Like THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD (U.$. CEO Ronald Reagan), William Hartnell as Dr. Who comes across as more than just a tad "away in the head." The Daffy Doc often sets in motion events that end up backfiring on him. Although his newfound nemises, the Daleks, are just about as spineless in their protective cocoons as the current crop of Democrats in this country, the good doctor must rely on his unwitting and often unwilling allies to save his proverbial bacon. While the fx are a bit on the low-end side (the Daleks use toilet plungers as all-purpose tools, their limbs having atrophied) and the storyline(s) something less than compelling, it's the overall effect that's important: DR. WHO is Entertaining. Imaginative. It's easy to see why he's lasted (in various reincarnations) so long.
Review of Doctor Who
