ever. He should be so fascinating he's radioactive. He's funny, clever, wild and fast. Your best friend times 500."

"None of us is talking about a reboot, it's the same old Doctor Who. I want the Doctor, at least one companion, whose name is probably Rose Tyler. I want the TARDIS, I want it to look like a Police Box, and I want them to fly through the universe and all its history, facing death and danger and braving it out with a fast and funny fighting spirit. That's Doctor Who, isn't it?"

in Doctor Who Magazine

2004

"I have a philosophy - I can do what I want. If we can think of the perfect story for him to fall in love then he will. The purists may be up in arms, but there are more things to worry about in life. There is no pure Doctor Who. He is 41 years old - it is the only way to do it, to change."

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Doctor Who Book Signing at The Dr Who Shop in London

SAT Dec 11 2010 - DR WHO BOOK SIGNING

Colin M Jarman will be at THE WHO SHOP in Upton Park, London to sign copies of The Quotable Doctor Who and copies of his other books ranging from James Bond to Judge Dredd to Roy of the Rovers.

Other 'Dr Who' signers present include:

Bob Baker & Paul Tams promoting their new K-9 TV series

and

Frank Collins author of The Pandorica Opens.



Never been to a Doctor Who book signing? Well, don't let this put you off ...
"The British Library, which outside of Dr Who book signing season, is Nerd HQ."
Richard Herring on RichardHerring.com (2003) 



THE WHO SHOP is open from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm on Sat Dec 11th.
Book signings will take place between 1-4 pm.

Address: 39-41 Barking Road, Upton Park, London E6 1PY 020-8471 2356.

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Dr Who book - The Quotable Doctor Who Quotes Book - 2000 Quotes about the World's Favourite Time Lord

DR WHO QUOTES BOOK

The Quotable Doctor Who series

A cosmic and comic collection of 2000 timeless quotations about the world's favourite Time Lord: The Doctor in Four Volumes:

Vol 1 - The Doctor, TV Show & Companions

Vol 2 - Enemies, Monsters, Time Lords & Other Characters.  

Vols 3 & 4 - Episode Guides (Classic Who: 1963-89 & New Series: 2005-11) 

THE TARDIS OF QUOTATIONS BOOKS

The Quotable Doctor Who - Volume One

A Cosmic and Comic Collection of

2000 Biographical

Quotes about

Doctor Who

by

Colin M. Jarman
&
Catherine A. Davies

The Unofficial Doctor Who Quotations Book

VOLUME ONE - BOOK DETAILS

Pages: 250
Format: Paperback
Size: 17.00 cm x 24.40 cm
Quotes: 2000
ISBN: 9781907338151
Publish Date: Dec 7, 2010
Publisher: Blue Eyed Books 
Publisher Website: www.Blue-Eyed-Books.co.uk/Doctor-Who-Quotes-Book
Twitter: @QuotableDrWho

Press Release: Quotable Dr Who PR

"C'est une chouette idée de sortir une série de livres de citations ! "

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