Transport for London worker counts down days to new Doctor Who with witty signs

It is coming: the transport for London worker must be a big fan (Picture: @trixie)

Alexandra Rucki7 August 2014

A Transport for London worker is counting down the days until the new series of Doctor Who arrives with witty signs for commuters.

Timelord: the sign at Tufnell Park station (Picture: @trixie)

This morning a cartoon of the Doctor appeared on a service information sign bearing the date August 23 – the date when the next series starring Peter Capaldi as the Time Lord will be screened.

A quote, taken from Dr Who writer Steven Moffat, on the sign read: “When they made this particular hero they didn’t give him a gun they gave him a screwdriver to fix things.”

It continued: “And they didn’t give him a superpower or pointy ears or a heat ray. They gave him an extra heart.”

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Some Doctor Who fannishness at Tufnell Park this morning. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=9&id=222025&p=http://t.co/Vro5fPwxFC" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-200426-http://t.co/Vro5fPwxFC" data-vars-event-id="c23">pic.twitter.com/Vro5fPwxFC</a>— Michael Darling (@asifandwhen) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/asifandwhen/statuses/420834749520031744" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-200426-https://twitter.com/asifandwhen/statuses/420834749520031744" data-vars-event-id="c23">January 8, 2014</a>

And it is not the first time the Dr Who fanatic has scrawled tributes to the Time Lord and his tardis on TfL signs.

Earlier this year a quote from series three, starring David Tenant as the Doctor, appeared with a doodle of the Tardis.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Thanks for the reassurance, Tufnell Park station. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/TufnellParkLive" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-200426-https://twitter.com/TufnellParkLive" data-vars-event-id="c23">@TufnellParkLive</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=9&id=222025&p=http://t.co/crglX6QSGN" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-200426-http://t.co/crglX6QSGN" data-vars-event-id="c23">pic.twitter.com/crglX6QSGN</a>— Summer Ray (@SummerRay) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/SummerRay/statuses/403902950122487808" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-200426-https://twitter.com/SummerRay/statuses/403902950122487808" data-vars-event-id="c23">November 22, 2013</a>

The Dr Who fanatic also celebrated the programme’s 50 birthday last November with a reassurance there were no “yeti on the underground.”