Thought I’d try out something new, not quite a game, not quite a chat!
In the UK we have a radio show called ‘Desert Island Discs’, where guests are asked to imagine that they’re being marooned on a desert island indefinitely and must choose eight pieces of music; a book; a ‘luxury item’ (this can be literally anything provided it doesn’t get them off the island or ‘animate’). They also get a religious text and the complete works of Shakespeare, but that’s less relevant here!
So, with that in mind - what would everyone’s Doctor Who Desert Island Discs (Desert Island Doctors?) be?
Choose 8 stories/serials, a book/comic (a novelisation/audiobook count as seperate to their source basis), an audio and another Doctor Who collectable to take with you as well. Remember, you’re there for who (
) knows how long - make it count!
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Oh tricky… mine would probably be:
TV: Doctor Who (1996), Remembrance of the Daleks, Pyramids of Mars, The Eleventh Hour, Prisoner of the Judoon, Unicorn and the Wasp, The End of the World, The Pilot.
Audio: Gallifrey - Spirit
Book: tricky because I’m not that familiar with a lot of books, but maybe Vampire Science
Collectable: can I have an Ace bomber jacket? I just think it would be cool 
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Stories: The War Games, All of season 7, and Invasion of the Dinosaurs for certain. The logical part of my brain wants to just keep going for length and claim Trial of a Timelord and Flux, and I think they’re very fun, but I just can’t watch them on loop forever. I have to go with The Ribos Operation and Face The Raven/Heaven Sent/Hell Bent (yes that’s all one story)
A book or a comic? Not both? If I can claim Titan Comic’s Eleventh Doctor Year #2 (as it’s technically all one story) I’m doing that. If not, then Interference (my logic with all this is that the more content I have, the longer it’ll take to get bored (the fact that I tend to like long stories helps))
One audio. Does Doom Coalition count as one audio? If not, then the Audio Novel The Dead Star. If that’s still cheating, then Kaleidoscope
Collectable? I’m going to stretch my definitions and go for scale again and say a screen used Dalek prop. That’s a nice solid shelter on it’s own, and it’s got some lovely useful parts to scrap and use. If that’s too far, then a 6th Doctor coat would be cool
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Hmm this requires thought 
Stories: The Claws of Axos, The War Games, Remembrance of the Daleks, The Caves of Androzani, Kinda, The Power of the Doctor, The TV Movie and The Five Doctors.
Book: The Day of the Doctor novelisation by Steven Moffat
Audio: The Light at the End
Collectable: The 7th Doctor’s juggling balls to while away the time
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I’m struggling to narrow this down! I will be back with a decision at some point!
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TV stories - The Dalek Invasion of Earth, The Mind Robber, The Robots of Death, Vengeance on Varos, The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Ghost Light, Doctor Who: The Movie, Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways
Book - Sky Pirates!
Audio - Whispers of Terror
Collectible - The Sixth Doctor’s coat. I love it.
I’m sure all of these things could change at some point depending on how I’m feeling
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Oh, this is fun! My choice would be
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TV: Heaven Sent, The Day of the Doctor, The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did, Mummy on the Orient Express, Partners in Crime, The Doctor Dances, The TV Movie, The Happiness Patrol
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Book: Vampire Science
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Audio: Scherzo
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Collectable: Not an official one but… our TG badge
Btw, @deltaandthebannermen have you successfully narrowed it down?
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Hard to choose, but my list is something like:
Stories: The TV Movie, Heaven Sent, Earthshock, Remembrance of the Daleks, World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls, Under The Lake/Before the Flood, Victory of the Daleks, and Children of Earth
Book: Touched by an Angel
Audio: The Chimes of Midnight or Goth Opera
Collectible: Probably a Sixth Doctor’s coat, or I’d love to have Davros’s chair
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This’ll be hard!
TV stories:
- Enlightenment
- The Happiness Patrol
- Survival
- The TV movie
- The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances
- Face the Raven/Heaven Sent/Hell Bent
- World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls
Audio: This was so, so difficult, but at the moment my heart’s saying Circular Time
Book: Also nearly impossible! Let’s say The Year of Intelligent Tigers by Kate Orman
Collectible: the Seventh Doctor’s umbrella 
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I really thought I’d answered this before but I guess I didn’t so
TV:
- Face the Raven/Heaven Sent/Hell Bent
- Flux
- Trial of a Time Lord
- The War Games
- The Husbands of River Song
- Eve of the Daleks
- Dalek
- The Girl in the Fireplace
These are largely just like my top favorite stories but I included my two favorite classic stories which both happen to be very long and also made sure to get a couple more modern Doctors than just 12 and 13. This gets me my top 6 Doctors (ignoring 14 who I’d rank up with 10 but like top 6 Doctor actors) and an extra story each for my top 2 so I think I’d be pretty happy with it. I also just realized that for both Doctors that I chose two stories for I chose consecutive stories which is funny
Book: If it’s a paper book then The Secret in Vault 13 because it’s my favorite, but if it’s an audiobook then Combat Magicks for Mandip
Audio: Gotta be a basic bitch here and say Chimes of Midnight, but ask me again in June
Collectable: Has to be 15’s leather coat. Just an incredibly useful item of clothing to have
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I doubt I’ll ever be able to answer this, but I thought it might be fun to resurrect the thread to give others the chance to chime in with their choices.
P.S. I’m definitely taking Heaven Sent, with or without its accompanying parts, just to perturb a certain someone we all know and love…
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Heaven Sent, Pyramids of Mars, Blink, Aliens of London/WW3, Marco Polo, The War Games, Invasion of the Dinosaurs, World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls.
Day of the Doctor Novelization
I’ll have to go with a longish audio that’s one of my favorites so probably, The Invention of Death.
For collectible… Probably my 10th Doctor Sonic Screwdriver
Also, when I saw this title, I immediately thought of the Radiohead song Desert Island Disk lmao.
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2 years later and I think the only change I’d make to my list is changing my audio to Hooklight
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I’d change my audio to either The Merfolk Murders or Pursuit of the Nightjar, and then ditch Remembrance and the TV movie in favour of Black Orchid and one of Castrovalva & Arc of Infinity
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