"Wild Blue Yonder" did the most important thing Doctor Who can do
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Before I get into why “Wild Blue Yonder,” aka part 2 of the Doctor Who 60th Anniversary special, is so incredibly important, please allow me to present my Whovian bona fides. I was up late one night during summer vacation when I was about 8 years old. That was part of the joy of summer vacation: staying up way past my normal bedtime and watching TV I wouldn’t ordinarily be able to watch. (I come from the days before the internet and video on demand. It was a dark time…but also kind of great.) It was just about 11 at night and I was in my brother’s room, in front of his tiny black and white tv set. I flipped through the TV Guide and saw something called “Dr. Who” was about to start on Channel 12. No description, but the name was intriguing, so I turned it on. It was episode one of The Ark in Space, starring Tom Baker.
"Wild Blue Yonder" did the most important thing Doctor Who can do
"Wild Blue Yonder" did the most important…
"Wild Blue Yonder" did the most important thing Doctor Who can do
Before I get into why “Wild Blue Yonder,” aka part 2 of the Doctor Who 60th Anniversary special, is so incredibly important, please allow me to present my Whovian bona fides. I was up late one night during summer vacation when I was about 8 years old. That was part of the joy of summer vacation: staying up way past my normal bedtime and watching TV I wouldn’t ordinarily be able to watch. (I come from the days before the internet and video on demand. It was a dark time…but also kind of great.) It was just about 11 at night and I was in my brother’s room, in front of his tiny black and white tv set. I flipped through the TV Guide and saw something called “Dr. Who” was about to start on Channel 12. No description, but the name was intriguing, so I turned it on. It was episode one of The Ark in Space, starring Tom Baker.