Imagine having the ability to travel through time and space, not in a flashy spaceship or a futuristic pod, but in a blue British police box – Yep, that’s Doctor Who for you. Even though the protagonist travels through space, it is not all about guns and lasers but more about cleverness and beating aliens using a sonic screwdriver.

When I first heard about the show, going with the title, I was expecting hospital scrubs and emergency room meltdowns, and if you clicked on the show thinking the same, you might not get what you came for, but it won’t leave you disappointed. The show first aired in 1963 and has been going on for decades; it is generally hard for shows to run this long due to the original cast leaving the show and losing its value. But that is where the narration comes in.

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