--- title: "8 Whovian Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 8 Whovian quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Whovian sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/344/mark-gatiss-10930_bbc_a-better-time-a-simpler-time-said-the-do_602993.jpg" --- > [“A better time. A simpler time,' said the Doctor. 'That's what we all yearn for. The pain of wanting to belong somewhere.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-gatiss/a-better-time-a-simpler-time-said-the-doctor-that-s-what-we-all-yearn/) [Mark Gatiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-gatiss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/344/mark-gatiss-10930_bbc_a-better-time-a-simpler-time-said-the-do_602993.jpg) > [“You know, the Elizabethans thought nostalgia was a diagnosable disease. Perhaps they were right.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-gatiss/you-know-the-elizabethans-thought-nostalgia-was-a-diagnosable-disease/) [Mark Gatiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-gatiss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77b/mark-gatiss-10930_bbc_you-know-the-elizabethans-thought-nostal_980579.jpg) > [“I know that what's done … is done. No sense living in the past. The only way for me is forward. Always forward.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-gatiss/i-know-that-what-s-done-is-done-no-sense-living-in-the-past-the-only/) [Mark Gatiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-gatiss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ea/mark-gatiss-10930_bbc_i-know-that-what-s-done-is-done-no-sense_1074032.jpg) > [“Any time, any place, any where. He's not called Doctor Martini, is he?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-gatiss/any-time-any-place-any-where-he-s-not-called-doctor-martini-is-he/) [Mark Gatiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-gatiss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba9/mark-gatiss-10930_bbc_any-time-any-place-any-where-he-s-not-ca_1160804.jpg) > [“For some people, small, beautiful events are what life is all about.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cavan-scott/for-some-people-small-beautiful-events-are-what-life-is-all-about/) [Cavan Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cavan-scott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39a/cavan-scott-71728_bbc_for-some-people-small-beautiful-events-a_1828679.jpg) > [“If I could describe myself, I'd say that I am a poetic gerd. (A geek and nerd combo) I love Shakespeare and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-kay-taylor/if-i-could-describe-myself-i-d-say-that-i-am-a-poetic-gerd-a-geek-and/) [Melanie Kay Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-kay-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/664/melanie-kay-taylor-45781_classic-rock_if-i-could-describe-myself-i-d-say-that_2078985.jpg) > [“I've told you, I don't know!' bellowed the Doctor, angrily. 'I can't have an answer for everything.' Oh, that's a good one,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-gatiss/i-ve-told-you-i-don-t-know-bellowed-the-doctor-angrily-i-can-t-have/) [Mark Gatiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-gatiss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/342/mark-gatiss-10930_bbc_i-ve-told-you-i-don-t-know-bellowed-the_2374723.jpg) > [“Magic is just a term people use for things they’re too primitive to understand properly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-richards/magic-is-just-a-term-people-use-for-things-they-re-too-primitive-to/) [Justin Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-richards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bce/justin-richards-30712_bbc_magic-is-just-a-term-people-use-for-thin_2800077.jpg) ## Top authors on Whovian - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-mark-gatiss-64173.jpg) Mark Gatiss 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/whovian/mark-gatiss/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/whovian/#itemlist", "name": "Whovian Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“A better time. 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