Doctor Who Review

Today I'd like to write about Doctor Who. A fifty year old science fiction show that still feels refreshingly young and new.

Fifty years is a long time, so there is a lot of back story. But all you need to know, is that this show is about an alien Time Lord from the Planet Galifrey, who steals a time machine to travel through space and time. He gives himself the alias 'Doctor' and travels with various people he meets on his strange adventures. The time machine T.A.R.D.I.S( Time and relative dimensions in space)  often takes him to unexpected destinations with great consequences for all involved. 

However at its essence Doctor Who is about, a man's moral dilemma of making choices that can have a huge impact, an underlying belief that the universe can be saved without any violence or bloodshed using a certain amount of intelligence and having a conscience, and about the human obsession with the Past, Present and Future.

Of course being a science fiction show this series has lots of interesting aliens, gadgets, technology, spaceships, planets etc etc. But all of it is woven really well into the story of a man traveling in his blue box throughout time and space.

There is more, there is lots more. And you can find a lot about the Doctor Who universe online. But besides all that I have a few other observations. The show broadly covers a lot of past history of the Earth, but I haven’t seen much of a reference to the British colonization of Asia, Africa. And it would be nice to see some India themed episode of past or future reference.

 Also the Doctor is understandably lonely, being the last Time Lord traveling alone for 1500 years as a number of companions keep changing along the way(I will not delve into Time Lord life expectancy and the reincarnation trait. However you may wiki it). He is living a life of unimaginable magnitude yet without someone present to share it with, its not much fun for him. Its one of the most human and endearing traits of the Doctor.

Lastly the idea of time travel in itself is so fantastic. Each episode is an interesting ride exploring all that could possibly has/have/would/will exist in a beautifully complex infinite Universe.

Try it. You just might like it. And then unfortunately, you will wait with ever increasingly maddening impatience for the next season to launch.