Doctor Who fans come from all walks of life and, of course, all time periods – including, it seems, nuns in the 1960s…
Episode four of the eighth series of BBC1’s Sunday night drama Call the Midwife saw Sister Monica Joan, the elderly nun played by Judy Parfitt, fangirling over an early outing for First Doctor William Hartnell and his companions. Although the other residents of Nonnatus House weren’t quite so impressed…
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As Monica Joan was glued to a black and white TV set watching 1964 serial The Aztecs, Nurse Phyllis Crane (Linda Bassett) delivered a less-than-favourable verdict of the show: “I can’t be doing with this. Grown men running about in fancy dress, making out a phone box can travel through space and time!”
And after she left the room, Nurse Lucille Anderson (Leonie Elliott) suggested that the group listen to the radio instead.
Monica Joan was undeterred, however. “But it’s so exciting!” she enthused. “The Doctor’s assistant has just been mistaken for an ancient high priestess who seeks to exploit her influence to outlaw human sacrifice!”
The midwives from Call the Midwives watch Doctor Who – The Aztecs. pic.twitter.com/CuqPZBENs0
— Matthew Purchase (@TheCyberdevil) February 3, 2019
Although the midwives opted for the radio in the end, Whovians absolute loved The Doctor’s brief appearance.
Sister Monica Joan being a Doctor Who fan added 5 years to my life #callthemidwife
— 📣GAVIN⁉️ (@ShinySeviper) February 3, 2019
I’m a few minutes behind on #callthemidwife but LET SISTER MONICA JOAN WATCH DOCTOR WHO, YOU MONSTERS
— Rachel Scowcroft (@RachelScowcroft) February 3, 2019
The original Doctor Who on #CallTheMidwife pic.twitter.com/hYl2SWO7h1
— Angry Ghosted Girl (@AngryGhosted) February 3, 2019
THEY'RE WATCHING DOCTOR WHO ON #callthemidwife! Love it! pic.twitter.com/Mf3gvMAFs2
— Sophie Armishaw 🌈 (@sophiearmishaw) February 3, 2019
Even if some fans noticed how this created a fantastic paradox concerning the two shows.
A paradox has just been created in #callthemidwife by the nuns watching #Doctorwho, because in the Tsuranga Conundrum Graham said that he knew how to be a midwife from watching Call the Midwife, meaning that they both exist at TV series in each others universes.
— Jamie Robinson (@JamieRo1997) February 3, 2019
Let’s just hope that Monica Joan will be allowed to watch the end of The Aztecs at some point – it’s in that story that The Doctor accidentally gets engaged to a woman after sharing a cup of cocoa. Not even Nurse Crane could fail to enjoy that.
This article was originally published on 4 February 2019
from Radio Times http://bit.ly/2vsrWmn
