Doctor Who fans dedicate their lives to waiting for the new series to arrive and then it's here and gone again before they can say 'Raxacoricofallapatorius'. Non-fans will never quite be able to understand the trauma of having to readjust to the mundanity of normal life when the TARDIS has closed its doors on another series, which, let's face it, happens far too often than any of us would like. If it was up to the fans, therefore, Doctor Who would be on all year round, but instead they get, at most, 13 weeks of it a year which is brilliant and amazing and magical but... well, it's just not enough, is it? Don't get them wrong - they know how lucky they are. After all, the show went on a 16 year hiatus between the years of 1989 and 2005 (excluding the 1996 TV movie - god bless Paul McGann!) so the prospect of having to wait a mere matter of months for our Time Lord return seems like nothing in comparison. It doesn't make it any easier, though, and there's nothing worse than sitting in front of your TV on that first Saturday night after the series has finished and realising that, actually, he's not coming... not this time... Cue the rocking backwards and forwards as you use your TARDIS blanket to wipe away your silent tears. Seriously. What's a Whovian to do? Well, luckily for you, here are 10 signs that you're suffering from Doctor Who withdrawal symptoms, accompanied by ways you can keep your overriding feelings of woefulness and loss at bay. It never gets any easier, unfortunately, but hopefully those tips will help tide you over until Series 9 graces our screens later this year.
Dan Butler is the Doctor Who Editor at WhatCulture.com. When he isn't writing his own articles or editing other people's, he can be found trawling the internet for gifs of Steven Moffat laughing. Contact him via dan.butler@whatculture.co.uk.
