Dr. Who - The Lazarus Experiment

By Bonehead Brooks

Professor Lazarus claims he can rejuvenate himself with his Genetic Manipulation Device.

The episode of Dr. Who was pretty good this week. It was about a Professor Lazarus who was seeking the fountain of youth. He wanted to try to change himself back to being a young man. He and his wife looked to be in their eighties. He was successful in becoming more youthful, but he paid a price. When he turned himself back young again, he altered his DNA which turned him into a human monster and, of course, Dr. Who end up killing him. He killed him with loud music from an organ in an old church which he couldn’t stand so he lost his balance, fell and died.

The thing that struck me about this episode which was kind of neat is that there really is a difference between the British and the Americans take on how they treat racial characters. The co-star, Freema Agyeman who plays Martha Jones, is black and in this particular episode you get to see her whole family, her mother, her brother and her sister and it was interesting to note that the entire interaction between black and white characters was racially neutral. Those parts could have easily been replaced with white characters playing the same parts and you would not have to replace any of the mannerism, their speech, any interaction between characters. I think that uniquely shows how the British American humor reflects each others culture. If the same episode been written for American television by an American company, the black characters would have had a different interaction in the social mix with the other characters.

But the actual point to the story is that if you mess with nature there is a price to be paid. I believe that is true. There is a price to be paid. Evolution worked a very long time to develop human beings and for man to come along and mess with it, I think you do pay that price. I think that was the main point of the show.