The adventures of Brit SciFi series Dr. Who are so delightfully subversive that even the K-Landnews TheEditor forgets its* animosity and rambling ways for forty five minutes when the blue telephone box begins to swirl.
Compared to The Doctor, Star Wars is nothing but one big NRA and military industrial complex PR reel.
The only redeeming quality of Star Wars is unrelated to the plot, it is that we finally had one got one common metaphor for Dick Cheney.
Princesses less slick than the most minor of Dr. Who ladies, without getting anywhere close to the Dr's sidekicks, and guys packaged in white plastic, the Wars franchise should never have left the comic books. At least there, they could slug it out with the other ultra forgettable Battleship Galactica.
Even Trekkies watching Dr Who must have their moments of man, I wish Kirk had been more like that. But do give Star Trek credit for some much needed racial integration work at the time.
Then there is a void, kind of much vaster than the empty space where Galifrey once was, until the guy with blue phone box enters the social space of our times.
It speaks to the power of Dr Who that even the Tories are not touching this one. For now? Until re-financing the BBC comes up?
Who knows, and who cares.
The Dream Crabs may be back.
In the meantime, let's be sad for a second that we feel compelled to call Dr Who subversive, because this term only illustrates how odd we have become.
Why in the world should we have to call out a series that is so full of humanity for upholding a handful of human values?
Of course, you can things to criticize about the Doctor. Read up on them, but remember the Dr is not about perfection.
Someone who does not discriminate against lizards, who sneaks in a gay kiss but fully supports Elizabeth II and who shows up on Christmas with the regularity of Santa Claus, is an epic character.
Who else, yes Who else, could be on the screen on Christmas with a parable about mind sucking Dream Crabs and garner praise for it?
Don't think the writers don't know what they are doing, no, no, they know full well. They called on Santa, who gladly obliged and made the feat possible.
Ol' Chucky Dickens would be a big fan of the Dr, guaranteed.
* TheEditor insists on ruthless gender neutrality, hence the it.
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