12 Things Doctor Who Has Taught You Better Than Your Parents
10. Don't Touch That
With a console arrayed in toggles, switches, turn dials, irresistible levers and flashy LEDs, who wouldn't want a stab at those proper, big, red buttons? Especially since everything's so swipey these days! Gawking and wide-eyed as they stride into the Doctor's magical blue telephone box, both adults and children alike can't seem to keep their hands off the tempting TARDIS console and its interactive matrix. If your mum instructs you to not reach inside the cage and touch the lion at the zoo or go anywhere near her best china, you should definitely heed her advice. One wrong move, and you could create a paradox, tear the fabric of time and/or rupture the whole of reality as we know it. You have been warned.
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)
