Doctor Who

Who it's for

The show's premise, a lonely time traveller who keeps choosing kindness and curiosity, gives long-running comfort and a steady message that ordinary people matter.

Feelings it meets

• Depression
• Existential Anxiety
• Starting Over
• Grief
• Loneliness

What it is

Doctor Who is a BBC science-fiction series created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson. It ran from 1963 to 1989, returned in a 1996 television film, and was revived in 2005. It follows the Doctor, a Time Lord who travels through time and space in the TARDIS with human companions and periodically regenerates into a new body.

Where to find it

BBC production; streams on BBC iPlayer in the UK. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.

Before you start

Heads up: Character deaths; a suicide referenced.

Age: Not verified (TV-PG from knowledge; suggested 10+)

The world has kissed my soul with its pain, asking for its return in songs.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 167