i don't understand doctor who at all, someone explain the plot for me. I watched one episode on accident and now i am all flustered.

The Doctor is an effectively immortal alien who travels through time and paws at young chicks. That's kind of the appeal.

wow, that made way more sense then what i got when i stormed into my local comic book emporium and asked this question.

... ok, that sounds more like what the fanboys told me.... more explaining.

As for the aliens with plungers, all you really need to know is that they're the Doctor's long-time enemies, they wiped out his people, and he's driven them to the brink of extinction more than once.

oh damn... this is one of those things i am going to start watching isn't it?

it's too late to stop it now actually, Becketeria. It's best not to fight it.

actually I'm a horrible geek because I've never seen the doctor that I can recall (I actually apparently watched it as a kid with my dad, but I can't remember any details)

The Doctor's time machine looks like a police box, which I think is a rather good disguise for a time machine. Also, when he dies, he transforms into a new doctor with the same memories but a different personality and dress sense.

Actually, if you combine Hena's answer with C-Toy's, you might get the best definition. A large part of the Doctor's appeal -- at least in this series -- is that he doesn't "paw" at his companions, which is apparently a bit of a contrast to certain instances in the older series. The new series trades a lot on the chaste/gallant vibe.

And, as Hena says, another part of the character's appeal is that he's "rescuing" these women from otherwise mundane lives. Inevitably, each of them has fallen for the guy so far.

I will say, I was amused by the Daleks shit-talking the hell out of the Cybermen in Season 2.

@Chrome Raven , it's my catch phrase.

my head is going to pop.... what the tripe is a a sonic screw driver.

I didn't know that. :P

!!!ABoyNamedArt !!!! i saw the fat moster episode, there are more of them ,they are soooo cute.

your link yelled at me.

I dunno, better 13 good ones than 24 middling ones. I mean, look at the disaster that was Heroes last year.

THIS LOOKS LIKE PAWING TO ME: http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41503000/jpg/_41503864_kiss416_bbc.jpg

Wow. one scene in three years and a couple of christmas specials. Clearly, the guy's a sexual predator.

Now, I'm not saying there's not a certain something weird going on in the new series, either. Consider:

1) Each of the four companions has had a mundane/melodramatic family situation going on when they met the Doctor, including an overly "bitchy" mom. Again, as Hena says, each of them has been portrayed as seeing the Doctor as an escape. Hell, Donna admits to not working and just waiting around idly for him to return. No wonder there's people grumbling that Sally Sparrow would've made a better Companion.

2) Jack Harkness has, to date, been the only recurring male character on the show who hasn't been either a villain or a schmuck. We all liked Mickey, sure, but the guy was written as a chump from day one. Adam, who Rose started to fancy, was written off after one episode because of his human greed. Pete Tyler was a device to separate Rose from the Tenth Doctor. And Martha's dad was barely consequential.

3) The biggest complaint I've heard about this series from the older guard is, the show has taken on aspects of a Harlequin novel. As my friend Albert put it, "He needs to travel with a dude and do cool shit." Indeed, a little Bill & Ted flavor couldn't hurt things, could it?

dizzy.... so much..... uk tv..... so dizzy.