Gareth Delve Puns

I have primarily read the New Series Adventures (the ones that started with Christopher Ecclestone). I think I tend to prefer the books that I find have a particularly intriguing concept or are quite unique, or, for some of them (like Prisoner of the Daleks) the characters and Daleks are just really well written and well portrayed. These are my personal favourites (from the ones I've read) and reasons why I enjoyed them (from what I can remember). MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS although I have tried to be decently spoiler-free:

ONLY HUMAN BY GARETH ROBERTS

because it had some terrific timey-wimey elements that were awesome - also had some fairly violent parts that probably wouldn't be allowed on TV.

THE STEALERS OF DREAMS BY STEVE LYONS

A very unique concept that made for some interesting interactions. I loved this one because there wasn't really an enemy - there was just a normal way of life that had to be questioned and debated by The Doctor & Co. Essentially, they were battling the lifestyles of the people and the law(s) created by the government.

JUDGEMENT OF THE JUDOON BY COLIN BRAKE

This has got to be my favourite one. The doctor is thrown into a perculiar alliance as he has to team up with a Judoon captain and go detective on the streets of New Memphis while getting caught in gang wars and private eye mysteries.

PRISONER OF THE DALEKS BY TREVOR BAXENDALE This is an incredible dalek story on an epic scale. It really gives you a sense that the Daleks are everywhere in the universe - everyone is aware that they are a huge threat to life as a whole.

THE BLOOD CELL BY JAMES GOSS

I've always enjoyed this one but I can see how it might not be everyone's cup of tea. This is due to the fact that it is told in first person, and not from the doctor's perspective. This person is the govener of a prison and has their own experience of how everything turned out, and has a very negative impression of the doctor who he has been told is one of the most dangerous criminals in the quadrant. Again, this one may not be for everyone.

Here are some of my disliked ones and the reasons why I disliked them:

WINNER TAKES ALL BY JAQUILINE RAYNER

A bit of a silly concept that I've seen lots of times before with some very weak villans who want to take over the world via video games.

THE DEVIANT STRAIN BY JUSTIN RICHARDS

This one just didn't work for me. I found there to be way too many characters to keep track of - there were like 10! Some of them had a first name an

Do your worst!

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

Buenosdillas

They’re on standbi

Pilot on me!!

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

When I got home, they were still there.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

I won't be doing that today!

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You take away their little brooms

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

There hasn't been a post all year!

Why

It’s pronounced “Noel.”

After all his first name is No-vac

What, then, is Chinese rap?

Edit:

Notable mentions from the comments:

• Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits

• French/Finnish art

• Country/Canadian rap

• Chinese/Country/Canadian rock

• Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap

There hasn't been a single post this year!

(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)

Nothing, it just waved

Bob

So that I could frequently say, "I am going to walk 5 miles now."

Edit: My most popular post on Reddit! 😀 Thank you for the awards.

Just to clarify, 12345678

Me grabbing a soda from my (what I thought was) half full 12pk...

Notices there's only 2;

Me: "Awe man... This is a damn bird box!" Her: "What the hell does that mean?!" Me: (Pulls both cans out & shows them to her) "It's only got Toucans."

I'm not ashamed to admit the look on her face was glorious.

I was just sitting there doing nothing.

“BOOM”?!

free

"That's what they're fighting about."

Because his Visa didn’t work.