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73 Yards: The Most Overrated Doctor Who Story of All Time

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  Fig. 1 Like The Seventh Seal (Bergman, 1957), except mean and dumb. C/W:   mental health issues, suicide, self-harm, homelessness, sexual abuse, domestic violence, terrorism, fascism. Sorry about the formatting inconsistencies. Blogger is a bit weird sometimes. Pilot: A Brief Timeline of Fandom and Anti-Fandom The first time I remember watching Doctor Who (BBC Television, 2005-present) was in 2005, when the first episode of the revival aired. For the next five years, it was one of my favourite shows and one of my main interests. In 2010, it became my number one fixation, and it was here that I started watching the Classic Series (BBC Television, 1963-1989), among other things. But things soured for me in 2011; I really didn't like Series Six for various reasons, and it essentially coloured my view of the franchise in general. By 2013, I had decided I wasn't a Doctor Who fan anymore and hadn't watched it again until around 2017 or so, when I listened to a couple of the...