Thirty Doctor Who Drabbles (Octoberabble 2026)

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• Octoberabble Days 1-3 by certifiedgeek

  Fandoms: Doctor Who, Doctor Who (1963)  

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  • Complete Work

  03 Oct 2026

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  • Ian Chesterton & First Doctor & Susan Foreman & Barbara Wright
  • Second Doctor & Jamie McCrimmon
  • First Doctor (Doctor Who)
  • Ian Chesterton
  • Susan Foreman
  • Barbara Wright
  • Second Doctor (Doctor Who)
  • Jamie McCrimmon
  • Third Doctor (Doctor Who)
  • Sarah Jane Smith
  • Drabble Collection
  • Drabble
  • Octoberabble 2026
  • Humor
  • Friendship
  • Monsters

  Summary

  30 days, 30 drabbles.
  Sneaky little snippets in the Doctor Who universe.
  I started this as a single work and now realise that was a mistake. So here are days 1-3, and days 4-30 will be individual stories in the series so we don't all drown in the tags.

  Part of the Octoberabble Challenge by @belindarimbi13 on Tumblr

  Content advisories will be in the chapter notes at the top where needed.

  Series

  • Part 1 of Thirty Doctor Who Drabbles (Octoberabble 2026)

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  English

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  317

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  3/3

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  8

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  8

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• Ride Home (Octoberabble 2026 Day 4 Prompt) by certifiedgeek

  Fandoms: Doctor Who, Doctor Who (1963)  

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  04 Oct 2026

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  • Fourth Doctor (Doctor Who)
  • Adric (Doctor Who)
  • Romana II (Doctor Who)
  • K9 (Doctor Who)
  • Family Fluff
  • Missing Scene
  • Serial: s112 State of Decay (Doctor Who)
  • Fluff
  • E-Space (Doctor Who)
  • Found Family

  Summary

  Why didn't the Doctor take Adric home after State of Decay?

  Part of the Octoberabble Challenge by @belindarimbi13 on Tumblr

  Series

  • Part 2 of Thirty Doctor Who Drabbles (Octoberabble 2026)

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  English

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  99

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  1/1

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  1

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• Paid Off (Octoberabble 2026 Day 5 Prompt) by certifiedgeek

  Fandoms: Doctor Who, Doctor Who (1963)  

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  • Complete Work

  04 Oct 2026

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  • Fifth Doctor & Tegan Jovanka & Vislor Turlough
  • Fifth Doctor (Doctor Who)
  • Tegan Jovanka
  • Vislor Turlough
  • Humour
  • Drabble
  • Octoberabble2026

  Summary

  How does the Doctor walk away unscathed? He's always got something to barter...

  Part of the Octoberabble Challenge by @belindarimbi13 on Tumblr

  Series

  • Part 3 of Thirty Doctor Who Drabbles (Octoberabble 2026)

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  English

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  101

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Collections:

  1

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  2

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  4

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  17

• Porch Light (Octoberabble 2026 Day Six Prompt) by certifiedgeek

  Fandoms: Doctor Who (1963), Doctor Who  

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  06 Oct 2026

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  • Peri Brown & Sixth Doctor
  • Sixth Doctor (Doctor Who)
  • Peri Brown
  • Octoberabble 2026
  • Drabble
  • Octoberabble2026
  • Humour
  • Quiet
  • Stargazing

  Summary

  A moment of shared peace. Nothing could ruin that, right?

  Part of the Octoberabble Challenge by @belindarimbi13 on Tumblr

  Series

  • Part 4 of Thirty Doctor Who Drabbles (Octoberabble 2026)

  Language:

  English

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  107

  Chapters:

  1/1

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  1

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  1

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  10

• Let Down (Octoberabble 2026 Day 7 Prompt) by certifiedgeek

  Fandoms: Doctor Who, Doctor Who (1963)  

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  07 Oct 2026

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  • Seventh Doctor & Ace McShane
  • Seventh Doctor (Doctor Who)
  • Ace McShane
  • Humour
  • Drabble
  • Drabble Collection
  • Octoberabble2026
  • Teamwork

  Summary

  The Doctor and Ace use team work to get a head start on UNIT.

  Part of the Octoberabble Challenge by @belindarimbi13 on Tumblr

  Series

  • Part 5 of Thirty Doctor Who Drabbles (Octoberabble 2026)

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  English

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  110

  Chapters:

  1/1

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  2

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  3

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  11

• Start Over (Octoberabble 2026 Day 8 Prompt) by certifiedgeek

  Fandoms: Doctor Who, Doctor Who (1963)  

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  08 Oct 2026

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  • Eighth Doctor (Doctor Who)
  • Time War (Doctor Who)
  • Solitude
  • Character Study
  • Angst
  • Drabble
  • Drabble Collection
  • Octoberabble 2026

  Summary

  The Doctor who will not fight watches the universe burn.

  Part of the Octoberabble Challenge by @belindarimbi13 on Tumblr

  Series

  • Part 6 of Thirty Doctor Who Drabbles (Octoberabble 2026)

  Language:

  English

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  103

  Chapters:

  1/1

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  1

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  2

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  1

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  19

• Die Young (Octoberabble 2026 Day 9 Prompt) by certifiedgeek

  Fandoms: Doctor Who, Doctor Who (2005)  

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  09 Oct 2026

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  • Ninth Doctor (Doctor Who)
  • Post Time War
  • Time War (Doctor Who)
  • Angst
  • Survivor Guilt
  • Drabble
  • Drabble Collection
  • Octoberabble 2026
  • Character Study

  Summary

  Survivor's guilt taints everything. Even chips.

  Part of the Octoberabble Challenge by @belindarimbi13 on Tumblr

  Series

  • Part 7 of Thirty Doctor Who Drabbles (Octoberabble 2026)

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  English

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  96

  Chapters:

  1/1

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  1

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  7

• Traffic Light (Octoberabble 2026 Day 10 Prompt) by certifiedgeek

  Fandoms: Doctor Who (2005), Doctor Who  

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  10 Oct 2026

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  • Tenth Doctor & Rose Tyler
  • Tenth Doctor (Doctor Who)
  • Rose Tyler
  • Fluff
  • Drabble
  • Drabble Collection
  • Humor
  • Crack
  • Octoberabble2026
  • Octoberabble

  Summary

  An alien gift for Mickey has an unintended victim

  Part of the Octoberabble Challenge by @belindarimbi13 on Tumblr

  Series

  • Part 8 of Thirty Doctor Who Drabbles (Octoberabble 2026)

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  100

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Collections:

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  1

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  6