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Today's Guest: Cameron K. McEwan, creator of the Blogtor Who blog and author of 'The Who's Who of Doctor Who.' 

 

Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Cameron K. McEwan, creator of the Blogtor Who blog and author of 'The Who's Who of Doctor Who,' by clicking on the video player above! 

Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of well-oiled – and well-heeled -- Daleks that haven’t used the word “Exterminate!” once in my presence … in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida!

When I was a kid, “Doctor Who” repeats on WNET Channel 13, the New York Public Broadcasting Station, were a joke. The sets and costumes were cheap, the drama ludicrous and nobody I knew watched it more than once.

Surely the kids in England weren’t fans of such low-rent superheroes?

Fast-forward a generation and my daughter Rachel became friends with Kara, a girl who, like her dad, John, was a huge Doctor Who fan. Kara turned Rachel on to the show, she shared it with everyone she met – her mother included – and pretty soon all I heard about was The Doctor this, The Doctor that.

Surely, the kid was not hooked on the dreck I saw as a child?
CAMERON K. McEWAN podcast excerpt: "I thought the powers at the BBC might want to keep the Doctor younger, but Peter Capaldi was a good call. Peter is the right man for 2014. He's an absolutely fantastic actor and has great range from comedy to drama. He's also a very familiar actor in the UK and he's a great actor as well. He has everything the fans will love in the Twelfth Doctor."
 

Not even close.

If you have somehow missed out on the cult of one of the most popular television series on the planet, the modern “Doctor Who” is a witty, sexy spectacular of time, space and weirdness. It’s available on BBC America here in the United States and the BBC – and Netflix – the world over.

And this is not even your father’s BBC – for adults, “Doctor

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