I couldn't go out into the streets without a bunch of kids following me. I felt like the Pied Piper. Everyone calls me 'Doctor Who' and I feel like I actually am him. — William Hartnell Copy Share Image
Somebody else can be the first man on the moon. It doesn't interest me at all. — William Hartnell Copy Share Image
Children of five and upwards write asking if it's my own hair, whether I'm married, how old I am, what's inside a Dalek and… — William Hartnell Copy Share Image
“One day I shall come back. Yes, I shall come back. Until then, there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties. Just go… — William Hartnell Copy Share Image
I got a real kick when a series was set in the court of Kublai Khan or in Nero's Rome. — William Hartnell Copy Share Image
My agent said the part was that of an eccentric old grandfather-come-professor type who travels in space and time. Well, I wasn't that keen,… — William Hartnell Copy Share Image
The moment this brilliant young producer Miss Verity Lambert started telling me about Doctor Who, I was hooked. I remember telling her, This is… — William Hartnell Copy Share Image
I haven't the slightest wish to get in a rocket and zoom through the stratosphere. — William Hartnell Copy Share Image
To me, kids are the greatest audience and the greatest critics in the world. — William Hartnell Copy Share Image
It may seem like hindsight now, but I just knew that 'Doctor Who' was going to be an enormous success. Don't ask me how.… — William Hartnell Copy Share Image
I saw the Doctor as a kind of lama, one of those long-lived old boys out in Tibet who might be anything up to… — William Hartnell Copy Share Image
