An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)

Share this quote on facebook Doctor... who?

Share this quote on facebook You can't have Doctor Who without Doctor Who, can you?

Share this quote on facebook [catchphrase] Pop-pop-pop!

Share this quote on facebook Be a producer, Verity. Find a way to deal with this stuff. Or are ya out of your depth?

Share this quote on facebook [to a friend, when asked about finding a job in TV] "You're only a production assistant, dear, it's a bit of a leap." I'm giving myself a year, Jackie - get on in television, or get out.

Share this quote on facebook Wish I knew what bloody dimension I was in...

Share this quote on facebook Producer: Mr. Hartnell? Mr. Hartnell, sir, they're asking for you. What should I tell them?
William Hartnell: Tell them what you like.
Producer: I beg your pardon, Mr. Hartnell?
William Hartnell: [angrily] Tell them what you bloody well like!
Producer: I'm only doing my job.
William Hartnell: Sod off, will you?! I'm not ready! [quieter, to himself] I need more time.

Share this quote on facebook [Newman has just explained his concept for Doctor Who]
Sydney Newman: So, what do you think?
Verity Lambert: Look, Sydney, I would love to work with you again, really I would, it's just... I gave myself a year. Get on in TV or get out.
Sydney Newman: Hey hey hey hey hey... I don't want you to be my assistant again, kid. I want you to produce it.
Verity Lambert: [incredulous] Produce it?
Sydney Newman: Sure! They've never had a female producer here. Sit down. [Lambert sits down, looks over the scripts] You're just what this place needs - someone with piss and vinegar in their veins.
Verity Lambert: Thanks... I think.

Share this quote on facebook [on Lambert's duties as producer]
Verity Lambert: Sydney obviously thinks he's got the right person for the job. That's what he wants for Doctor Who, someone with piss and vinegar in their veins.
Mervyn Pinfield: Did he say that?
Verity Lambert: He's very blunt.
Mervyn Pinfield: Yes... look, all I'm saying is, dear la-- [Lambert glances pointedly at him] Verity, all I'm saying is, "experience" is not a dirty word. Don't fight us. Perhaps you could add a few drops of warm beer in with your...
Verity Lambert: Piss and--
Mervyn Pinfield: Mixture. Just for the time being.

Share this quote on facebook [after the premiere of The Daleks]
Waris Hussein: A bus. What were you doing on a bus?
Verity Lambert: Getting in touch with our audience... [jubilantly] Our great, big, fat, enormous bloody audience!

Share this quote on facebook [on Carole Ann Ford leaving the show]
William Hartnell: It's not too late, you know.
Carole Ann Ford: No, I've made up my mind.
William Hartnell: They could rewrite this stuff in the shop.
Carole Ann Ford: It's time to move on, Bill. There's lots of other things I want to do.
William Hartnell: Well, of course.
Carole Ann Ford: And there's more to life than screaming at nasty monsters.
William Hartnell: [jokingly indignant] That's no way to talk about me.

Share this quote on facebook [in the TARDIS console room set, after Lambert leaves Doctor Who]
William Hartnell: The, uh, glass cylinder should be going up and down. The ship is in flight.
Director: Right, yes, sorry.
William Hartnell: [waits for a moment, then, impatiently] Well?
Director: Yes, sorry, be right with you.
[A technician comes out and opens the wiring for the TARDIS console, but nothing works]
Director: Anybody know how to make it go?
William Hartnell: Oh, for Christ's sake, does anyone know how to do anything?! [shoos off the technician] Out, out you go! I'll sort it myself!