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Best doctor who episodes for kids1/27/2024 ![]() He had been waiting for this since the moment he saw the Weeping Angels in LEGO shape. Plus, there are rhinos in space! (Sort of!) His much-anticipated “Blink” was coming up, and I wanted him to have a better introduction to Martha Jones than the miniscule time he’d see her in that episode. The child has seen enough classic Star Trek to understand (and be fascinated by) the notion of alternate timelines. Much like Dalek, these were purely because he wanted to see Cybermen. SEVEN: “Rise of the Cybermen” and “The Age of Steel.” He was thrilled to see K-9, and he loved the monsters of the week. In that, he mirrored Rose in a way that I found fairly genuine.īy the end of the episode, however, he had announced that Ten was his favorite Doctor. He was not at all sure about this new Doctor. It’s an experience every Doctor Who fan must have. Plus, bonus Daleks!Įven after only a handful of episodes, he really, really didn’t want to see Nine go–enough that he kept putting this viewing off. It became increasingly apparent that we were going to have to pay a proper farewell to the Ninth Doctor, so I felt we had to see how his regeneration to Ten came about. They were creepy and ultimately uplifting and introduced Captain Jack, one of Younger Son’s favorites.įOUR: “Bad Wolf” and “The Parting of the Ways.” There were many, many questions about World War II and the Blitz after these episodes. THREE: “The Empty Child” and “The Doctor Dances.” We discussed the matter at length that night. (He always has a love-hate relationship with the Daleks, who are, after all, excellent antagonists.) The things I’d be cautious about with another kid, such as some of the Doctor’s morally gray areas and the fate with the Dalek, worked with mine. This is not one I’d probably recommend for a younger child, but it worked for mine. (As if there was any question.) He immediately wanted to watch another one. (And now scrutinizes store mannequins with a eye for their Auton suitability.) He worried that Rose wouldn’t go with the Doctor. He giggled over the scene with the hand (and the garbage tote). From the moment the Doctor grabbed Rose’s hand and said, “Run!” I was pretty sure it had him. Thanks to multiple recommendations, we started at the very beginning of the 2005 restart, with the Ninth Doctor. We weren’t able to delve into the classic Doctors, but that will come next. One of his main goals was seeing the four newest Doctors and the trio of Whovian monsters that appear in the game: Daleks, Cybermen, Weeping Angels. Now, understand that this is a plan for a fairly fearless 7-year-old who doesn’t mind things that are creepy or scary, one who thrives on pondering moral questions and comparative motivations for characters good, bad, and morally gray. I had very little time to cobble together a plan, with assistance from internet friends and websites and leaps of faith. I had a good grasp of the show’s mythology thanks to friends, the internet, and conventions. ![]() I’d seen a few episodes with the Ninth and Tenth Doctors. ![]() It was hampered by the fact that I, myself, was only a neophyte Whovian. I soon found out that we had less than two weeks–14 days packed with other family activities and school and work–before the show vanished from Netflix. He wanted to start watching decades worth of episodes, now. Within another day or two, we beat the game’s initial board and we had acquired the Doctor Who expansion pack. ![]() “What are those angels?” Image: Jill Keppeler He knows a TARDIS when he sees one we’ve just never gotten around to watching.) “And the Doctor? What’s he doing? What’d he say? “That’s the TARDIS, right?” (The child has attended a local fandom convention with us the past few years. The moment he laid eyes on the tiny LEGO-figure representation of the 12th Doctor, it was inevitable. We played through the Wizard of Oz board, then the Simpsons. ![]() I did, perhaps, cackle madly. I knew what was coming. So when, flush with Christmas money, he chose to purchase LEGO Dimensions, I wasn’t surprised. We play our way through them, pure mother and son bonding time, and then emerge to immerse ourselves in the source worlds from whence they came. I’ve always found them to be an excellent way for Younger Son to get interested in properties that have played a big role in our geeky lives: from Marvel to DC, and from Harry Potter to The Lord of the Rings. The LEGO video games have always been a bit of a gateway in our household. ![]()
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