Day: November 23, 2006

I asked where the celebration was for Doctor Who’s 43rd anniversary… here it is:

In honor of the anniversary, I put on The Hand of Fear and as soon as the music started my son said, “Dok-tor-doo!”.

He knows what Doctor Who is! I tested him afterwards, it’s not a mistake, nor wishful parental thinking. He can’t quite make out the “Wh” sound, but he knows what it is.

Today was the perfect day for that. It really is Thanksgiving, now.

Update: 10:52AM At the start of Episode 4, he said a clear “Doctor Who”!

I had almost forgotten… whenever I have a birthday so too does the good Doctor (within a week, that is) and each year the Doctor stays one year older than me… despite his 900-year Time Lord head start.

Even though this is an odd year (43), considering the juggernaut that is the current Doctor Who machine, I’m very surprised I heard nothing about it until this morning.

I wonder if, in two years time, they’ll try an anniversary special. Obviously, “The 10 Doctors” is a no starter.

I wonder what sort of idea they could come up with?

In the meantime, though, Happy Birthday, Doctor, wherever in time and space you may be.

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