i've recently started watching the british series doctor who, it is a science fiction that started in the 60's and ended in the 90's and restarted in 2004, the old series was boring, but teh new series is freaking awesome, and is one of great britain's primary television series the main character in the series is the doctor, the last(or actually second last) survivor of a series called the timelords, a race that fought a war across time and space, and lost.... the doctor, as the last survivor travels through time and space to random/not so random locations with his companions, people, often from earth, he picked up cause he saw something special in them and he wants to show them the universe(cheesy but fun) for teh first part of a cool episode http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh7wwbNsxPY note: the episodes start slowly, but grow exciting quite quickly i heard someone describe this series as: Star trek as the nerds say it is