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Jan. 6th, 2013 06:04 pmMy dad's final gift to me, the day before I left, was the cold he'd had since before Christmas (protip: this is not a good holiday gift). So I was lying curled up under a blanket on the downstairs sofa when my dad came in to see if I was up for lunch and asked what I was watching. Answer: Doctor Who, on Netflix. "Can I watch?" he asked.
So I gave him a quick tutorial (The blue box is the TARDIS, which travels in time and space and is bigger on the inside. It's owned by that guy, the Doctor. He's an alien who can regenerate into a new body when he dies, which he's just done, and he's had a bit of an accident, which is why the TARDIS is on fire right now and spinning out of control. And, yes, it always looks like a police box. It's supposed to have a chameleon circuit which lets it blend in with its surroundings, only that broke while he was on 1960s Earth, so it's stuck looking like that) and cued up "The Eleventh Hour." I know a lot of people would say to start with "Rose," but I think the first couple of episodes from 2005 feel like a new show that's still trying to get its footing. "The Eleventh Hour" was my intro to the series, and it was good enough to get me hooked. Eleven's just so much fun when you first meet him.
His reactions once the episode was over, in order: "Wow, what a performance!" "So does he just have no eyebrows?" and, "Are you up for another?" So we watched "Blink," because you don't really need any prior knowledge of the series and he wasn't planning on hanging out around any graveyards anytime in the near future.
And apparently I am not alone in being sick, because it seems like half the people I'm friends with on Facebook and DW are sick and/or have sick kids. Yikes. 'Tis the season, I suppose.
So I gave him a quick tutorial (The blue box is the TARDIS, which travels in time and space and is bigger on the inside. It's owned by that guy, the Doctor. He's an alien who can regenerate into a new body when he dies, which he's just done, and he's had a bit of an accident, which is why the TARDIS is on fire right now and spinning out of control. And, yes, it always looks like a police box. It's supposed to have a chameleon circuit which lets it blend in with its surroundings, only that broke while he was on 1960s Earth, so it's stuck looking like that) and cued up "The Eleventh Hour." I know a lot of people would say to start with "Rose," but I think the first couple of episodes from 2005 feel like a new show that's still trying to get its footing. "The Eleventh Hour" was my intro to the series, and it was good enough to get me hooked. Eleven's just so much fun when you first meet him.
His reactions once the episode was over, in order: "Wow, what a performance!" "So does he just have no eyebrows?" and, "Are you up for another?" So we watched "Blink," because you don't really need any prior knowledge of the series and he wasn't planning on hanging out around any graveyards anytime in the near future.
And apparently I am not alone in being sick, because it seems like half the people I'm friends with on Facebook and DW are sick and/or have sick kids. Yikes. 'Tis the season, I suppose.
