Doctor Who: Not for Non-Nerds

It pains me to include Doctor Who on a list of shitty shows because I love it so much.  However, I feel it belongs in the "guilty pleasure" category simply because there's still prejudice about it.

To be fair, it can get pretty silly.

While nerd culture is certainly growing and becoming more accepted, there are some things that "normal" people never really get the hang of.  Dungeons and Dragons.  Magic: The Gathering.  Golden Age comic books.

And, as I'm coming to realize, Doctor Who.

It's okay, Ten.  There are millions of fangirls who will always love you.

For those of you who aren't acquainted with the Doctor, this show follows him (in one of his eleven regenerations) and his companions in adventures throughout space and time.  The Doctor (just "the Doctor") is a Time Lord travelling in his ship, the TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimensions In Space), whose disguise mechanism is broken, leaving it looking like a 60s police box.

Sexy.

If you're interested in jumping into this cesspool of nerdiness and heart-wrenching emotions, keep in mind that Doctor Who's been around awhile--we're getting close to its fifty-year anniversary, in fact.  The show has captured audiences with all eleven regenerations of the Doctor, and it doesn't look like they'll be stopping any time soon.

Still, if you want to watch (and I really recommend that you do), I suggest starting with the "reboot" that aired in 2005.  After about ten years off the air, the show was brought back, much to the excitement of long-time fans.  Anyway, look for the episode called "Rose" on Netflix (or however you watch TV, I don't judge) for an excellent starting point.  If you'd rather watch from the very beginning, look for the 1963 episode "The Unearthly Child," which is unfortunately not on Netflix.

Nerd on, my fellow geeks.  Nerd on.