Ach, the BBC have always had our best interests at heart. Look how they preserve old tv programmes .... now that is cough chuck another load in the incinerator will you? Ahem. :pound:

Exactly.

It wasn't long ago that there DEFINITELY WOULD BE NO BLU-RAY RELEASES OF CLASSIC DOCTOR WHO AND SPEARHEAD FROM SPACE WAS A COMPLETE ONE OFF. :rolleyes:

You can almost guarantee there will be none limited season box sets at some point...with additional never before seen extras. :rolleyes:

Indeed. Loves their precious does they ....


Aaanyway. Have just finished the Tom Baker segment of The Handbook, yet again I learned something aside from his loathing of the dog etc.

I did watch Robot after Planet for once.

The familiar mixed with some foreshadowing.

"Kettlewell? You let Sarah go off somewhere with Kettlewell ???"
:hail:

Doctor Who over the years: Episode quotes

Enlightenment – Part 1

Jackson: Got your bunk sorted out, have you?
The Doctor: Yes, thanks.
Jackson: Jackson's the name.
The Doctor: Ah. Turlough, and I'm the Doctor.
Jackson: Oh you are, are you? Well, it's about time. Hey, he's here, lads. The Doctor's aboard.
Collier: (amongst general cheers) Thank Gawd for that.
The Doctor: You've been expecting me?
Jackson: More than expecting you, slush, we've been waiting for you. Where you been, eh? I mean, we've been living on nothing but hard tack since we come aboard, haven't we, lads?
All: Yeah, right.
Jackson: Get us some proper food, that's what we want.
Collier: Yeah, none of your stinky greasy messes, either.
All: Right.
Jackson: Not like that last cook we had, eh?
The Doctor: The doctor. Of course, the ship's cook.

Enlightenment – Part 2

The Doctor: Why are you doing this?
Striker: The race? As a diversion.
The Doctor: And the crews for the ships, you collected from their different time zones just as a diversion, too?
Striker: They are Ephemerals.
The Doctor: Ephemerals?
Striker: Beings like yourself.
The Doctor: You had no right to do it. They're real. Living, breathing flesh and blood.
Striker: You are not an Ephemeral. You are a time dweller. You travel in time.
The Doctor: You're reading my thoughts.
Striker: You are a Time Lord. A lord of time. Are there lords in such a small domain?
The Doctor: And where do you function?
Striker: Eternity.

Enlightenment – Part 3

(Turlough is in manacles hanging from the chandelier.)
Wrack: Have you ever seen a man flogged to death? Or keelhauled? Very painful. You Ephemerals have such inventive ways of inflicting pain. Tell me, what do you want aboard my ship?
Turlough: Why ask? I thought you could all read minds.
Wrack: But yours is such a devious one. It's fascinating. I should like to peel it away, layer by layer. Why did you come to me? Was your intention sabotage? No? Then why did you come to my ship?
Turlough: Because you're going to win the race.
Wrack: Am I? What makes you so sure?
Turlough: What others have said.
Wrack: Ah, that I'm ruthless.
Turlough: Yes. I'm the same. I'm very determined, too. I like to win.
Wrack: You please me.
Turlough: I also want to learn the secret of your power.
Wrack: Power?
Turlough: To win. To control. To read minds.
Wrack: Then open your mind. Don't resist. Show faith.
(Wrack cuts Turlough down.)
Turlough: Thank you.
(Mansell enters and hands Wrack the envelope.)
Mansell: Captain.
Wrack: Your friends have accepted my invitation. They're concerned. How sweet.

Enlightenment – Part 4

Mansell: I found them coming out of the grid room.
Turlough: He's a spy. I saw him wandering around and followed him in.
Mansell: Then what were you doing in the grid room?
Turlough: I followed him in.
Mansell: Why didn't you summon help?
Turlough: From where? When you found me, I was trying to apprehend him myself.
Wrack: Spying, Doctor?
The Doctor: Well, I'd hardly call it spying. We were welcomed as guests, given the freedom of the ship.
Wrack: And you think freedom extends to a door marked 'Danger'? (to Turlough) What shall we do with your friend the spy?
Turlough: Get rid of him.

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Another in the range of movie style publicity posters for Matt Smith's third series, 2012's A Town Called Mercy

Doctor Who over the years: Episode quotes

The King's Demons – Part 1

(The crowd gasp and take a step back as the Doctor comes out of the Tardis.)
Gilles: My liege, I have no need of aid from Lucifer.
The Doctor: Lucifer?
Tegan: Is that the King?
The Doctor: Without a doubt.
John: Damn you cringing caitiffs. We tell you there's naught to fear. Do our demons come to visit us? Bid them attend us.
The Doctor: Demons? Very odd indeed.
Tegan: Makes a nice change for you not to take everything in your stride, I must say.
The Doctor: Must you?
Tegan: Too right.
The Doctor: He even seems pleased to see us. A king welcoming demons.
Tegan: Which king?
The Doctor: Oh, Tegan. 1215? King John, of course.
Tegan: The one who lost something in the Wash?
The Doctor: Well, you could put it like that. This particular shirt turned out to be the Crown Jewels, but that's next year. We're still three months away from Magna Carta.
(Two of the King's knights come to escort the Doctor, Turlough and Tegan to the King.)
John: Welcome, our demons. Name yourselves. Can this be Lilith?
The Doctor: Her name is Tegan, your Majesty. This is Turlough, and I am the Doctor. We are not demons.
John: You're too modest, Lord Doctor. Come, rejoice with us in a trial by combat. Come, make way for our demons. Let them be seated by us.
(Ranulf and Isabella, and another man, give up their places. The knights replace their helms and charge down the lists again. Sir Gilles's lance catches Hugh square in the shield and knocks him to the ground. Whilst Hugh is still winded, Estram dismounts and raises his sword to kill Hugh.)
Ranulf: Sire!
The Doctor: Your Majesty, if I may make so bold.
John: Hold! Lord Doctor?
The Doctor: If this is trial by combat, your Majesty, there's clearly a victor and a vanquished. Must blood be shed?
John: We take your counsel, O demon. Spare him.

The King's Demons – Part 2

The Doctor: Not at all. You may disguise your features, but you can never disguise your intent.
The Master: And you can't approve.
The Doctor: You know I can't.
Tegan: Tissue compression eliminator.
The Master: You've always been my greatest stimulation, my dear Doctor, but now you inspire me. (Tegan throws a knife at the Master, but he catches it without even looking.) Your first slip, my dear Doctor. Would you care to make a second? (The Master holds out both the TCE and the knife hilt to the Doctor. He snatches the TCE.) And now a third. This is useless in your hands. You have moral scruples.

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Milton Johns as Castellan Kelner, working with the Sontarans in The Invasion of Time (1978)

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Cor, wot a coincidence

The Invasion Of Time

Where our dear Doctor turns up to spoil everyone's good time it seems. Aided by that Borusa chappie, he wanders round his home planet making mischief cubed. Oily Milton Johns oozes through every one of his scenes.
The Vardans. What a nicely spoken race they are.