Who wouldn’t want to travel with the Doctor? It’s probably all of our dreams!
But I would be seriously concerned for my safety, no matter which Doctor you picked.
I just wrote a whole post saying I’d most likely want to travel with Thirteen because none of her companions died or were seriously traumatised or manipulated, but then I started to remember - Grace died, so Ryan and Graham were seriously affected (to the point of almost murdering someone in cold blood), Yaz was kind of led on and left to worry for a very long time, then dumped with a pretty bad explanation. Dan had a near death experience.
So yeah, she doesn’t get perfect marks either.
I think if I joined the Doctor in the TARDIS I’d first ask to be taken to the far future and have my consciousness copied into a perfect android replica and my body stored safely, then after my inevitable death they can go and restore me. Although the facility where I am copied would probably be invaded by Cybermen and I’d end up being upgraded
It would be nice and I would take 12’s offer but would only do it as a one off or for a few days. 12 in Series 9 is the one I would travel with since his personality is something I would feel comfortable with.
Very difficult question! I consider 12 ‘my doctor’ as he was my first, but I always imagined travelling with 11 when I was younger. 13 is also very dear to me and I think would be a lot of fun to ramble around with - honestly I’d love her to travel with me on Earth! That would be tons of fun!
Honestly though… for a peak travel experience I think I’d choose 15! He’s very emotionally open I think, and I love that. We’d get along really well I reckon!
me, opening a manila folder with 200+ pages, full of colorful stick notes, pushing my glasses up my nose: glad you asked.
I’d travel with any and all of them, no questions asked, no concern for my mental and physical health. Apologies to my family and friends, but I hear the whoorp whoorp and I’m out of here. If I die, at least it’s doing something cool. It’s me and Four in shackles in a jail cell, accused of murder. Me and Eight getting our memories wiped again. Me and Ten running for 40 minutes non-stop. Me and Three bursting into military installations and calling everyone idiots. Me and Eleven stuck in a timeloop again. Me and Twelve making snarky comments and giggling a bit too loud during a talk in an physics conference in the 18th century. Me and One showing up in ancient Egypt with an iPhone and becoming gods… A girl can dream, right?
“Yes, Doctor, let’s go see the Horrors. Yes, Doctor, I’ll help you deal with the Consequences of your past-lives’ actions. Yes, Doctor, I was brainwashed/tortured and had to witness/commit atrocities, but I’m fine, really. But for our next trip, I have requests. You see, in my last paper…”
Oh what a lovely Question to think about!
…but No, neither of my two favorite Doctors would be a good call (those being McGann and Hartnell). The Former would get me in eldritch horror or might just forget to save me, if I get in danger. (Which would be the upsetting part of course in this case. HOW DARE HE?!) The Latter is terrible at getting people home.
That said, I MIGHT consider with going with Two, as he is my third favorite.
Funnily enough, the Doctor I would travel the most likely is 6, as he can be quite a Sweetheart, if he wants to be one, and he saves the day with a cat pin. What’s not to love?
That being said… I probably end up with 7 as part of his plan to win against another God again, because that’s what he does, regardless If I want to bump into him or not
One of my favourites is 3. I wish I could have fun travelling with him, unfortunately I have a great physical aversion to velvet. That mixed with a powerful longing to hug him, id probably be unable to function in his present.
Twelve is my favorite, but I think I’d only want to travel with the Series 10 version of him. He’s softened up a bit at that point and I feel he would be less likely to accidentally endanger me, as much as one can with the Doctor.
To continue a theme I’ve been reading here: I Absolutely Would Not Travel With 8 No Thank You. The perils of him being a character from largely books and audios is that him and his companions end up in all sorts of terrible situations you just can’t do on television in the same way. Finished the book Anachrophobia this morning and my insides (and outsides) turning to clockwork? Sounds pretty rough!
With the knowledge that I already have about Doctor Who, I would say I would never willingly travel with any of them, because I generally like being alive and not having to break out of prison once a week. Buuuut, everyone in Doctor Who doesn’t know they’re in Doctor Who, so if I were transplanted into that context then I’d probably get along best with Eight, and then have something crazy and terrible happen to me the way it does to his companions.
If I had to pick one to travel with while working with the background knowledge that I have, I’d go with Four. I like him, we share similar interests so we might actually go places we’d both enjoy (on the rare occasion where we land where we’re supposed to), and he generally does manage to keep his companions from dying. Coincidentally he is my usual go-to answer when people ask me which Doctor my favorite is, even though I can’t actually pick favorites…
Just to revisit this, most of my previous answers still stand. I’ve seen more of 1, 2, + 15 then at the time.
I still wouldn’t travel with 1. Now I have to think about Dalek’s Master Plan, and I was already thinking about him abandoning Susan. And there’s Anne Chaplet.
I could probably travel with 2, though.
15? Well, Ruby got out okay. Joy didn’t come out or go in very well, though. And there’s always a chance I’d be a harbinger. Or Mel did die briefly. Probably best to skip him.
I’d consider traveling with the Atkinson!Doctor. At least I’d have a sofa of reasonable comfort to sit on.
The Shalka!Doctor has the Master in his TARDIS, which would make him extra risky.
You know, the Valeyard!Doctor seems to have a companion opening…
This probably reveals my complete lack of self preservation skills but I’m so much more terrified of living an ordinary life and never visiting another planet or time period than I am of the horrible fates that may befall companions. So yeah, maybe I would travel with my favourite doctor (8) and risk experiencing the horrors. I also just love 8 and would sacrifice my safety to be around him. To be honest I’d want to travel with most doctors, except 10 because we would not get on. I’d rather travel with Romana than the Doctor though.
A girl can dream, right?
