Doctor Who

It's a weird show, and it is so appealing to Americans for that exact reason. And what makes it weird is it's unamericanism. It looks like every other show on television, and it certainly has the same production value as any other sci-fi show in America, but this show is different. The plot decides turn in a direction that you don't see coming and then just keeps going. Doctor Who is a perfect example of a TV show that could go on forever, and it was designed to do exactly that. The main character can be reborn as anyone, any age, any race, and even any gender, and whose personality is just as flexible. Most of the American shows that do that are total crap and make me angry because I feel like the TV companies are screwing me. The key difference is the complex plots. I'm only on season 3 but I can already say that this is a show that no American station would make. The biggest thing for me is the return of characters. Seemingly unimportant characters return, and become a huge part of the grand plot, and there is always hope that your favorite character from an episode will comeback. And the grand plot doesn't stand in the way of each individual story. Every episode someone dies, and even though the Doctor always lives, he does fail, and that's what makes the show so unamerican. The protagonist loses. Even though we start to see this is some of the new television shows this is the only TV show that I have watched where the main character loses every episode. The Doctor is trying to save people, but he can never save everyone.  He is faced with constant failure, and he travels through time having to deal with all of it. That's a more honest and human story than the majority of American television shows in the past 50 years.
One of my favorite aspects about the Doctor is that he is flesh, and he can die. He freaks out the same amount during an invasion of the strongest species ever created and when he is stuck on a spaceship heading towards the sun. He is an all powerful alien but yet he carries no weapons, no armor, and nothing much other than his sonic screwdriver and his psychic paper. And even without the TARDIS the doctor is basically powerless, he needs the ship to travel through time, and yet his race is still called the time lords.  
The show isn't for everyone, but for anyone who gives it the chance, it'll be a great experience. The day of the Doctor is coming soon, and I know I have four seasons to watch but I wanna be caught up by the next regeneration of the Doctor. I plan to blog much more about Doctor Who, because that show gives you so much to talk about.