


Can you imagine what their script department would have wanted, and what I would have wanted? It would have been the biggest battle. Landing the Tardis on board the Enterprise would have been magnificent. I would have loved to have done a Star Trek crossover.

Davies, responding to the question, "Why do you think people love Doctor Who so much?" on BBC Wales Today (20 July 2004) Because it's the best idea ever invented in the history of the world!.Andrew Crome, “Doctor Who: Time travel through faith”, BBC, (22 November 2013).While it has never pronounced directly upon the existence of God, Doctor Who's narrative is open enough to be read positively by both believers and atheists as supporting their world view. This is a show that attacks false gods and superstition, while at the same time admitting that immortal beings beyond our perception exist. The breadth and depth of its mythology help us do this, whatever our view on religion. Doctor Who can help us contemplate a range of different moral and religious scenarios, allowing us to explore in a fictional setting the way we think about beliefs and ethical viewpoints which differ from our own.When I was a kid, 15-year-old girls didn't watch Doctor Who. The competition winner from Doctor Who magazine was on set today, a 15-year-old girl. It's not a working-class thing, it's not a middle-class thing. T's got that cross-generational appeal, which few other things have.
