Why I love the Doctor.
A few years ago, I made a post about the Doctor Who Prom, and what it was about my favourite programme that made me love it.
Like the BBC, I have decided to repeat myself. I hope, though that I can say something new.
In the beginning of my life, there was a lot of shouting, and darkness and terror.
The smell of alcohol laced vomit followed my parents around like Death, waiting to cash in the chitty.
Weekdays were full of cold, praying for rain so I could stay in at break times.
So Saturdays meant, if nothing else I could stay in. And from the moment I can remember anything, I remember the Doctor. I don't remember him being the man fighting Cybermen in the Arctic, but I remember a confused woman and man in a spaceship, wondering where their friend had gone.
I remember my sister telling me that the clown in the hat was Doctor Who, and that he used to be someone else.
I remember a man telling a Dalek that he WOULD stop it, and I remember him delivering on that promise.
I remember the Daleks. I remember the lying company man and the mislead scientist, but most of all I remember the one who didn't lie, who went on to stop the Yeti, the Cybermen ( and for reasons unclear to a six year old, fairy liquid foam - you can't win them all) and the War Lords.
He never stopped fighting for the good things.
He never broke a promise.
He never drank. or beat his companions.
He never gambled away the rent on the Tardis.
And he never carried a gun, or sweet talked people into kissing him.
The Doctor is good. He's funny and compassionate, he's clever and brilliant and wonderful, and, strangely human. But better at it than most humans, as all good heroes are.
It's not just the stories, or the monsters or the pretty companions of either sex ( once I got older, any way)
It's this:
the Doctor is the person I wanted everyone to be like. So I looked for people who were. And have found a few. Some of you are reading this. You rock.
Like the BBC, I have decided to repeat myself. I hope, though that I can say something new.
In the beginning of my life, there was a lot of shouting, and darkness and terror.
The smell of alcohol laced vomit followed my parents around like Death, waiting to cash in the chitty.
Weekdays were full of cold, praying for rain so I could stay in at break times.
So Saturdays meant, if nothing else I could stay in. And from the moment I can remember anything, I remember the Doctor. I don't remember him being the man fighting Cybermen in the Arctic, but I remember a confused woman and man in a spaceship, wondering where their friend had gone.
I remember my sister telling me that the clown in the hat was Doctor Who, and that he used to be someone else.
I remember a man telling a Dalek that he WOULD stop it, and I remember him delivering on that promise.
I remember the Daleks. I remember the lying company man and the mislead scientist, but most of all I remember the one who didn't lie, who went on to stop the Yeti, the Cybermen ( and for reasons unclear to a six year old, fairy liquid foam - you can't win them all) and the War Lords.
He never stopped fighting for the good things.
He never broke a promise.
He never drank. or beat his companions.
He never gambled away the rent on the Tardis.
And he never carried a gun, or sweet talked people into kissing him.
The Doctor is good. He's funny and compassionate, he's clever and brilliant and wonderful, and, strangely human. But better at it than most humans, as all good heroes are.
It's not just the stories, or the monsters or the pretty companions of either sex ( once I got older, any way)
It's this:
the Doctor is the person I wanted everyone to be like. So I looked for people who were. And have found a few. Some of you are reading this. You rock.