# Christmas present suggestions for a Dr. Who fan? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 15, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-present-suggestions-for-a-dr-who-fan/564246 "2010-12-15T15:53:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-present-suggestions-for-a-dr-who-fan/564246/1 "2010-12-15T15:53:44Z")
I need to buy a present for a family member for our annual Christmas name draw. I haven’t seen this particular cousin for a few years and don’t know much about him, but my aunt tells me he’s into Dr. Who. Cousin is also in law school and a veteran. My budget is $25-$50. I’ve never actually seen an episode of Dr. Who, so I don’t know where to start with this one. I know the good people of the Dope, however, are both watchers of Dr. Who and full of good ideas. So, any suggestions?? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-present-suggestions-for-a-dr-who-fan/564246/2 "2010-12-15T16:00:10Z")
How about a nice [Adipose stress toy](http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wow-Stuff-Doctor-Adipose-Stress/dp/B003X2W2US/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=toys&qid=1292428496&sr=8-1) for all those late night law studying sessions? Or maybe a fun [t-shirt](http://shirt.woot.com/friends.aspx?k=8901)? You can’t go wrong with a [sonic screwdriver](http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/collectibles/d7d8/). ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-present-suggestions-for-a-dr-who-fan/564246/3 "2010-12-15T16:27:01Z")
I got a USB hub that’s in the shape of a TARDIS. When you plug in a USB device, it makes the noise of the ship. I love it. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-present-suggestions-for-a-dr-who-fan/564246/4 "2010-12-15T16:27:05Z")
The sonic screwdriver is a great one. I got one from my daughter a few years ago. You can also get them at the [BBC America Shop](http://www.bbcamericashop.com/search-results.html?kword=doctor%20who&cat_id=12). Even if they have one, they’ll still love it. Another good choice would be a [Dalek Action Figure](http://www.bbcamericashop.com/house-and-home/doctor-who-dalek-ironside-action-figure-15969.html) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-present-suggestions-for-a-dr-who-fan/564246/5 "2010-12-15T22:14:39Z")
A copy of _How the Grinch Stole Christmas_. Plenty of Whos in that book. ETA: Or _Horton Hears a Who_. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-present-suggestions-for-a-dr-who-fan/564246/6 "2010-12-15T22:22:19Z")
My brother’s a fan and I directed his wife to [ThinkGeek.com](http://ThinkGeek.com) for cheapo Who toys and shirts, like the screwdriver **Eyebrows** linked to. He’s already got the USB hub that **Aanamika** has 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-present-suggestions-for-a-dr-who-fan/564246/7 "2010-12-15T22:25:14Z")
Amazon has lots of Doctor Who DVD Any Cyberman ep is good _Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen_ > **[Amazon.com: Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen (Story 79) : Tom Baker,...](https://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Who-Revenge-Cybermen-Story/dp/B001Q9ECM6)** > > The Doctor and his companions are lost in time. Expecting to be reunited with the TARDIS following a secret mission for the Time Lords, they instead find themselves on a plague-stricken space station orbiting the remnants of Voga, Planet of Gold. The... \*Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen \*[Amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000067FPD/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_3?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B001Q9ECM6&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0E6SW1SA1W281TR8V63X) \*Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen \* > **[Amazon.com: Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen (Story 138) : Colin Baker, Nicola...](https://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Who-Attack-Cybermen-Story/dp/B001U3ZYXY)** > > Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen (DVD)The TARDIS is lured to Earth, 1985, by an alien distress signal. Investigating, the Doctor and Peri stumble upon an attempted bank robbery staged through the London sewers by a familiar foe – ex-Dalek agent,... ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-present-suggestions-for-a-dr-who-fan/564246/8 "2010-12-15T22:33:53Z")
Doctor Who Dalek War: Frontier in Space & Planet of the Daleks (Stories 67 and 68) > **[Amazon.com: Doctor Who: Dalek War, Stories 67-68 (Frontier in Space / Planet of...](https://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Who-Stories-Frontier-Planet/dp/B002VXEC9O)** > > Doctor Who: Dalek War (DVD)The Third Doctor and Jo Grant face the combined might of the Daleks and the Master in these two classic 1973 adventures! Frontier in Space ― (6 eps, 143 mins) In the year 2450 the Doctor is arrested as a spy as the fragile... Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks (Story 104) > **[Amazon.com: Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks (Story 104) : Tom Baker, Lalla...](https://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Who-Destiny-Daleks-Story/dp/B000Z7G87C)** > > The newly regenerated Romana and the Doctor land on an unidentified planet to investigate evidence of drilling deep underground. Doctor Who - Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966) > **[Amazon.com: The Dalek Collection \[DVD\] : DR. WHO: Peter Cushing, Roy Castle,...](https://www.amazon.com/Dalek-Collection-DR-Peter-Cushing/dp/B00005OCK3)** > > Product Description DR. WHO AND THE DALEKS sees Dr. Who travel through space and time in the Tardis to find himself on Skaro, the birthplace of his arch-nemeses, the Daleks! Skaro is a planet devastated by nuclear fallout, where the... Great Daleks dvd’s. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-present-suggestions-for-a-dr-who-fan/564246/9 "2010-12-15T22:48:58Z")
A serious fan is going to have the episodes. I’d second the screwdriver - I’m getting one this year - but note that [Thinkgeek.com](http://Thinkgeek.com) carries several types: a [prop](http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/collectibles/d7d8/), a [flashlight](http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/df8c/) and …wait for it…a [screwdriver](http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/e2dc/). I’d also go with these [awesome tee-shirts](http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/unisex/popculture/9f37/), and this [totally cool mug](http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/mugs/e568/). This is basically my Xmas list. Of these, I’d most suggest the shirt and the cup, but the cup is out of stock. The screwdriver would rock too. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-present-suggestions-for-a-dr-who-fan/564246/10 "2010-12-15T23:01:28Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I got a USB hub that’s in the shape of a TARDIS. When you plug in a USB device, it makes the noise of the ship. I love it. 2nd vote for that but there is a [site](http://www.starstore.com/acatalog/Starstore_Catalogue_DR_WHO_COLLECTIBLES__DOCTOR_WHO_COLLECTIBLES_1752.html)dedicated to such toys. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-present-suggestions-for-a-dr-who-fan/564246/11 "2010-12-16T00:56:24Z")
Now if they would just make the Dalek in to a remote control toy. Put a pointer laser into the weapon too. The new remote control toy to drive the cat or dog crazy. The Dalek needs to have a rotating mode for when it’s out off control. It has to say common phrases too. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-present-suggestions-for-a-dr-who-fan/564246/12 "2010-12-16T01:33:56Z")
A scarf? Black trainers? A v-neck jumper? ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-present-suggestions-for-a-dr-who-fan/564246/13 "2010-12-16T02:16:56Z")
For the cheap present a stalk of celery boutonniere. ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-present-suggestions-for-a-dr-who-fan/564246/14 "2010-12-16T04:13:57Z")
Mr. Panda and I bought this really cool wall clock for our 10 year old Dr. Who fan for Christmas this year. We paid $47 something, which included shipping: [http://www.amazon.com/Doctor-TARDIS-Chrome-Illuminating-Clock/dp/B0017352M0/ref=sr\_1\_2?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1292472910&sr=8-2](http://www.amazon.com/Doctor-TARDIS-Chrome-Illuminating-Clock/dp/B0017352M0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1292472910&sr=8-2) This clock is also pretty neato, and a little less expensive than the previously mentioned clock: [http://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Who-Dalek-Sculpted-Clock/dp/B000F4ABXC/ref=sr\_1\_1?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1292472910&sr=8-1](http://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Who-Dalek-Sculpted-Clock/dp/B000F4ABXC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1292472910&sr=8-1) We did the Sonic Screwdriver for Christmas last year. It is, indeed, bitchin’. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-present-suggestions-for-a-dr-who-fan/564246/15 "2010-12-16T06:20:57Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > A copy of _How the Grinch Stole Christmas_. Plenty of Whos in that book. > > ETA: Or _Horton Hears a Who_. You might like [this](http://io9.com/5711525//gallery/gallery/3) and [this](http://www.duelinganalogs.com/comic/2008/03/31/horton-hears-a-who/). There are also some links in the comments [here](http://www.nerdist.com/2010/11/doctor-who-shirt-contest/) to _Doctor Who_ themed t-shirts, such as [this](http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/unisex/popculture/988c/), [this](http://shirt.woot.com/friends.aspx?k=8901), and [this](http://www.redbubble.com/people/chokokuka/t-shirts/6136873-1-day-of-the-daleks). ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-present-suggestions-for-a-dr-who-fan/564246/16 "2010-12-16T07:26:57Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > Now if they would just make the Dalek in to a remote control toy. Put a pointer laser into the weapon too. The new remote control toy to drive the cat or dog crazy. The Dalek needs to have a rotating mode for when it’s out off control. It has to say common phrases too. So you want a remote control talking Dalek that scares cats? [No problem](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBNOZW71oHs). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-present-suggestions-for-a-dr-who-fan/564246/17 "2010-12-16T12:19:44Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > So you want a remote control talking Dalek that scares cats? [No problem](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBNOZW71oHs). 😃 That was close, but it didn’t have the laser pointer so they chase the light around the room. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-present-suggestions-for-a-dr-who-fan/564246/18 "2010-12-16T12:51:08Z")
Important question - is he a new Who fan or a classic Who fan? Because if you got my husband an adipose toy, he’d have a pretty hard time faking hapiness about it. As someone said earlier, a fan is going to have the episodes on DVD already. Maybe go for something more gimmicky like a tardis-shaped piggy bank, something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-present-suggestions-for-a-dr-who-fan/564246/19 "2010-12-16T13:18:49Z")
Yes, there have been so many Doctors–both “old” & “new.” Some fans are very picky; others like them all, more or less. My choice? A bow tie. Bow ties are cool. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-present-suggestions-for-a-dr-who-fan/564246/20 "2010-12-16T13:25:55Z")
Get him a fez. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-present-suggestions-for-a-dr-who-fan/564246.md?page=2)