My #newtowho Story

Well, it has been awhile hasn't it? I've had a touch of the ADD lately. You see, I just like liking too many things and don't have enough time, or brain capacity after a crazy day at work, to like them and write about them.

Lately I've been busy killing dragons,practicing alchemy, buying/making Christmas gifts, presenting awards and scholarships, failing at arts and crafts, obsessing over Felicia Day/Geek &Sundry, watching a lot of British Quiz Shows especially those that feature NoelFielding and/or Alan Davies, playing Gloom or Rory's Story Cubes with the family, enjoying the final season of The Office (Belsnickel was the best!), watching other sitcoms (Go On, Parks and Rec), loving The Snowmen and as always rewatching new Who and watching new to me classic Doctor Who.

See? You have to admit, that is a lot of stuff and I’m sure I left something out. I’m still busy but, I feel compelled to write this post because an odd thing happened on the way to the Baker era, I wasn’t an instant fan and that’s puzzling since I know that he is the most iconic Doctor and the safest and most common answer to the question, “Who’s your Doctor?” (My answer? I love them all. They all play the same man, don’t make me choose!) I feel like I accepted the other Doctors very early on and I couldn’t put my finger on why it was taking me so long to warm up to him. In order to explore this properly I’ve decided to tell my #newtowho story first and since time is a big ball of Wibbly-Wobbly, Timey-Wimey stuff, I'll start in the middle.

The first time I really became aware that my father liked Doctor Who must have been in about 2006 which is when new Who first started airing in America. I am pretty sure he was trying to connect with my then boyfriend who he had lovingly but, correctly dubbed my "future ex” by dropping a Doctor Who reference. He must have thought he looked a little geeky (sorry Jeff but…) and would get the reference. He did not. My Dad began talking more about the show but, as David Tennant put it, “it’s very hard to explain and not sound like a lunatic.” I never looked into it and I had no clue what it was until I saw a Doctor Who related article on geekologie.com which had a picture of Tom Baker and then I remembered. I had definitely seen that guy before...come with me to the 80’s.