Jehoshaphat

Jehoshaphat (also spelled Jehosophat and Jehosaphat) was an exclamation frequently uttered by the Third Doctor, sometimes prefixed with "jumping".
The Second Doctor exclaimed "Jumping Jehoshaphat!" when he saw that his new TARDIS had a working chameleon circuit. (PROSE: )
The Third Doctor exclaimed "Jehoshaphat!" when Ace vanished after taking his sword. (COMIC: )
After escaped from prison, the Third Doctor exclaimed "Great jumping Jehoshaphat" when he realised that he was heading for Devil's End. (PROSE: )
The Third Doctor exclaimed "Jehoshaphat!" when he saw the carnage wrought by robot sheep. (PROSE: )
In Russia in 1916, the Third Doctor exclaimed "Jumping Jehoshaphat!" when he saw that Vladimir Purishkevich and Ivan Sukhotin had thrown Grigori Rasputin into the Neva River. (PROSE: )
In the Death Zone, the Third Doctor exclaimed "Jehoshaphat!" upon recognising . (TV: )
On Dust, the Third Doctor muttered "Jehoshaphat" when he realised that his first incarnation had been brought to 76 Totter's Lane because it was actually I.M. Foreman's Travelling Show. (PROSE: )
In Mesopotamia, the Seventh Doctor summoned his third incarnation's personality to defuse Ishtar's cobalt bomb. The Doctor exclaimed "Jumping Jehoshaphat!" upon seeing how his seventh self was dressed. He said it again when he found that Ishtar was no longer in the TARDIS' telepathic circuits. (PROSE: )
In London in 1889, Henry Gordon Jago exclaimed "Great jumping Jehoshaphat!" when he encountered a giant spider. (TV: )
Category:Jargon, slang and colloquialisms