If you could build a time-traveling space ship, what would it look like? If you said a blue, 1950s British police call box, keep reading. If you didn't, you might want to skip this post entirely, it's going to get super-nerdy in here pretty quick.
I inherited my love of sci-fi from my father. I remember watching Blade Runner with my dad and pestering him every time a cyborg got gunned down as to, "why they had red blood if they were machines?" And there were many a night spent watching Star Trek TNG (that's The Next Generation, for the non-nerd still reading this). But the memory that left the most indelible yet elusive mark (I was still very young at the time) was being allowed to stay up and watch an old British sci-fi show called Doctor Who (I'm pretty sure it was the Fourth Doctor played by Tom Baker who had the role from 1974-81). I could never remember much about the show, just flashes of imagery here and there, but it has stayed with me.
That being said, you gotta believe I was a happy little nerd when I found out that the Sci-Fi Channel was going to be broadcasting the newest installment of the Doctor Who series. It seems that the whole of the United Kingdom are nerds as well and every five years or so they make another Doctor Who. Set your TiVo. The new Doctor Who airs Friday on the Sci-Fi Channel at 9:00 p.m. EST. The show is well written and rather funny, but then again, I have a hard time not laughing at people with English accents.
Stuff to Sample: Orbital's (hell yes, they're British) take on the Doctor Who theme from the album Altogether "Doctor?"
I think I speak for all when I say it was about time we got some Orbital up in this bitch, even if they did see fit to break up two years ago.
Oh, and you're a sci-fi geek. Get a life, ginger.
[1] Ok, Duuuhh. I just admitted to be a sci-gi geek. And I totally have a life because I TiVo the sci-fi shows to watch later. If I said I stayed home Friday night to watch them, then I would have no life.
And just, for the record, I'm a daywalker, not a ginger. If you're going to come in here and use those type of racial epitaths, at least use the right one.
Learn some respect, you discriminating bitch.
Thanks for the Orbital...my CD's are still packed up, and it is reminiscent of those days of Mary Jane and Super Mario.
"I believe these 100 tacos should be adequate sustenance for the 'Doctor Who' marathon." - Comic Book Store Guy from the Simpsons