...Hardly. A ragged apron does not a waiter make.

That's the last order I'll ever give you Captain. Don't you dare ignore it.

I am perhaps unusual in that I came to 'Doctor Who' through the numerous novelisations and not through the television show.

In spite of what youngsters think, parents do not get a sneaky thrill out of punishing their children.

Look at those two. Wasting time. You wouldn't catch me doing that.

I bet," said Mulch, "that you would set the world on fire just to watch it burn." Opal tapped the suggestion into a small electronic notepad on her pocket computer. Thanks for that. Now, tell me everything.

I have to tell you, Arty, a screw up this early in the proceedings doesn't exactly fill me with confidence. I hope you're as clever as you keep telling everyone you are." "I never tell anybody exactly how clever I am. They would be too scared.