10 Ways Doctor Who Restores Your Faith In Humanity

8. It Inspires Limitless Creativity

How many ways can one television programme inspire its followers? Whether it be cake makers, musicians, animators or writers, the real life worlds of Doctor Who are as vast and diverse as the Whoniverse itself. There can€™t be many other television franchises that have a dedicated fan orchestra, a Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet tribute act and its very own musical sub genre of 'Trock', or TARDIS Rock, as pioneered by Chameleon Circuit. The BBC have even started to produce programmes about some of these unofficial Doctor Who inspired endeavours, including Radio One's The Story Of Trock. Star Trek might have its own Klingon language but Doctor Who has Ancient Gallifreyan, painstakingly encoded by a fan in a complex system of circles and symbols. Anything Trekkies can do, Whovians can do better. When artists combine their love for Doctor Who with personal story, an irrepressible wonder and love for life shines brighter than, to borrow a phrase from Tom Baker, the glittering light bulb that was Jon Pertwee. Just listen to Toby Hadoke (above) and his Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf or read Paul Magrs The Diary Of A Doctor Who Addict. You can't help but smile and celebrate life in all its fullness. Whether it be customised action figures, reconstructions of missing episodes or TARDIS-esque DVD cabinets for official DVDs (complete with fan made alternative covers), there are a wealth of ever growing options available to pimp any Doctor Who collection.