Dr Who

[Motu]

Getting to definatly be a not to be missed show.Tonight was good...thought provoking for those who have lost someone....oh,how I would love to go back and see the father I lost at 13......

Here is another script.....

A young man on his 18th birthday,out on his bike friday night with his brother,who has a pillion on his bike.Pulling off the road to drop off the pillion,the young man is run down on his bike by a drunk - sitting on the road,right leg under the bike,palms and seat of his pants on the road,going along at speed,and his back against the front bumper of a Transit van....he realises he is dead,he has already tried to slide out to the side and started to slip under the van.The van has gone back onto the road and is accelerating.The options are more than slim,they are nonexistant....this is how I die he thinks.....Mums going to be upset.....

Then,when all is lost - he see's his brother standing on the footpath yelling at him....but can't hear what he's saying....but his brother is gesturing with his arms and it's obvious what he's saying - ''up,up,STAND UP!!'' Oh yeah,that's a good idea.And so the young man pulls his leg from under the bike,stands on the engine,turns around and climbs up onto the bumper of the van,holding onto the windscreen wipers.After a Km as the van slows for a corner and runs a red light - he leaps off backwards to the side,landing on the grass verge,falls over backwards....but turns his momenteum into a backwards handspring and lands on his feet.

Later,after a few more dramas involving Police stations,assault,and the perp holding cops at bay with a pistol,which we won't get into - the young man thanks his brother for saving his life by telling him to stand up - ''No,I didn't do that,all I saw was the van go past me with your bike on the front in a shower of sparks,I thought you were dead and was trying to find your body...there was no one else on the road...''

Ok,if you haven't guessed I was the young man - tonights Dr Who with Rose saving her father from being killed....hmmmm.I have never been able to explain what happen...guardian angels,spirit guides....time travellers??? It certainly made an impression on me,marked my life....the single most important thing that's happened to me,I always relive it....and the one thing that doesn't fit......

[Sniper]

I got lost inthe second paragragh. Unfortunatly Im not a huge dr who fan

[riffer]

Motu - I'd love to be able to provide some kind of amazing insight, but TBH it completely eludes me. Some things just aren't meant to be understood, I guess.

Doctor Who was great, however. The only show on telly both the wife and I agree can't be missed. Thursday nights seem to be the only night the kids are in bed on time for some reason...

[ben444]

yeah.. It's good to have something on tv where you have to do a bit of thinkin.. better than some of the mindless dribble that we get bombarded with lately..

[inlinefour]

I was asleep tonight but the VCR got it for me. Not sure which one I like the most, new or old...

[onearmedbandit]

Motu, what an amazing story. I had to read it twice. Would love to know more behind it.

[Motu]

Motu, what an amazing story. I had to read it twice. Would love to know more behind it.

I know you have had a horiffic accident oab,and you came out alive but marked for life....I walked (ran actualy) away with some grazes and blisters,wrecked my boots,oh...and the bike too.I used that road nearly everyday and for 2 years until they resealed I could see the gouges as the van picked me out of the layby and pushed the bike down the road to the next corner where they scraped it off the front of the van on the armco.

I believe I was given a choice that night - to live or die,that death was at my shoulder I have no doubt.There was a way out of my delema,and I only had a short time to act...I wasn't reacting fast enough and some help was needed to push me into action.

I am not religeous,and this didn't change that...I didn't suddenly say that God had saved my life....but I beleive there was some intervention.Who,what I have no idea,but last night it was quite moving seeing Rose watch her father run down and killed.What did it do to me? Maybe not quite what you'd expect...yes I knew I had been saved,for some purpose in my life? But what? I'm not special,never will be,but I knew they weren't going to let me out of this life until I'd done my chore.

What does this do to a teenager who likes to ride fast on motorcycles? Yeah right...I really was indestructable,I've had fair few crashes,and a shit load of frightening near misses,I have never broken a bone and only had grazes and bruising,most in those days wearing no helmet,sneakers and jeans,a leather jacket at most.Was this my superior riding and cat like reflexes...or a guiding hand? I have never claimed to be a good rider,but have put a lot of effort into being a safe one.

I've done my modest deed - 4 beautiful children,and am now a mere mortal,and I really feel that...I am on my own now.....to live or die by your own hand.

[Matt Bleck]

Fuck, what a story. I can't believe you lived thru that!!

[Ixion]

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I am not religeous,and this didn't change that...I didn't suddenly say that God had saved my life....but I beleive there was some intervention.Who,what I have no idea,but last night it was quite moving seeing Rose watch her father run down and killed.What did it do to me? Maybe not quite what you'd expect...yes I knew I had been saved,for some purpose in my life? But what? I'm not special,never will be,but I knew they weren't going to let me out of this life until I'd done my chore.

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Maybe someone thought differently.