Today is April 23 Impossible Astronaut Day #ImpossibleAstronautDay which allows us to celebrate the TV Show Dr Who a show I don’t believe I’ve ever watched. I don’t think Charlie has either. As for David I don’t know if he has or not. Today is our Homeschool where going to watch a couple episodes of classic television Dr Who and see what the Impossible Astronaut is as were working on our lessons plans. Would you like to join us to watch the show?
Impossible Astronaut Day is on April 23 a day when the fans of the super-hit sci-fi series “Doctor Who” celebrate the airing of season six, episode one of the show. I have a question for you. Did you know “Doctor Who” was partly inspired by “Sherlock Holmes”? The first episode of the sixth season of the series premiered on the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1963.
On April 23, 2011, the first episode of the sixth season of the series “Doctor Who” aired on television, called “The Impossible Astronaut”. Doctor Who the sci-fi series appeared for the first time on television in 1963.
Dr Who has attracted fans from different generations and it follows the adventures of the Doctor, who is a time-traveling ‘alien.’ The Doctor travels through time and space in a time machine that is also a spacecraft, called the Tardis. The Tardis looks like an inconspicuous London police box from the 1960s.
Dr Who’s episode “The Impossible Astronaut” quickly became one of the most-watched and appreciated episodes of the series. New alien monsters, called the Silence, were introduced in this episode. The characters were not able to remember that they had seen the alien monsters once they took their eyes away from them. To remind themselves that they have seen the monsters, the characters started putting tally marks on their skin.
To celebrate Impossible Astronaut Day all the Whovians draw tally marks on their skin or parts of their body. As an inside joke, the fans act normal and pretend that they are unaware of why the tally marks are there.
HOW TO CELEBRATE THE IMPOSSIBLE ASTRONAUT DAY
- Watch “The Impossible Astronaut” episode again or if your like me watch it for the first time.
- Make tally marks on your body just like the characters did in “The Impossible Astronaut” episode.
AMAZING FACTS ABOUT THE IMPOSSIBLE ASTRONAUT DAY
- Overall, 12 different actors have played the role of the Doctor in the series.
- The director of the first episode of Dr Who claimed the series was meant to educate kids about the human condition.
- The health problems of the first actor playing the Doctor led to the concept of the regeneration of the Doctor.
- In one of the episodes, it is shown that the Tardis could blend into the time and place it traveled to but because one of its circuits was broken, it stayed in the form of a ’60s police phone box permanently.
WHY PEOPLE LOVE THE IMPOSSIBLE ASTRONAUT DAY
- The setting of the episode was gorgeous and its raw cinematic feel was one of the best we have seen.
- The opening of this episode shows the killing off of the main character of the series, which was a distinctly shocking opening for fans..
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
