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A December 23rd Treat for Dr. Who Fans Everywhere. . .

 

 

A pre-Christmas gift from my wonderful sister in Washington, D.C.  An official Dr. Who Tardis mug.  As she wrote in her email to me this morning, "It holds more coffee because. . .  It's larger on the inside!"

Easily the coolest mug I have ever had, I will use and enjoy it often.  Wearing my extreme nerdiness proudly here, I have been a fan of the series for over 40 years since 1977, when WHYY (Public Broadcasting Service) in Philadelphia used to air Tom Baker episodes every Saturday afternoon.  Usually all four installments of a particular story in one two-hour block.  

My sister and I used to sit down together to enjoy these together each week, at nine and ten years old respectively.  In fact, she was the one who introduced me to The Doctor.  While I am open to other doctors, my personal favorites remain Tom Baker, Jon Pertwee, and Peter Davison.  

Hmm.  The mug is empty.  Time for a refill.

 -- Stokes

Comments

Gallia said…
Bravo Stokes!
Merry Christmas!
Bill P.
5:56 PM
Bloggerator said…
How's your Venusian Aikido?

Loved Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker.

Take a look at some of the Pat Troughton episodes if you can.

Greg
9:53 PM
tradgardmastare said…
Wonderful mug and comment about it!
2:38 AM
Whiskers said…
Merry Christmas to the Grand Duke, the Grand Duchess and the Young Master,
from s’Hertogen van Vlaanderen and le Duc de Wallonnie (both in real life the same person).
De Burgermeester/M. Le Maire of Brussel/Bruxelles also send his grudging wishes for Kerstmis/Noël. He is fed up with having to write cards in two languages with a veren pen/plume.
7:37 AM
Wellington Man said…
Tom Baker was, and always will be, the only Dr Who for me. I too was 10 years old in 1977. We used to go nextdoor to watch it as my Dad disapproved of tellies (Mum eventually cracked and smuggled in a little B&W portable). I don't recall many of the episodes as they were spent hiding in terror behind the sofa.

I am, etc.

The Doctoooooooooor! (in my best Tom Baker voice)

Yours, and Merry Christmas!, WM
2:29 PM
David Morfitt said…
Now that is a seriously weird mug! Certainly a great conversation starter, I imagine... ;-) As a child I never much liked Dr Who, though I confess I did like some of the more recent efforts with David Tennant and Matt Smith.

Hope you are having a good Xmas.

Cheers,

David.
4:53 PM
Ian said…
Ah Dr Who..pat troughton was always a fave. Still recall the very first episode from 1963!! Brilliant blog by the way..always come back to see what is going on coz it's so interesting!
3:06 PM
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