A desk was a place to sit and work from, they would often contain drawers. (TV: Terror of the Autons [+]Loading...["Terror of the Autons (TV story)"], PROSE: Alien Bodies [+]Loading...["Alien Bodies (novel)"])
Additionally it could be a piece of furniture where an individual conducted or controlled work from. (TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)"])
Entrances to buildings often contained a reception desk. (AUDIO: The Genocide Machine [+]Loading...["The Genocide Machine (audio story)"], PROSE: Kursaal [+]Loading...["Kursaal (novel)"])
Desks often had the person's name, or position at the front to identify the user of the desk. (AUDIO: The Seeds of War [+]Loading...["The Seeds of War (audio story)"])
In 1926 the writer who became the the master in the Land of Fiction fell asleep at his desk. (TV: The Mind Robber [+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (TV story)"])
In 1938 Berlin the Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond and Rory Williams leaned on Adolf Hitler's desk following the regeneration of Mels Zucker into River Song. (TV: Let's Kill Hitler [+]Loading...["Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)"])
In the 1970s Liz Shaw found a letter from the Apocalypse Clock in Professor Richard Windshaw's desk. (AUDIO: The Last Post)
In the 1970s Sir Reginald Styles had a large desk at Auderly House. (TV: Day of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Day of the Daleks (TV story)"])
In the 1970s at Inferno Project Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart had a desk in a room to the side of the control room at the project. (TV: Inferno [+]Loading...["Inferno (TV story)"])
In 1979 Mortimus disguised his TARDIS as a desk. (PROSE: No Future [+]Loading...["No Future (novel)"])
In the tracking room at Snowcap in 1986 there were several desks for those working there. (TV: The Tenth Planet [+]Loading...["The Tenth Planet (TV story)"])
A sign reading "Report to front desk" was attached to the front of a door of a police station when Jackie Tyler visited in 2005. (TV: Rose)
In the 2010s Danny Pink banged his head onto a desk at Coal Hill School after an attempt to ask Clara Oswald on a date. (TV: Into the Dalek [+]Loading...["Into the Dalek (TV story)"])
In Cardiff in the 2010s Nicki Owen found documents connecting Ro-Jedda to the quantum boosters in Ioan's desk. (AUDIO: The Empty Hand)
While trying to prove to Clara Oswald that he did indeed "have a job" at UNIT, the Eleventh Doctor inquired as to whether he had a desk assigned to him in 2013. When Kate Stewart told him otherwise, he demanded a desk "pronto. ASAP. LOL.". (TV: The Day of the Doctor)
The Twelfth Doctor kept sonic screwdrivers and a photo of his granddaughter on his desk at St Luke's University in 2017. (TV: The Pilot [+]Loading...["The Pilot (TV story)"])
As mistfall began on Alzarius a desk was set up at the entrance of the starliner to check everyone entering. (TV: Full Circle [+]Loading...["Full Circle (TV story)"])
On Gallifrey President Flavia had a desk overflowing with high-tech data chips and ancient parchment scrolls. (PROSE: The Eight Doctors [+]Loading...["The Eight Doctors (novel)"])
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In the 1970s Tobias Vaughn had a vast semicircular chrome desk at the International Electromatics headquarters. (PROSE: The Invasion [+]Loading...["The Invasion (novelisation)"])
At a hotel in 1996 in the rooms there were desks made of a grey plasticky material. (PROSE: Interference - Book One [+]Loading...["Interference - Book One (novel)"])
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In 1866 Edward Waterfield had a polished oak desk. (PROSE: The Evil of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Evil of the Daleks (novelisation)"])
In 1894 Nathaniel Seers had an oak desk with a writing bureau. (PROSE: The Bodysnatchers [+]Loading...["The Bodysnatchers (novel)"])
In the 1970s Freeth had a vast mahogany desk. (PROSE: The Paradise of Death [+]Loading...["The Paradise of Death (novelisation)"])
In 1993 Victor Lang had a large oak desk. (PROSE: Goth Opera [+]Loading...["Goth Opera (novel)"])
On Pluto in Megropolis One Hade had a desk made of mahogany. (TV: The Sun Markers [+]Loading...["The Sun Markers (TV story)"])
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At Gatwick Airport in 1966 there was an Immigration Desk. (TV: The Faceless Ones [+]Loading...["The Faceless Ones (TV story)"])