How to inflate your 'completed' number, fast

Hey-o TARDIS Guide! I have been, like many on this site, trying to increase my number of ‘completed’ stories by any means necessary. After nearly a year of struggling to get from ‘7’ to ‘8’ %, I have uncovered a treasure trove of stories that are very quick to complete, meaning that they can get you up to that next percent in no time! In only about a week, I’m going from 8% to 9%! So, without further ado, in no particular order, here’s :sparkles: Theta’s guide to inflating your number of ‘completed’ stories fast :sparkles:


Video

  • Doctor Who: Lockdown, which was a project launched by Emily Cook during lockdown to keep people social and hopeful through Doctor Who content. It included a lot of short videos.
  • Jack and River’s Monster Files, Yaz’s Case Files, Strax’s field reports, and TARDIS index files, series of video ‘files’ on Doctor Who monsters/episodes, a couple minutes long each. Many of these are still available on BBC iPlayer, or the official Doctor Who YouTube channel.
  • PROBE case files. I have not heard good things about these and am a little scared to start them but there are a lot of them so, if you’ve already done the classic era of PROBE, it can’t hurt to do these too. Well, can’t hurt… much…
  • Collection trailers, which are mixed in on the Guide with the other minisodes. Most Collections of a doctor who series included an extra minisode, posted for free on the official Doctor Who YouTube!
  • TARDISodes, very short videos that promoted s2 episodes of doccy who. Some absolute legend remastered them in HD so they’re actually watchable. There are lots of other minisodes that will boost your numbers too - just scroll through the minisodes set to find ones that catch your eye. Relatedly, see TARDIS Cams, only a minute or so each.
  • Tales of the TARDIS, which essentially are edited classic episodes wrapped in new minisodes. The minisodes are quick to watch, though there aren’t all that many ToTT, so I’m not sure how far it’ll boost your score. These are on iPlayer.

Prose

Comics

Audio


If you have any suggestions, please reply and I’ll add them to the list!

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Decided to work my way through these finally, you’ve motivated me with this post!

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You can find K9 eps on YouTube, good as background noise or if you want to inflate a number and have half an hour to kill

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Hooray! Can I recommend the Brief Encounters? They’re DWM, most of them can be found via the Internet Archive, and they’re very short (1-2 pages) and such fun!

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Ooh, nice rec, thanks! I’ll add it to the list!

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I managed to go up 1%!!!

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Love this guide!
I must admit, I am surprised to see how many of those I have actually done already (I am still staying away from the PROBE ones, lol).

As for Suggestions, here are a few:
The TV Comics: Only a few of them are 20 Pages long at maximum. While the amount of those Comics is a lot, they are a very quick read.
DWA (The Adventures Comics): A Range featuring Doctors 10-12 (with one for 13 Years later), those Comics are usually super short, with the maximum being 9 Pages, the average of it is usually 4 Pages.
Battle in Time: A Comic Range for the tenth Doctor with very Pages for each.

All ranges, which I either tackled a little or started. Not necessarily some which I fully recommend in Terms of Quality but in terms of inflating your Number quicker, they do help.

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I’m so glad you like it!!
I’ve already got the DWAs on the list, but I’ll add those others, thank you so much for the recs!!

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I love how the topic title reads like a scam :joy:
Thanks a million for these suggestions!

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No, the scams are coming tomorrow…

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These newly added free short (I mean really short) stories by school kids can be of use

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Well, today I learned about the Brig’s grandchildren. Wasn’t expecting that!

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She has so many stories!

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Thanks for the suggestion - added!

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It’s not just “School Children”, there are 25 free short stories in these Lucy Wilson anthologies:

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Ooh, thanks for letting me know - I’ll mention int on the list, though, some of them are a fair bit longer than the school kids’ vignettes!

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Doctor Who: Short Trips Volume 1 has 8 episodes ranging 10 to 26 min.

147 minutes in total, 19 minutes on average.

As Turkish fellow, I listened this set in one go.

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Coolio, thanks for the suggestion - adding it to the list!

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Miranda (comic book) has 24 pages of 3 issues. 72 pages in total.

Is this counted?

There’s only seven but the comics published in Radio Times are all pretty short. The Lethbridge-Stewart series has a number of free online stories as well, although like the other Lucy Wilsons they’re on the longer side so idk if you want to include them. Who’s after your cash (featuring the Fatal Death Doctor) is less than a page long.

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