My first experience of the Doctor came much later than Jack’s. Of course I had heard of the Doctor Who, my mother had been absolutely terrified of the Daleks as a child and my Step father often spoke of staying up to watch Doctor Who when he was still wearing ‘short trousers’. Many of my friends were fans of the Doctor as well and often tried to encourage me to get into it but I didn’t ever find the time and didn’t know where to start.
The Doctor and I met for the first time over Christmas 2008;
Jack drew me into the world of time travel over the course of one evening with
several episodes watched back to back because I simply didn’t want it to end. I
had fallen in love with David Tennant and his charming little grin. Though I
can not say for sure which episode I watched first I can certainly tell you which
episode first made my heart race.
By the time I had gotten interested in Doctor Who the
majority of David Tennant’s episodes had aired and we were greedily anticipating
the 2008 Christmas special ‘The next doctor’. Russell T Davies’ masterpiece
combined the commanding performance of David Morrissey with the weighty confidence
of David Tennant’s doctor in such a way that it is like I am watching that
episode for the very first time every time I see it, to this day it is still
one of my very favourite episodes. Since 2008 I have religiously followed each
new episode as it airs and have grown to think of Matt Smith as ‘My Doctor’.
When Jack suggested this project I jumped at the
chance! What better way to spend a year
than watching a programme I love with the man I love. This is a particularly
exciting experiment for me as I am new to the classic Doctors and their
wonderful varied personalities and really just can not wait to get stuck in!!
Outside of my Doctor Who-niverse I am a keen crossstitcher
and a lover of crochet so I am also hoping to combine my love of craft with my
love of the doctor by sampling some Doctor-based patterns along the way.
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