I’ve become a big Doctor Who fan, and as soon as Season 7 started, I subscribed on ITunes. Who would have thought that by doing so I would learn the answer to a true historical mystery.
My younger readers may be surprised to learn that there was a time when those of us on the left were quite convinced that no president could be worse, or more evil, than Richard Nixon. Those were innocent days, as we’ve since learned that, paranoid as he was, Nixon just can’t measure up to two of his Republican successors, not to mention whatever Republican we happen to get next. These days he looks like a moderate-certainly not bat shit crazy enough to be even considered for a place on the Republican’s national ticket. Still, at the time we felt that the world had been freed from true evil when he was brought down by the tape recordings he himself had made.
But, back to the Doctor. Turns out that the Doctor is the reason Nixon installed those tape recorders in the Oval Office, something that was previously a mystery. You’ll just have to watch to find out why. There’s no way I could explain it, except to say that it’s nice to know that the Doctor rid the Earth of an entire race of evil aliens and Richard Nixon all in one fell swoop.
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