Oh, my giddy aunt

"Oh, my giddy aunt" was a colloquialism that was often used as an exclamation of surprise.
== By the Doctor ==
The Second Doctor used the phrase often. He said it to himself when he saw the side-effects of RTC units, (PROSE: ) to himself when he was surprised by a Kroton, (TV: ) to Sergeant Benton as a Gell guard tried to enter the TARDIS, (TV: ) to himself after escaping from a group of snake-like aliens (COMIC: ) and to Dastari during an argument in a cellar. (TV: )
A clone of the Second Doctor said it as Lucius threatened to devour him. (AUDIO: )
The Eleventh Doctor said it while facing a Diceman with Henry Gordon Jago, (AUDIO: ) and when he'd simultaneously dodged the blasts of a gunstick, a cyber wrist blaster and a translation sphere. (COMIC: )
The Seventh Doctor, when asked about his family, once listed only his granddaughter and a giddy aunt, "but she was probably a metaphor". (AUDIO: )
== By others ==
In the 1890s, Henry Gordon Jago said it when he saw one of the Wet Men. (AUDIO: )
The Brigadier said this when he found out that Professor Rubeish was missing. (TV: )
Mrs. Wibbsey exclaimed it to Buddy Hudson and a cultist when realising something was wrong with the Fourth Doctor. (AUDIO: )
Missy said it to Osgood while they were on a plane. (TV: )
Sarah said it while on the run from the Daleks. (TV: )
Category:Jargon, slang and colloquialisms