The Doctor's Companion Blog

When starting a new blog, it is often customary to give an introduction (even though it will end up at the bottom of the page).  So here is my introduction to the Doctors Companion blog.

I was a fairly late convert to the Doctor, as we did not have a TV when I was a child, and for quite a while after that I either did not watch much, or was again without a telly.  I knew about the Doctor of course, and I think I did watch a few episodes when I was young.  The first of these must have been with the Third Doctor, as I have a feeling somehow that he is ‘my Doctor’, which must be because I saw him first (although I love ALL the Doctors).

I first watched Dr Who properly in the 1980′s when there were a couple of repeats, first The Revelation of the Daleks, and then Battlefield.  I loved both of them, and was very upset to learn that Doctor Who was no longer to be made by the BBC and was in effect finished.

A few years later I married, and my partner (who had been, and still is, a fan) came with quite a few Dr Who videos, so I was able to watch The Pyramids of Mars, The City of Death, The Arc in Space, the Quest for the Key to Time series, and quite a few others.

Our son, as he got older, was also introduced to the Doctor, and he also loved him. It was with enormous excitement therefore that we all learned that there was to be another series in 2005!  On 26 March 2005, we sat round the TV together and watched with baited breath the  openng credits rise on Rose, and in following weeks, The End of the World, the Unquiet Dead, and all the rest of the series.

About half way through that first series I learned that there was a Doctor Who Magazine, which I instantly subscribed to, and an online web-site called Outpost Gallifrey, which I also joined.  Sadly Outpost Gallifrey is no longer with us, although it has a worthy successor, and I often read this and other Doctor Related web-sites online.

Series two, three and four of the new (as opposed to the Classic) series have now passed, and as I write, we await the Doctors travels to Mars, and later to unspecified places where he will in due course regenerate into Matt Smith.

Although I prefer some episodes more than others, I can honestly say that I like them all, and that the Doctor has enriched my life.  I love reading about the Doctor as well as watching him, but although there are the online forum and news sites, there do not seem to be many sites with fuller commentary.  I used to really enjoy reading the reviews on Outpost Gallifrey and missed them when they stopped.  I have found a few blogs, but they don’t seem to have the sort of comment I enjoy reading.  So the obvious solution was to create my own!

I hope you will enjoy traveling with me, and the Doctor, through space and time, and will also enjoy reading about other aspects of the Doctors world, both today and in the past.

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