What's So Special About Doctor Who?

There are lots of things we Brits do rather well. Like weather chat, selfloathing and snooker. But science fiction shows? Not so much. There's something lamentably juvenile and unadventurous about our back catalogue. Just look at our miserably safe Doctor Who. My colleagues disagree, but I've never understood the appeal. It first aired around the time people thought robots were about to put dusters and toilet brushes out of business.

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What's So Special About Doctor Who?

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