Geek alert! Today I will tell you all about the Doctor. The Doctor isn’t an ordinary man; he is a Time Lord from Gallifrey, scouring all of time and space to help everyone and anyone. He doesn’t have any weapons; instead, he has two hearts and a sonic screwdriver. I’ve seen my fair share of shows. I rarely find any interesting. Archer was an exception; his self-obsession was downright hilarious.
Doctor Who is just something else. I will not be lying when I say that the Doctor made me who I am today. He taught me kindness and compassion. He taught me what it is to feel things. I’m a 22-year-old who still believes that someday the Doctor will come for me and take me away in his T.A.R.D.I.S (Time and Relative Dimensions in Space) to an adventure somewhere in the universe. The Doctor regenerates when his body is worn out, which means that after every few seasons the Doctor’s face and personality changes. I’ve got to say, though; I have loved every single Doctor. His personality may change, but he will always be the Doctor.
Doctor Who makes me laugh, makes me cry, keeps me at the edge of my seat. I will not be lying when I tell you that movies and shows don’t make me cry. I didn’t cry when Sirius died or when Dumbledore died. Okay, I cried when Dobby died, but not so much. But I spent an hour crying after the Doctor takes Vincent Van Gogh, an artist who was shunned during his time, to a museum in the future to show him how his work is recognized in the future. Now, I know that the fact that Van Gogh knows about his future, and that it could change a lot of things about the future, so that knowledge wasn’t the smartest thing for the Doctor to share, but I still cried.
He gave so much joy to a man who was shunned by everyone. I won’t be lying when I tell you that I’ve heard the Doctor’s speech in the Pandorica Opens a gazillion time, and I watch it with the same excitement each time. And I’ve watched the Day of the Doctor, my favorite episode, a million times and I know most of the dialogues. I watch it with my sister and we both narrate the dialogues along each time.
The Doctor showed me what it means to be a person. He is neither good nor a bad person, just a person. That one line helped me learn to be kind to myself. He taught me what it means to be tolerant by helping creatures of every kind, whether it’s the Ood or a giant scary creature that is just lonely. The Doctor is nice to everyone as long as they don’t want to hurt anybody. He’s my hero. He’s just a madman with a box.
