Doctor Who

I have tried to write a blog on Doctor who a few times but each time all I get is Doctor Who is awesome. It is! I figured though if I was going to take the time to post a blog I should have more than that.

Doctor Who is AWESOME…because…it is my ideal sci-fi TV show. It has EVERYTHING; time travel into the past and the future, travel to different planets and galaxies, evil aliens, good aliens, a perfect hero, and a lovable but rotating companion. There are more reasons, of course, but those are the reasons that attracted me to the show and got me to watch it. What has kept me watching has been the story.

I love time travel; if a show or movie has it I will watch it. It doesn’t guarantee that I will like it but going in it has points in its favor; however because I love time travel I have strict ideas on how it should work. I have had heated arguments with people over which should be the standard type of time travel (yes I am a geek). Doctor Who does it right, in my book. :-p There are basic rules and they are always followed. One episode doesn’t do it one way and another episode do it another way, I love consistency. Certain things can be changed and certain things can’t be, and the Doctor has to suffer with everyone else over those things.

The Doctor is a perfect hero because he makes the hard decisions and doesn’t like it. He almost always makes the right decision and the fact that he doesn’t always makes him perfect. He’s not too perfect which would make it boring to watch. It’s exciting because what if he’s not able to fix the problem and save the world? He loses people, the end is not always happy; but at least the galaxy has been saved.

Doctor Who’s companions play a big role in the TV show and they balance the Doctor out. They question his actions and keep him on his toes. He teaches them his ideals and they often remind him of them when he slips. The Doctor makes them better people and they are never the same after traveling with him. Plus a lot of the best episodes happen because he’s trying to show off his awesome Time Lordness.

Each season there is an over arching story that, while it’s not focused on in each episode, is slowly reveled until the last couple of episodes. There are no episodes that aren’t relevant, even if it seems that way. It’s always huge, as in either world ending or galaxy ending, and there are never easy solutions. That is what pushed this show to be my favorite. Each episode means something to the end and there are always little details that you miss that you get to go back and find.