I don’t know what it is about time travel stories. I am a science fiction fan in general but there is something about adding a twist of time travel to a story to make things more interesting. Since I was a kid I have been fascinated by them. I think I started thinking about this earlier this week after the new season of Doctor Who came on. I also have thought about what things I like that I can introduce to the baby once she arrives and is old enough.
One of my favorite movies of all time is one that I remember watching as a kid was The Final Countdown. What little boy could resist it? It had aircraft carriers, fighter jets, and time travel. Even today I still think it is a pretty neat plot and I will watch the DVD every now and again.
I started watching Doctor Who in middle school, around 1983 or so. I think I just stumbled upon it changing channels. I started off at the end of Tom Baker. I think I saw bits and pieces of episodes and then the first one I can completely remember was the Warriors Gate. I didn’t understand why soon after the main character changed. i would figure that out later, but to this day I was hooked. Recently David Tennant’s portrail as the Doctor is probably one of my favorites but Peter Davison is also still a favorite. That is most likely because he is the one I remember most growing up since he was what was on the air.
Other shows with a bit of a time travel twist that I couldn’t get enough of were Lost, Journeyman (it got canceled way too soon), and Life on Mars, I am also a sucker for the genre getting drawn into watching stuff that is really bad. I wanted to watch Terra Nova for the premise alone and I haven’t been able to watch more than a handful of episodes. Just because you have good effects does not mean I or anyone else will like something if it doesn’t have a good plot.