Benedict Cumberbatch would take his girlfriend with him if he was stranded on a deserted island. Benedict Cumberbatch revealed his romantic side (his girlfriend would be a lucky lady!) during his recent Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything).

Benedict Cumberbatch, 37, suggested he would take his girlfriend with him if he was stranded on a desert island when asked on Reddit, but didn't name names, writes Now magazine, according to Fashion & Style.

What a romantic!

"[I'd take] my family," Cumberbatch wrote on Reddit. "And my partner of the moment - whomever I wanted to spend the rest of my life with."

What else would the "Sherlock" star take?

Ever so practical, he said he would also need "a scuba diving kit. If it's not people that am allowed. Additional equipment would be a kindle with a never ending memory of books. And a survival handbook."

Rumors about Benedict Cumberbatch's dating life and possible girlfriends has recently been abuzz on the internet.

Cumberbatch recently opened up about the persistent dating rumors to TIME magazine, Fashion & Style reports.

"Every time I'm seen at a bar with a girl, I get photographed," Cumberbatch said. "Anyone who has a computer knows my entire dating history."

"I get it," he added. "Paparazzi is an inescapable, immovable obstacle."

Over the summer, Benedict has been photographed attending a Lady Gaga concert with "Downton Abbey" star Laura Carmichael, leaving a London nightclub with "Dracula" actress and longtime friend Charlotte Asprey and posing for Instagram photos with his "Star Trek" costar Alice Eve, Fashion & Style reports.

He's also been persistently linked to Russian model Katia Elizarova, but the rumors of them being a couple have frequently been denied by the blonde beauty.

In one interview, Elizarova said, "Why do you ask me about him? Oh no!" .