Thrilling, adventurous, eccentric and bursting at the seams with fast-paced action, Doctor Who is a fun-filled family show teaching its young viewers timeless life lessons and encouraging imaginative minds to think outside of that big blue box. Underneath the Doctor's contentious scowl, sentient eyebrows and pursed lips, contorted in a permanent frown, there lies the potential to be the best grandpa in the universe. Imagine having the Doctor as your granddad, a peaceful stroll in the park could easily spiral into a mad dash with aliens in hot pursuit. An intense study session for a history test would always be interrupted by him pointing out egregious errors made by your textbook. And think of the stories he could tell! Not only would he reflect on his past, but he would also divulge secrets of the future while wearing a mischievous grin, tapping his nose and interjecting with the words "Who knows?". Each whimsical little anecdote would start with "back when I was 900 years old...". Carrying over 2,000 years of knowledge and the shifting weight of the inconstant universe on his shoulders, the Doctor's ballooning head is bound to harbour a comprehensive library of wise instructions, helpful hints and sinful confessions of a Time Lord who's made many mistakes, mistakes that cannot be reversed or rewritten. Here are 12 common guidelines, moral principles and general practical tidbits that the Doctor would tell you if he were, by some unfathomable miracle, your granddad. And even this old miser would agree that remembering Mum and Dad's tedious lectures can become a matter of life and death, especially when the fate of the entire universe depends on it.
Anna is an aspiring writer who has an incurable obsession with Doctor Who. When she is not writing about Doctor Who, she's watching favorite episodes and contemplating what to write next. When she's writing about Doctor Who, she anticipates her reward: watching yet another Doctor Who episode. She also manages to read science fiction (especially Ray Bradbury), recite lines from Shakespeare's Macbeth, and make terrible puns in her free time (she likes to imagine she has great puntential, though)
