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Doctor Who without my Dad
Dec. 10th, 2023 04:15 amOne thing of going through the 60th anniversary specials is I'm aware how much my Dad has missed not seeing these. He was a big Doctor Who fan, and loved it since we started watching it together with season 16 ("The Key to Time") in 1978.
He watched right through to the first Jodie Whittaker series (my Dad, like Jodie, was from just outside Huddersfield), though I think he missed her second series as his illness newly hit him and he was very low. I did warn him not to watch "Orphan 55" with the oxygen tank character (Dad spent his last 2.5 years hooked up permanently to oxygen, struggling to breathe). But I think he missed the whole second Jodie series.
As for what he'd make of the specials, well I think he would have been extremely happy to see David Tennant back. Less so Catherine Tate - though he enjoyed a lot of the Donna stories he never warmed to the character. I think he'd have enjoyed the Meep story, though not sure about Wild Blue Yonder. But I think he'd have liked a lot about The Giggle. I also think he'd have liked the Fifteenth Doctor, and yes, he would be pleased to see another Scot in the role.
Doctor Who for me will always be associated with memories of my Dad. And I'm very glad that it's something that we both enjoyed. I also remember how I'd often be surprised by his reactions to some newer things. For example in The Parting of the Ways he loved that Captain Jack kissed the Doctor as well as Rose. And he was rightly blown away by Thirteenth Doctor story Rosa.
He watched right through to the first Jodie Whittaker series (my Dad, like Jodie, was from just outside Huddersfield), though I think he missed her second series as his illness newly hit him and he was very low. I did warn him not to watch "Orphan 55" with the oxygen tank character (Dad spent his last 2.5 years hooked up permanently to oxygen, struggling to breathe). But I think he missed the whole second Jodie series.
As for what he'd make of the specials, well I think he would have been extremely happy to see David Tennant back. Less so Catherine Tate - though he enjoyed a lot of the Donna stories he never warmed to the character. I think he'd have enjoyed the Meep story, though not sure about Wild Blue Yonder. But I think he'd have liked a lot about The Giggle. I also think he'd have liked the Fifteenth Doctor, and yes, he would be pleased to see another Scot in the role.
Doctor Who for me will always be associated with memories of my Dad. And I'm very glad that it's something that we both enjoyed. I also remember how I'd often be surprised by his reactions to some newer things. For example in The Parting of the Ways he loved that Captain Jack kissed the Doctor as well as Rose. And he was rightly blown away by Thirteenth Doctor story Rosa.
