Doctor Who- A Brief Explanation

So I know most of you people know that I watch a TV show called Doctor Who. I also know that most of you have no idea what on earth it is about. You might have picked up on a little bit of the idea based on my Facebook posts or just things you've seen around, but you're probably still confused as to what it's really about. That is what this blog post is for. To quote David Tennant (who plays the 10th Doctor) "it's very difficult to explain Doctor Who and not sound like a lunatic", but I'm going to do my best.

The primary basis of the show is about a humanoid alien who travels through time and space in his time machine-spaceship that looks like a police telephone box that's bigger on the inside, and he fights monsters/aliens and saves planets. Did you get all that? Maybe you should go back and read that first sentence again. There's a lot of info there.

Did you do it? OK, good. Now we can move on.

The alien I mentioned above is called "The Doctor". Like, that's his name. Just "The Doctor". The man who makes people better. People in the show always ask, "Doctor who?" "Just the Doctor". That's why the show is called Doctor Who. The Doctor isn't his real name though (but no one knows what it is. There's some horrible, dark secret surrounding it). Since he's an alien, the Doctor can change his face, his whole body, in a process called regeneration. He has regenerated 10 times now, so he's had 11 faces so far. Regeneration only happens when he's dying though. So if you were once confused why several different men would be referred to as the Doctor, now you know why.

Like I said above, the Doctor travels through time and space fighting monsters/aliens and saving planets. Sure, that might not sound very appealing to a lot of people. I mean, typically I'm not into that kind of genre; all sci-fi and what not. However, Doctor Who's sci-fi is different from the typical stuff. You kind of have to watch it to understand, but the intricacy of the plots and the way you're always kept on the edge of your seat in wonder is awesome!

However, the reason most people really love Doctor Who is not because of the primary basis I listed above. Ask any true Whovian. It's because of the pure emotion put into it. Seriously, never have I seen a fictional show that can make you feel so good about life and how important you/everyone is, but also make you sob your eyes out over... whatever it may be. (Of course there's lots of funny stuff too. I laugh my head off a lot of the time).

I found a children's book that somebody made that explains Doctor Who. I'm going to post it here:

So there you have it. A Doctor Who summary. If you want a more in-depth explanation, you can read my posts from a year ago here (also here and here), where I go into detail about time-travel, regeneration, his enemies, his companions, the series background, the intricate plots, the Doctor himself, and well pretty much everything.

If you would like a little brief explanation VIDEO, you can go here. I'd recommend watching it. It explains this sooooo much better than me.