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Titolo: Is Doctor Who a force for good?

I am from the UK and I remember Doctor Who when it first graced our TV sets 
via the BBC. Black and white (of course), very static scenes and plot lines 
which, from the security of hindsight, were not that brilliant. However, for 
its time, it was innovative and fresh. It boldly went where other programs 
did not.
But (there always are butts aren't there?) the BBC has, is and probably 
always will be the perceived torch holder for morals, decency and British 
stiff upper lipism.
Doctor Who was originally a sort of TV 'grandfather' to all of us kids who 
hid behind the sofa when a particularly gruesome (all be it human shaped) 
monster cropped its ugly head up on the grainy 425 lined screen. It was 
comforting to see the Doctor overcome the various adversaries in his quirky 
way. We knew that in the end he would win. Through the years, the faces 
changed and the monsters got a little more horrible (although still 
strangely human shaped) miraculously, most of them spoke English, which was 
kind of strange considering where some of them came from. They also had a 
distinctly upper class British actor type voices. I have thought things 
through and have come to a conclusion which might shock you. I think that 
the monsters were not real after all! They were actors dressed up to look 
like aliens and monsters. this was obviously a plot by the government via 
the BBC to scare kids witless and make sure that if they did not tow the 
line, do homework and brush their teeth at night, a monster would visit them 
in the dead of night and exterminate them. I wonder therefore if Doctor Who 
was a force for good or evil. Was it just another attempt by a cynical 
government to control the minds of innocent children? In fact was there more 
monsters in the BBC than ever graced Doctor Who?
Who knows?
Certainly not Doctor Who.
Grahame
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Hi.  I enjoyed reading your message.
<smile>  However, we have since learned that, when travelling
with a time lord, it is possible to hear the different aliens speak in
our native language, as it is the time lord's gift, as the fourth Doctor
explained to Sarah Jane in an episode.  Sure beats the universal
translator used by the Federation.  Now, if a Federation member with
a universal translator was travelling with the Doctor and encountered an
alien who did not speak Federation English, how would he/she hear that
alien?
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Godspeed,

       David
Goldfield         



Thank you for your comments, and please let me assure you that there is NO
conspiracy to cover up the existence of aliens.
That would be silly now wouldn't it. Everyone knows that we are the only
intellegent life that exsists.
None of these Doctor Who stories are based on real life happenings. It is
just a fun entertainment.
P.S. Please speak no further of any thing you have seen.
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British stiff upper lipism.
Monty Python?  Absolutely Fabulous?  EastEnders?
Rents
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 Monty Python?  Absolutely Fabulous?  EastEnders?
:::grins::: I've never seen EastEnders and I didn't much like Absolutely
Fabulous (just my preferences), but I'm reminded of how Python was
referred to the first place I saw the show: "Comedy Central's
celebration of pomp, circumstance, and...cross-dressing." with a
background of scenes from the show. Sort of fun...and utterly
irrelevant.
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