Time Lord

The Companions of Doctor Who: Who Doctors Who? Science fiction has been a part of human culture since before the 17th century, spanning across the far reaches of the Earth and fascinating the human race (Sterling). A perfect example of this culture shaping genre is Doctor Who; one of Britain’s most adored television series. As the longest running science fiction show in history, Doctor Who has filled fans with wonder through television, radio series, comics, and many other forms of media for more

When thinking of British television programs, it is impossible for one not to think of the international hit, Doctor Who. Originally debuting in 1963 under the British Broadcasting Corporation, Doctor Who included an upperclass white male playing the lead character along side another white male and two white females. Doctor Who aired during the 1960’s when Great Britain was still recovering from the destruction of World War II and was also facing the reality that they were not the world power they

The Doctor was born on the planet Gallifrey. His race is that of a Time Lord. That is one of the only credible things we for certain know he has told about his life in the beginning. As Asher-Perrin describes in her blog, The Doctor was very consistent in telling his age in the years before what is called the Time War. After the war, claims about his age are unorganized and do not add up (2014). Steven Moffat, who is a writer and the show-runner of Doctor Who, states as quoted in Asher-Perrin’s blog

From England to the United States, BBC America has aired their highly regarded television shows in our vast continent since 1935. BBC, standing for the British Broadcast Channel, has produced an abundant amount of nominated television shows from Merlin to Downtown Abbey. However, BBC is well known for capturing the hearts of teenage and middle age individuals from their nominated television shows called Sherlock and Doctor Who. Airing on BBC America since the 1960s, Doctor Who is the longest-running

It has been only 4 months since Rose went into another dimension; it was also the last time The Doctor saw her. Doctor remembers the day quite clearly, he remembers her getting sucked into the portal, he remembers her screams for help; he remembered everything. He saw her for the last time in that other dimension of which she could not escape. He remembers the wind and the sand underneath his feet as he stood waiting for Rose and her family of the dimension to appear. He remembers her crying and

When people look at the stars, they generally think of “wishing on a star”, constellations, and the intergalactic life they wish was real. But what if they weren’t that far off? What if life beyond the stars was real? And what if some of those stars that we look at every night were actually planets? Well, what if I told you that there really is life beyond the stars? Everyone knows that there’s no oxygen in space. Well...what happens when your spaceship’s exterior is ruptured by debris? The only

William Carlos Williams’ passion and dedication of medicine can be seen through his literary contributions of short stories and poems. The Doctor Stories use interior monologue in a stream-of-consciousness as a tool to reflect each narrator’s experience and gives insight into the character and his appraisal of each of the situations encountered. It is through this stream-of-consciousness that we come to realize the observational nature of this doctor’s actions and thoughts. In the story A Night

The Doctrine of Double Effect is the process in which someone must sacrifice some bad to achieve more good. According to Alison McIntyre of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2014) defines the concept as “The doctrine (or principle) of double effect is often invoked to explain the permissibility of an action that causes a serious harm, such as the death of a human being, as a side effect of promoting some good end”. This is often referred to in the military as “collateral damage”. While your

Flying through time and space in an old public police box, landing to realize that you are in an entirely different time and galaxy, this is the life of the Doctor and all his companions. Doctor Who is a witty, sci-fi, British TV show, whose main character, the Doctor, spends his life saving civilizations throughout time and space in his TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension In Space). He has human companions who accompany him on his adventures;one of these companions is Clara Oswald. I identify with

for Huntington’s disease and she doesn’t know who to tell. The doctor explains what he would do and gives her recommendations. For her parents she shouldn’t tell them because they will not be able to do anything about it or they may be dead by the time she starts experiencing it extremely. It would just but unnecessary stress put on her parents worrying about their daughter. As for her boyfriend goes she