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Smith and Holmes
I’m the Doctor. That’s what I am, that’s who I am. You wouldn’t want to know my Name—no one would. I’m the Doctor, because I help people. I heal them if I can. And if I fail them… I don’t forgive myself. And I try to forget. Because if I ever, for one moment, dwelt on the past… I think it would kill me.
—the Doctor explains who he is to Holmes
How is it possible, Doctor, for Watson and I meeting as we did to be so… fundamental to the well-being of… I do not even know what to call it! It seems woefully egoistic to believe oneself as anything more than… an insignificant speck in the grand scheme of things.
—Sherlock Holmes learns about the Fixed Points in his own timeline
The Doctor: This is not the kind of ‘adventure’ I’d choose to share with anyone. This is going to be very, very ugly.
Holmes: Is this your subtle way of telling me to leave, Doctor? I have no intention of being left behind.
the Doctor: Oh, trust me — I’m not that subtle when I tell people to leave, and I know you too well to make the attempt in your case. But I do have to warn you, Sherlock Holmes — whatever you’re about to see, you’re never going to be able to... un-see it. Any war is horrific, but this one... The nightmares it spawned... you’re never able to forget it.
Men of England
Just in case you were wondering, I really haven't slept since then… So many years of stopping the bad guys… it gives you too many demons to handle…
—The Doctor, not long after the events of "Smith and Jones"
You've seen the night sky when it's full, right? When it's brilliant and full to bursting with stars and planets and galaxies... Well, I've been to at least half of them, at any given point in Time. I've seen the beginning of the world, and I've also seen its end. And, after a very long time... it all gets to be just... stuff. You lose the wonder... Unless you're sharing it with someone.
—The Doctor explains why he wants Watson and Holmes to come with him
And now I remember why I stopped bringing along male Companions.
—The Doctor
Ladies and gentlemen, we are now passing through the Time Vortex. Please be aware that if you let go, TARDIS Time Lines will not be responsible for any damages incurred, thank you.
—The Doctor, on Watson's first ride in the TARDIS
“Oh, you and your friend have obviously known each other for years. Mr. Holmes is a genius; you are a writer. It’s elementary, my dear Watson.
—William Shakespeare invents the infamous line
Gridson
Five billion years, and they still can’t control the weather?
—Holmes complains about New Earth
The Manhattan Conspiracy
Ohhh, sorry! Must’ve overshot a bit... Looks a bit... not 2010, at first glance. Let’s check it out?
—The Doctor and his navigational skills
Initiating genetic scan. Analysing. Conflicting data. Analysis inconclusive. What are you, female? Explain! Ex-plain!
—Dalek Caan
Time is in flux, Kit. Can’t you feel it? That future doesn’t have to happen.
—The Doctor
They always survive, while we lose everything. The only genocide on this world will be our own. Turn back now, before it is too late. But if you must have your vengeance, brother... then let the female go, and I will take her place.
—Dalek Sec
The Icarus Experiment
Mook: You expect us to believe you’d do something that insane, Doctor, surrounded by your companions?
The Doctor: Are you willing to bet your life on the assumption that I won’t?
Still listening. You, Doctor. I hear you... Every you. All... so sad...
Do you know, Watson, before we came here, I had always been mystified as to how Tesla had managed to survive up till now in his chosen career. The man is a genius, certainly, but often lacking in self-restraint — as we have already witnessed! — and his is a profession where recklessness is usually rewarded by a flash of white light and a one-way ticket to the mortuary.The answer, however, has since become a great deal clearer. In fact, I would go so far as to say that it was staring me in the face the whole time...
—Holmes
It’s like I tried to tell you earlier — I’ve lived a very long time. And, sometimes, I get very, very tired. Tired of... struggling... of losing everyone that matters to me... Of watching everyone die. Even with the TARDIS around... in the end… I’m always alone.
—The Doctor
Watch over each other... you and your Companions... for night will soon fall... and the lights must not go out... We watch over each other, Doctor — that is the point. You cannot stand alone, none of us can... Tempests must be weathered in company.
You could simply have had the TARDIS removed, Peterson, which would have stranded the Doctor in this point in Time. Instead, you decided to confront him on grounds that were not your own, despite having studied every bit of the Doctor’s past available to the institute.
—Torchwood's mystery man
Child of Time
All right, so! Got a brand-new curriculum from the board, which — I will be honest with you — is complete rubbish. I wrote more comprehensive papers in the seventh grade.
—John Smith
He’s almost like a child now — is a child, really, compared to his Time Lord self...
—Watson
"John... you need to understand: the Doctor isn’t perfect, any more than John Smith. He will fight, yes, if there is no other option… but even he cannot save everyone, every time.
—Holmes, to John Smith
The world has quite enough problems – in any century – without the Great Detective attempting to learn to drive.
—Watson
It’s not fair. All I ever wanted... was just a quiet, simple life. I don’t want... this. It’s horrifying. Not just the deaths, the Family... but this. Turning the people around him, even children... into weapons.
—John Smith
This was only ever supposed to be temporary, until the Family died — they only have another two months at most; that’s why they needed the essence of a Time Lord. Despite the Doctor’s great love for humanity, I suppose he thought he’d be able to put his own aside with ease when the time came, in much the same way Holmes would a disguise. But it seems even he had no idea of just how badly he wanted to be able to stop running altogether...
—Watson
He was protecting me. From what he’d done with the Family...
—Beth Lestrade
Stolen
Oh, didn’t I tell you? I’m just the intergalactic nanny on this trip, and you two… Don’t argue with it — I’ve got a millennium’s worth of seniority on you. The two of you will explore, and I will simply make sure that neither of you get killed. Sound like a plan?
—The Doctor
the TARDISodes
Sherlock Holmes and John Watson! Hello, I’m the Doctor!
—The Ninth Doctor, "A Stitch in Time"
