First base!

[scarfman]

Today's the forty-second anniversary of the premiere broadcast of Doctor Who. The attraction to me of the Doctor has always been that he's the protagonist of the most versatile premise for action-adventure I've ever seen. Star Trek can do a story about a planet with a society very like 16th century Japan, but being a time-traveler the Doctor can go to 16th century Japan. Or to a Star Trek planet, in fanfiction; a time-machine is an ideal facilitator for crossovers, which I love. The Doctor can go anywhere; and given his fantastic ability to change his appearance every time an actor tires of the part, he can be anything - but "never cowardly or cruel".

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