![]() ![]() This is a show that attacks false gods and superstition, while at the same time admitting that immortal beings beyond our perception exist. The breadth and depth of its mythology help us do this, whatever our view on religion. Doctor Who can help us contemplate a range of different moral and religious scenarios, allowing us to explore in a fictional setting the way we think about beliefs and ethical viewpoints which differ from our own.When I was a kid, 15-year-old girls didn't watch Doctor Who. The competition winner from Doctor Who magazine was on set today, a 15-year-old girl. It's not a working-class thing, it's not a middle-class thing. ~ Steven Spielberg t's got that cross-generational appeal, which few other things have. ~ Nicholas Slayton The world would be a poorer place without Doctor Who. The show is about saving people and helping others, not getting revenge or hurting someone, and its unabashed love of seeing new things and the best in people makes it fun. The Doctor can be manipulative and brooding, but he's always been an explorer first. As dark as the show can get, and as high as the body count can rise (which is very high), there's always a sense of joy and discovery there. ~ Scott Handcock What would be the point of having this job if I didn't get to make up some of the maddest possible scenes I've ever had in my head since I was a kid? ~ Steven Moffat Doctor Who is uplifting. You present someone with those two factors, and they're going to leap at it. You're given a completely blank slate, but you're given one of the best characters ever devised in fiction to have an adventure there. ~ Neil Gaiman The appeal of Doctor Who is that you can do anything, any when, you can have him meet anyone. Intellect and romance triumph over brute force and cynicism! ~ Craig Ferguson Doctor Who is a fairytale, with fairytale logic about this wonderful man in this big blue box who at the beginning of every story lands somewhere where there is a problem. Quotations about the programme The greatest science fiction series of all time is Doctor Who! And I'll take you all on, one-by-one or all in a bunch to back it up! ~ Harlan Ellison And if there is any hope for any of us in this giant explosion in which we inhabit then surely that's it:
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