David Bianculli

This is the bit that now having had my own children, I can think three. Really? Could I have been three? Because it does feel like quite a complicated thought process, doesn't it? But I can date it because I, you know, this was in the times before. home video recorders.

This is the bit that now having had my own children, I can think three. Really? Could I have been three? Because it does feel like quite a complicated thought process, doesn't it? But I can date it because I, you know, this was in the times before. home video recorders.

This is the bit that now having had my own children, I can think three. Really? Could I have been three? Because it does feel like quite a complicated thought process, doesn't it? But I can date it because I, you know, this was in the times before. home video recorders.

So I know that I watched John Pertwee turn into Tom Baker on Doctor Who and I can date it and it's 1974 so I was three years old. Maybe they repeated it like a year later because sometimes they did that. So maybe I was four but I know that it was then and I know that that led to a conversation with my parents and you're absolutely right that it was a conversation where I

So I know that I watched John Pertwee turn into Tom Baker on Doctor Who and I can date it and it's 1974 so I was three years old. Maybe they repeated it like a year later because sometimes they did that. So maybe I was four but I know that it was then and I know that that led to a conversation with my parents and you're absolutely right that it was a conversation where I

So I know that I watched John Pertwee turn into Tom Baker on Doctor Who and I can date it and it's 1974 so I was three years old. Maybe they repeated it like a year later because sometimes they did that. So maybe I was four but I know that it was then and I know that that led to a conversation with my parents and you're absolutely right that it was a conversation where I

learnt what the difference between a character in a television programme and an actor was. But in that moment, I understood what that concept was and decided that's what I wanted to do. So despite how implausible it seems, I know that it's true.

learnt what the difference between a character in a television programme and an actor was. But in that moment, I understood what that concept was and decided that's what I wanted to do. So despite how implausible it seems, I know that it's true.

learnt what the difference between a character in a television programme and an actor was. But in that moment, I understood what that concept was and decided that's what I wanted to do. So despite how implausible it seems, I know that it's true.

Something about that show and the combination of elements certainly that central character always fascinated me. I just thought he was brilliant. I just thought he was cool. He was clever. He wasn't... He sort of... He was dressed in sort of brilliant, cool, mad clothes, but he looked like a normal human. And I think that was quite important to me as a fairly geeky young child.

Something about that show and the combination of elements certainly that central character always fascinated me. I just thought he was brilliant. I just thought he was cool. He was clever. He wasn't... He sort of... He was dressed in sort of brilliant, cool, mad clothes, but he looked like a normal human. And I think that was quite important to me as a fairly geeky young child.

Something about that show and the combination of elements certainly that central character always fascinated me. I just thought he was brilliant. I just thought he was cool. He was clever. He wasn't... He sort of... He was dressed in sort of brilliant, cool, mad clothes, but he looked like a normal human. And I think that was quite important to me as a fairly geeky young child.

I didn't imagine I could ever aspire to be Superman or... The Incredible Hulk or, you know, I was sort of quite weedy and I wore glasses and I had a terrible haircut. So all those things still felt possible in the world of The Doctor. There was something about that character that I could be.

I didn't imagine I could ever aspire to be Superman or... The Incredible Hulk or, you know, I was sort of quite weedy and I wore glasses and I had a terrible haircut. So all those things still felt possible in the world of The Doctor. There was something about that character that I could be.

I didn't imagine I could ever aspire to be Superman or... The Incredible Hulk or, you know, I was sort of quite weedy and I wore glasses and I had a terrible haircut. So all those things still felt possible in the world of The Doctor. There was something about that character that I could be.

I also loved that it's a brilliantly constructed show in that you don't know where they're going to land each time. Every time that the TARDIS lands, where is it? What's the mystery? There's a whole new set of characters to get. There's a whole and the monsters. What's the monster going to be this week? What's going to come around that corner and how scary is it going to be?

I also loved that it's a brilliantly constructed show in that you don't know where they're going to land each time. Every time that the TARDIS lands, where is it? What's the mystery? There's a whole new set of characters to get. There's a whole and the monsters. What's the monster going to be this week? What's going to come around that corner and how scary is it going to be?

I also loved that it's a brilliantly constructed show in that you don't know where they're going to land each time. Every time that the TARDIS lands, where is it? What's the mystery? There's a whole new set of characters to get. There's a whole and the monsters. What's the monster going to be this week? What's going to come around that corner and how scary is it going to be?

And what a thrill all that was. So it was, no, it was, I was obsessional about it.

And what a thrill all that was. So it was, no, it was, I was obsessional about it.