--- title: "Best Russell T Davies Quotes" description: "Stephen Russell Davies, known professionally as Russell T Davies, is a Welsh screenwriter and television producer. Browse 50 Russell T Davies quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-russell-t-davies-81809.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Russell T Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-russell-t-davies-81809.jpg) # Russell T Davies (1963) Screenwriter United Kingdom **50** quotes in **412** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Russell T Davies is a screenwriter from the United Kingdom, best known for *Doctor Who And The Auton Invasion*. ## Quick Facts About Russell T Davies Born April 27, 1963 Nationality United Kingdom Profession Screenwriter Notable works Doctor Who And The Auton Invasion ## About Russell T Davies Stephen Russell Davies, known professionally as Russell T Davies, is a Welsh screenwriter and television producer. He is best known for being the original showrunner and head writer of the revival of the BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who, from 2005 to 2010 and 2023 to 2025. His other notable works include creating the series Queer as Folk (1999–2000), Bob & Rose (2001), The Second Coming (2003), Casanova (2005), Doctor Who spin-offs Torchwood (2006–2011), The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007–2011), and The War Between the Land and the Sea (2025), Cucumber (2015), A Very English Scandal (2018), Years and Years (2019), It's a Sin (2021) and Nolly (2023). ## Awards & Honors Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series Officer of the Order of the British Empire Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature ## Quotes by Russell T Davies · Page 2 > [...Something we once loved, and love now, in the shape of a book. Maybe eBooks are going to take over, one day,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-t-davies/something-we-once-loved-and-love-now-in-the-shape-of-a-book-maybe/) [Russell T Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-t-davies/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9b/russell-t-davies-13415_add_something-we-once-loved-and-love-now-in_69169.jpg) > [The Doctor: Rose... before I go, I just want to tell you: you were fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. And do you know what?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-t-davies/the-doctor-rose-before-i-go-i-just-want-to-tell-you-you-were-2/) [Russell T Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-t-davies/) [Barcelona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/barcelona/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17c/russell-t-davies-13415_barcelona_the-doctor-rose-before-i-go-i-just-want_1937349.jpg) > [ Daleks: \[simultaneously\] Exterminate! Exterminate! \[They fire their weapons, none of which so much as touch the Doctor\] The Doctor: Is that it?… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-t-davies/daleks-simultaneously-exterminate-exterminate-they-fire-their-weapons/) [Russell T Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-t-davies/) [Daleks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/daleks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ad/russell-t-davies-13415_daleks_daleks-simultaneously-exterminate-exterm_2992990.jpg) > [“Sylvia: Stay right where you are. The Doctor: You can't come with me. Wilfred: Well you're not leaving me with her. Sylvia:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-t-davies/sylvia-stay-right-where-you-are-the-doctor-you-can-t-come-with-me/) [Russell T Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-t-davies/) [Doctor who](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doctor-who/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2b/russell-t-davies-13415_doctor-who_sylvia-stay-right-where-you-are-the-doct_1576902.jpg) > [ You’re far more likely to see a naked woman than a naked man. It’s only \[seen as\] rude because the rest of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-t-davies/you-re-far-more-likely-to-see-a-naked-woman-than-a-naked-man-it-s/) [Russell T Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-t-davies/) [Body](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42c/russell-t-davies-13415_body_you-re-far-more-likely-to-see-a-naked-wo_2447019.jpg) > [Buffy the Vampire Slayer showed the whole world, and an entire sprawling industry, that writing monsters and demons and end-of-the-world is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-t-davies/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-showed-the-whole-world-and-an-entire/) [Russell T Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-t-davies/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40c/russell-t-davies-13415_bars_buffy-the-vampire-slayer-showed-the-whol_2040226.jpg) > [Writing isn't just a job that stops at six thirty... It's a mad, sexy, sad, scary, ruthless, joyful, and utterly, utterly personal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-t-davies/writing-isn-t-just-a-job-that-stops-at-six-thirty-it-s-a-mad-sexy-sad-2/) [Russell T Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-t-davies/) [Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jobs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/russell-t-davies-13415_jobs_writing-isn-t-just-a-job-that-stops-at-s_1874721.jpg) > [Maybe that's when bad scripts are written, when you choose the theme first. I consider that I've something to say when I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-t-davies/maybe-that-s-when-bad-scripts-are-written-when-you-choose-the-theme/) [Russell T Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-t-davies/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b5/russell-t-davies-13415_beats_maybe-that-s-when-bad-scripts-are-writte_3060472.jpg) > [Drama's not safe and it's not pretty and it's not kind. People expect the basic template of television drama where there might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-t-davies/drama-s-not-safe-and-it-s-not-pretty-and-it-s-not-kind-people-expect/) [Russell T Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-t-davies/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/016/russell-t-davies-13415_basic_drama-s-not-safe-and-it-s-not-pretty-and_2043955.jpg) > [There's one tiny little gap in the universe left, just about to close. And it takes a lot of power to send…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-t-davies/there-s-one-tiny-little-gap-in-the-universe-left-just-about-to-close/) [Russell T Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-t-davies/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a25/russell-t-davies-13415_burning_there-s-one-tiny-little-gap-in-the-unive_2178133.jpg) ## Russell T Davies by topic [Doctor who (18)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doctor-who/russell-t-davies/) [Doctors (16)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doctors/russell-t-davies/) [Medicine (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/medicine/russell-t-davies/) [Rose (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rose/russell-t-davies/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-t-davies/#itemlist", "name": "Russell T Davies Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "...Something we once loved, and love now, in the shape of a book. 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