First off- I'm back from my crazy summer of travel! Expect some travel-related blog posts in the near future (I've got a mini photo-vacation and a spotlight on some castles in the works). Now it's time to buckle down and get back to (semi) regular blogging.
By now, it should be pretty obvious that I watch entirely too much television (it's an addiction, I know...and I'm only making it worse with Netflix). Regardless, I feel the need to share one of my newest favorite TV shows: Dr. Who. Dr. Who is a BBC show (luckily available in its entirety on Netflix, and occasionally on BBC America). The premise of the show is that the main character (the Doctor) is a Time Lord (yeah, yeah, he's an alien, whatever) and basically zooms around time and space. In my opinion, it's a history nerd's dream show. There tends to be a lot of aliens, so you have to suspend your disbelief and just enjoy the show, but it's clever and quirky, and overall a great show. The last episode I watched, they ran into Vincent van Gogh (whose name, for reasons beyond my imagination,British people pronouns "van Goff". In the same season, they're fighting off evil aliens in 1580 Venice. In another episode, they're down in the War Rooms with Winston Churchill.
If you have a free moment and decide to watch it (and I highly suggest you do!), I'd say skip the first season. I don't like the actor who plays the Doctor in that one. There's not a lot of continuous plot, which means you can pretty much skip around episodes within each season without missing anything.
What makes me super happy about it show is that it's one of the most popular things on TV in the UK. So even with all of its aliens and time-traveling history-nerd-joyfulness, it is super popular and mainstream. I would tell you more about the show (about the TARDIS, sonic screwdriver, the Doctor's Companion), but it would all start to sound extremely nerdy to someone who hasn't seen it, so go watch it! I've included a picture of the tenth Doctor (David Tennant- start with this season), and the eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith- he's in the current season) to let you know you've got the right season. Happy watchings!
By now, it should be pretty obvious that I watch entirely too much television (it's an addiction, I know...and I'm only making it worse with Netflix). Regardless, I feel the need to share one of my newest favorite TV shows: Dr. Who. Dr. Who is a BBC show (luckily available in its entirety on Netflix, and occasionally on BBC America). The premise of the show is that the main character (the Doctor) is a Time Lord (yeah, yeah, he's an alien, whatever) and basically zooms around time and space. In my opinion, it's a history nerd's dream show. There tends to be a lot of aliens, so you have to suspend your disbelief and just enjoy the show, but it's clever and quirky, and overall a great show. The last episode I watched, they ran into Vincent van Gogh (whose name, for reasons beyond my imagination,British people pronouns "van Goff". In the same season, they're fighting off evil aliens in 1580 Venice. In another episode, they're down in the War Rooms with Winston Churchill.
If you have a free moment and decide to watch it (and I highly suggest you do!), I'd say skip the first season. I don't like the actor who plays the Doctor in that one. There's not a lot of continuous plot, which means you can pretty much skip around episodes within each season without missing anything.
What makes me super happy about it show is that it's one of the most popular things on TV in the UK. So even with all of its aliens and time-traveling history-nerd-joyfulness, it is super popular and mainstream. I would tell you more about the show (about the TARDIS, sonic screwdriver, the Doctor's Companion), but it would all start to sound extremely nerdy to someone who hasn't seen it, so go watch it! I've included a picture of the tenth Doctor (David Tennant- start with this season), and the eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith- he's in the current season) to let you know you've got the right season. Happy watchings!
David Tennant as the Doctor and Rose
Matt Smith as the Doctor and Amy
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