Recorder
- You may be looking for the Recorder or the Doctor's recorder.
The recorder was a musical instrument.
Amanda Delen believed that the recorder was an instrument for people who did not like music. (AUDIO: Ashenden [+]Loading...["Ashenden (audio story)"])
Though the First Doctor had hated the instrument, (AUDIO: The Power of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Power of the Daleks (audio story)"]) the Second Doctor frequently played his recorder, especially when he needed to think deeply about something. (TV: The Power of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Power of the Daleks (TV story)"], et al.)
He also on occasion used it as a telescope. (TV: The Wheel in Space [+]Loading...["The Wheel in Space (TV story)"], The Invasion [+]Loading...["The Invasion (TV story)"], The War Games [+]Loading...["The War Games (TV story)"])
Shortly after his regeneration, the Fifth Doctor found a recorder lying around in the TARDIS and attempted to play it, but he quickly decided that it was just not his style. (TV: Castrovalva [+]Loading...["Castrovalva (TV story)"])
At some point before his eleventh incarnation, the Doctor played the recorder at a Roseland Ballroom concert with Ella Fitzgerald; it did not end well. (PROSE: Night of the Humans [+]Loading...["Night of the Humans (novel)"])
The Eleventh Doctor carried a recorder and played it. (PROSE: Shroud of Sorrow [+]Loading...["Shroud of Sorrow (novel)"])
On Friday evenings, Jacqui would usually sit around the fire and play her recorder at the peace camp. (PROSE: Return of the Living Dad [+]Loading...["Return of the Living Dad (novel)"])
A lassimater was part flute, part recorder and part didgeridoo, and made the most beautiful music in the universe. (PROSE: Most Beautiful Music [+]Loading...["Most Beautiful Music (short story)"])
The Spy Master has a copy of the Second Doctor's recorder when he steals the Doctor's body. (TV: The Power of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Power of the Doctor (TV story)"])