4. Their Toys Will Be Better Than Yours Were
Many Whovian parents find this particularly galling. In days of yore they had to make do with collectable monster cards hidden in boxes of tea. Now their kids have the coolest Doctor Who toys you've ever seen. Yes, there were model Daleks, themed underpants and Target novelisations in the old days, but the stuff today is in a whole other league. Dont sulk. Embrace it. Children are your cover, your Trojan horse. Exploit them for your own ends while theyre too young to catch on. Try on their Cyberman mask when theyre at school. Test their sonic screwdriver to make sure the batteries are okay. Take them to comic shops and gawk at the booty until they beg to take them home. Theres no need to pretend youre a collector anymore. The best parents play with their children so its a win-win situation. You be the Cybermen and they can be the Daleks. You can even steer them to buy you merchandise as presents. Show workmates that Third Doctor mug that junior bought you for Christmas. Theyll say, How sweet. They will not mock and they may even sympathise when it gets smashed two weeks later...