Dr. Who cool or nerdy?

So basically this blog is going to talk about cult movies/television shows and the basic culture around cult. The explanation of how something achieves the cult status and so on and so forth.

The will largely be a focus on sci-fi cult as well so Dr Who, Star Trek Star wars and how technology had aided in this categorising of cult status.

The Dr. Who ethos is one which is well renowned. Even if you have never seen an episode of Dr. Who you've bound to know at least the basics.

Basics [to recap]
- British Sci-fi TV series
- Dr. Who is a mysterious time traveller who battles injustice while exploring space and time with the help of his time machine TARDIS. Which is actually in the shape of a British police box.

- Dr Who. a time lord, has the ability to regenerate when he becomes near death hence the many Dr. Who's over time. This trait is also handy for the producers who are therefore able to 'update' Dr. Who as they see fit with a new look and consequently new personalities.

- To date there have been 10 Dr. Who's.

- The main villain are the Dalek's these extra smart alien robot things which actually look a little like the robot in Star Wars R2D2. It was found that when these creatures appeared on Dr. Who the audiences literally doubled which just shows how much people appreciated the odd creatures.

It seems now according to another blog on popular culture called Forces of Good the pop Princess Kylie Minogue is due to appear with Dr. Who this coming Christmas in America. How funny it is that this cult television show is attracting popular culture icons. Culturally within my experience anyway, Dr. Who and similar sci-fi cult shows have always been tagged as nerdy and by extension very uncool but now we see individuals such as Minogue appearing and bringing a combination of pop culture scenes which is almost too much to compute.

According to Forces of Good the story of this particular Dr. Who episode goes:

"that the latest Doctor (David Tennant) is dealing with a bit of a problem: the Titanic has crashed through the Tardis walls. It seems to me that this suggests some fairly crappy sailing even for the doomed Titanic crew, given how small that Tardis is on the outside – they’d only have to swerve a metre or two to miss it. Anyway, lucky for the Doctor, Kylie is on board as Astrid, a purty little waitress, alongside British comedians and actors Geoffrey Palmer, Clive Swift and Gray O’Brien."

This little visits from icons such as Minogue of course bring in those one off audiences however there is a steady audience which has stayed around for almost 40years now. As mentioned the ability to bring in a new Dr. Who of course lets the show being in continuous update but more so than this we see the technological advancement and the branching of different mediums which i think had kept its audience hooked.

Dr. Who fans are called Whovians however this is used more within media than actually within the culture itself. Along with Dr. Who conventions there are also Fanzine's which are homemade magazines. There is also the Novelisation of Dr. Who which is available in series as well as comics and movies of which there are 2 made thus far. Appearances on such shows as the Simpson's who already have such an extensive fan base has updobtably helped the continuing success of Dr. Who.

Pictures found on Wikipedia.com and on Forces of Good Blogspot.com