I have been a fan of Dr. Who since the first time I saw an old episode on PBS (public television) over twenty years ago. For those who have no idea what I'm talking about, Dr. Who is a long running science fiction series that has been around for a very long time. Dr. Who, is the last Time Lord (his entire home planet , and the race of Time Lords, were wiped out in a war that took place at some long ago time). He is immortal for all intents and purposes. When he is fatally wounded and dying, he regenerates. When this happens, his appearance completely changes. Besides being a convenient way of changing the lead actor who plays the Doctor, it has been a great device to keep this show on the air for an extraordinary amount of time for a tv show. Many decades. And the show has a very strong cult following. In a nutshell, the Doctor travels around the universe through time and space, rescuing those who need to be rescued, and saving worlds from evil of all sorts. It's not a show for everyone, you either love it or you don't. I am one of those who love it. There are Dr. Who books written by many fine authors, and there are probably books written about the Dr. Who phenomena.
Anyroad. I'm sure you can find out a lot more about the Doctor just by googling him.
Unfortunately for me, being able to see Dr. Who has been rather problematic. PBS, which depends upon donations by members, has only carried the show for brief periods of time. The SiFi channel, also, only carries it occasionally, and almost never carries the most recent shows. But now, on my current basic cable programming, I get the BBC America channel, and yes! Praise the lord and pass the ammunition! (a rather old expression), I can now, once again, watch the Doctor in all his glory, as well as all his companions, friends, and enemies.
So, with all the hate, prejudice, violence, cheating, stealing, lying (mostly by those da** Republicans), and all the other terrible things going on in the world, the Doctor is once again in his Tardis (a time and space machine in the shape of one of the old blue British police boxes).
And therefore, all is well.
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