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Friday, April 26, 2019

The Morality of Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a TV show on the BBC. It stars a space and time travelling alien called the doctor. The Doctor is time lord an alien that appears human but has two hearts instead of one and has what seems like eternal life (or at least a very long one). The Doctor is a constantly changing character any time he would lose his life he instead transforms into a new person with a slightly different personality. He travels across the universe in every time and place one could imagine and all in his space ship that looks like a blue police box called the Tardis.


The Doctor goes on adventures usually saving people and planets from some form of danger whether its robots, aliens, or some unknown danger. He usually goes on these adventures with a companion (which changes every few seasons). The Doctor's number one rule is to never kill. The adventures are usually rather dangerous putting both his life and his companion's in danger. The Doctor tries his best to save every life he can. However most of his companions have not been able to return to their normal lives after having to leave the Doctor's side. The Doctor brings his companions along promising to show them the wonders of the universe with his child like wonder. Even though he knows that something will most likely happen to them if they stay with him for too long he brings them along anyway. He gets lonely and can't bring himself to say no to some company.

Discussion Questions:
Does the Doctor purposefully put his companions in danger without regard?
What goes on in the mind of an ancient being who has seen more of time and the universe than any other being in the universe?
Do you think its possible for the Doctor to keep up his number one rule even against his enemies that threaten his life and countless others?

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2 comments:

  1. Dr. Who has been around (on television) for decades. What accounts for his phenomenal popularity, do you think? Is it a primal human need to believe in benevolent superbeings who will save us from ourselves? And what's with the Tardis: how CAN it be bigger on the inside?

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  2. I don't think the Doctor purposefully puts his companions in danger, it seems more like he has a child-like innocence about him where he doesn't understand how fragile Humans truly are. He of course knows about the human anatomy so factually he knows this, but I think the fact that he is so strong and so hard to kill and constantly goes up against foes who are just as hard if not harder to kill, (the Daleks being a great example), makes him subconsciously assume that humans are as resilient as well. I think he also has a massive ego (in an endearing way) and believes he can protect whoever he takes under his wing, and he is usually right in that regard.

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