Doctor Who: 10 Weird Things The Doctor Keeps In His Pockets

7. The 500-Year Diary

Doctor Who Patrick Troughton Diary This is an interesting one because it 's the first time fans were given a real hint at just how ancient the Doctor might be. He was obviously old as the First Doctor but always a little vague about it. He retrieves the diary from his storage chest on the TARDIS and carries it around in his coat thereafter. It resurfaces in Tomb of the Cybermen and the Doctor comments that his age might be around 450 earth years. Subsequent speculation can be had as to whether or not his diary is working in Earth years or Gallifreyan years. It depends on where he bought it, really. Though how many shops on Earth are selling 500-year diaries? In the 1996 TV Movie fans saw that the Seventh Doctor had moved on to a 900-year diary - a swish, leather-bound copy, too. Moleskin, no doubt. Even the Doctor has standards.
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Joel Cornah, is an author hailing from a small isolated village in Lancashire. Having told stories of dinosaurs, penguins and dragons to his younger siblings for nigh on two decades, it soon became apparent that these tales needed to be written down. Gathering the myriad of maps, family trees, illustrations and noted ideas, he began work on the world of dyngard. Having grown along with the audience from a collection of loosely related children’s stories, it became a whole world of adventure, magic and questions. He was awarded a degree in Creative Writing from Liverpool John Moors University and spent seven years writing a comical newspaper for The Barrow Downs Tolkien discussion forum. Currently running a charity café in Parbold village, Joel is often found deep in discussion of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, the long history of Doctor Who, and desperately trying not to frighten people away. Often with limited success.