tacticslion
05-17-2010, 11:19 AM
Okay, so I know I'm about to revoke virtually all of my nerd liscence and that of my children and grandchildren, but I must confess: I've never seen Dr. Who. Partially it's been the fact that I don't watch much television, partially because I was never really interested - I never saw much from what little exposure I had to grab me.
That said, I've recognized it's larger impact on nerd-dom over the years, and have every once in a while read things about it, so I'm familiar with a few of the most general and unspecific of basics:
Dr. Who is a doctor of some kind (I don't know if it's medical or not) who travels through time and space (like Buckaroo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Db4avDn1mc) Banzai (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gNJ1z-ulB4)!) meeting aliens and killing them having adventures in generally London-like environments exotic locales. There have been several actors over the years who've played the role of the Doctor (like a (http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=melrose+place&aq=0) Soap (http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=young+and+the+restless&aq=0) Opera (http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=smallville&aq=f)!), and this may or may not be is totally! explained within continuity.
AnyWho, recently, it's been interesting to note a (minor) burst of Who-related references in several things I frequent, including unrelated posts within this forum from several different discussions. All of that long introduction, to bring you this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpnGD0QscxQ&playnext_from=TL&videos=_qAleFjblmQ&feature=sub) and this (http://www.weregeek.com/2010/05/12/). Also, here's a Dr. Who thread, in case anyone wants to discuss stuff about it or post other links to recent Who-related stuff. I dunno?
Note: I actually ran into it several more places recently, but I can't find 'em.
EDIT: Thanks, Smarty. Eheheh, somehow I missed it after a scan of the Media Consumption forum. My bad. Also, interesting.
That said, I've recognized it's larger impact on nerd-dom over the years, and have every once in a while read things about it, so I'm familiar with a few of the most general and unspecific of basics:
Dr. Who is a doctor of some kind (I don't know if it's medical or not) who travels through time and space (like Buckaroo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Db4avDn1mc) Banzai (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gNJ1z-ulB4)!) meeting aliens and killing them having adventures in generally London-like environments exotic locales. There have been several actors over the years who've played the role of the Doctor (like a (http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=melrose+place&aq=0) Soap (http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=young+and+the+restless&aq=0) Opera (http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=smallville&aq=f)!), and this may or may not be is totally! explained within continuity.
AnyWho, recently, it's been interesting to note a (minor) burst of Who-related references in several things I frequent, including unrelated posts within this forum from several different discussions. All of that long introduction, to bring you this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpnGD0QscxQ&playnext_from=TL&videos=_qAleFjblmQ&feature=sub) and this (http://www.weregeek.com/2010/05/12/). Also, here's a Dr. Who thread, in case anyone wants to discuss stuff about it or post other links to recent Who-related stuff. I dunno?
Note: I actually ran into it several more places recently, but I can't find 'em.
EDIT: Thanks, Smarty. Eheheh, somehow I missed it after a scan of the Media Consumption forum. My bad. Also, interesting.