[TV] Dr Who 50th Anniversary
It's the TV event of the year! Or something. The Doctors, all twelve of them. That's 50 years of television history right there. (Credit: bbc.co.uk) I like to think that it's no secret that I like Dr Who. My close friends are (hopefully) all aware of this fact, and more to the point tolerant of it. Most of them watch, some of them enjoy it as much as I do, some less, some more. But that's by the by, because I really enjoy the show. Ok, so it might not be particularly highbrow; in fact it's fanciful (often to extremes) frivolous at times, and not particularly complex in terms of characterisation, character development, or storyline a lot of the time. Yes, there are convoluted stories, but that's not the same thing, and once you look beyond the misdirection and explosions, a lot of the modern stories aren't particularly challenging. Yet it has a lasting charm and appeal that belie these traits. The show's changed a lot in its 'modern...
