Who On Netflix Monologue

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The morning sun peaked through the crawling mist that endlessly rolled over the sea of grass known as my backyard. It was late fall and a chill was in the air, a biting warning that threatened a bitter winter to come. I had intentionally awoken early this particular morning, but planned to return to my bedroom as soon as the deed had been done. The deed, anticlimactically enough, was to simply watch the beginning episode of Doctor Who on Netflix. I settled down on the sofa, while surrounded in a blanket that felt as soft as a kitten, and focused on the screen. The seamless mix of orchestra and electronic tones melded together in a minor key that evolved in a major key and then back to minor. I was swept away with the other-earthliness …show more content…

I had only conceived the actors as being the characters not actors playing characters. The proposed concept was intriguing. There was so many things that could work within the guidelines the writers set up! But the strongest quality, the most outstanding factor, was the wit. It shone not unlike the morning sun through the fog, glistening with a promise for the future. A promise of quality, maybe now they didn’t have the technology for better effects* but at the show progressed that it would get better! As long as the writing maintained the same high quality it had started with, I would be willing to stay for the …show more content…

2013 had been Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary. My friends had been buzzing with the news. This was the first I had ever heard of the show and since it was the longest running sci-fi live action show of all time naturally it caught my attention. I soon forgot about it with all the stress of that year. But that circumstance planted a seed of significance in my mind. By the start of my senior year I was ready to expand my interests. I began asking around to find out where I could watch the show. Fortunately for me, it was on Netflix something I could access quite easily. Due to my outspoken appreciation for superheroes, Star Wars, and Harry Potter, many people had actually recommended it to me earlier in the year. But even though it was because of people's suggestions that I watched the first episode, it was ultimately my decision to go forward! I adore the show, but it quickly became a potentially destructive obsession. After I decided to watch the second episode, I spiraled into binge-watching. I would cram any available time and even some unavailable time chock full of episodes of the British sci-fi show. I started waking up at 5:15 AM, to watch before school, coming home at 3:15 PM and immediately rushing to continue. Luckily, schoolwork was delightfully light at that time, so my grades didn't suffer as much as they should have. As time went on, my watching schedule

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