When I was growing up I used to enjoy watching Dr. Who: it was a good example of how imagination could make a low budget production come alive – at least it seemed that way to a 10 year old.
The CBC isn’t good for much, but it does have ad-free classical music on the radio and Dalek nostalgia on Friday nights. The nostalgia and the fact that the new Dr. Who is produced in Cardiff – the place of my misspent youth – are the 2 reasons I watch it.
Imagine my surprise this evening when I saw Richard Dawkins explain to a disbelieving audience that we have not acquired new planets in our solar system, but that the entire earth has moved. He was about as convincing on Dr. Who as he is in The God Delusion.
I can’t help wondering why he agreed to appear in such a pseudo-scientific fantasy: perhaps to convince us that even atheists can be fun. Next I imagine he will appear with the Muppets to show us that atheists are cuddly; of course, it won’t be him who decides, but the electro-chemical disturbances that are swirling around in what passes for his neocortex.
He wasn’t exterminated this evening; but there is still hope since there is another episode next week.
Cool, I didn’t know that Dr.Who was back on CBC. I’ll have to watch it.
Ah, you’re a little late Kate, we’re very near the end. You can catch up come on the interwebs – google “dr who cbc” and you can see some episodes. I confess that I rather like Dr Who….