Doctor Who. The show long since considered Great Britain's Star Trek. In it, a 900-year old alien named the Doctor travels the universe with his companions in a time machine shaped like a blue police box. After a long hiatus, the show was brought back and reinvigorated in 2005. But what are the screenplay cop-outs most commonly used in the series? Here's a list.10.The Doctor's Tardis (Time and Relative Dimensions in Space) only breaks down when it's a key plot point in the story.
9. The more grating an alien's voice is, the more evil the creature is.
8. Evil alien planets are always the same--one religion, one culture, one philosophy, one language, one climate, identical aliens, and often identical clothes.
7. The Doctor, along with many other aliens, have British accents.
6. The skeptical character is always the first to die.
5. If the Doctor decides to revisit a certain point in the Earth's history, it will be the exact same time and place when an evil alien species is secretly planning to take over the world.
4. Often, and for no apparent reason, the Doctor will start running to dramatic music. This is to give the illusion of a big budget. These scenes are often filmed in the suburbs of south England.
3. People in the future (as well as many alien species) talk, act, dress, and look just like normal humans in 21st Century Britain.
2. London is the center of the universe. It's where aliens always come to invade, and it's where the Doctor always comes back to.
And, finally...
1. No one ever notices a blue phone booth suddenly materializing out of thin air. Ever. The Doctor can always find a deserted street in London to park his Tardis on, and even if he goes back to the medieval era, no one will think twice about it.
To be fair, it makes a change from aliens assuming USA is the centre of the universe. And all aliens having American accents?
ReplyDelete#5 has been properly addressed :-) in a big reveal, just like when Star Trek revealed why all the aliens look human.