10 Most Talked About Lines In Doctor Who History

5. "I'm Quite The Screamer... Now There's A Spoiler For You"

Innuendo and adult humour are not unique to 21st century Doctor Who. Older fans will remember Tom Baker having fun with the phallic creature from the pit, Patrick Troughton's fluff "sexual air supply," or Ian's penchant for wearing Barbara's clothes in The Chase. But it's fair to say the jokes have come thick and fast in recent years. From sonic screwdriver gags to the cliché driven Captain Jack Harkness, Elton Pope's paving slab to Madam Vastra's tongue, the new series has upset the more prudish fans with its bawdry humour. None more so than the flirtatious River Song. On this occasion in The Impossible Astronaut she confirms what we ought to have always known - the Doctor has a sex life... shock, horror.
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Paul Driscoll is a freelance writer and author across a range of subjects from Cult TV to religion and social policy. He is a passionate Doctor Who fan and January 2017 will see the publication of his first extended study of the series (based on Toby Whithouse's series six episode, The God Complex) in the critically acclaimed Black Archive range by Obverse Books. He is a regular writer for the fan site Doctor Who Worldwide and has contributed several essays to Watching Books' You and Who range. Recently he has branched out into fiction writing, with two short stories in the charity Doctor Who anthology Seasons of War (Chinbeard Books). Paul's work will also feature in the forthcoming Iris Wildthyme collection (A Clockwork Iris, Obverse Books) and Chinbeard Books' collection of drabbles, A Time Lord for Change.