The Doctor Is In.....the TARDIS

Doctor Who is the world’s longest running Sci-Fi show. From its first broadcast in 1963, the Doctor and his companions have captured the imagination of both adults & children. The series tells the tale of a strange alien being called simply “The Doctor” He is the last of the Time Lords, a race of beings who can travel through time and space.

The Doctor has the ability to cheat death by being able to regenerate, to change every cell in his body. The end result is the same Doctor in with a new face! In his ship The T.A.R.D.I.S. (Time And Relative Dimension In Space) the Doctor explores different planets and alien races while battling the evil races of Daleks and Cybermen. In the latest incarnation from the BBC the Doctor travels with his newest companion Amelia Pond and her daughter, a Time Traveling Assassin who is also the Doctor's wife! It gets all timey wimey wibbly wobbly but that is what makes the show so entertaining and enduring. Here is the latest trailer for the 6th series

The character of the Doctor shares the basic concepts outlined in one of my favorite novels The Alchemist. Like the Boy in the novel, the Doctor is seeking his “personal legend” by traveling to distant planets. He wonders the universe alone, helping people who are oppressed and afraid because he is the last of his kind. He is both the young boy seeking to find himself and the old king, who has already found wisdom.  He literally remakes himself into a new form, shedding his old personality, allowing himself to change and grow over eons. He is in a word, simply Fantasic!!