Mcgann mercy. McGann-Mercy High School Property Acquired by Peconic Bay Medical Center Foundation: Expanding Healthcare Services in Riverhead

How did Peconic Bay Medical Center Foundation acquire the former McGann-Mercy High School property. What are the plans for the 24.8-acre site adjacent to the medical center’s main campus. How will this acquisition impact healthcare services in Riverhead.

Acquisition Details: PBMC Foundation’s $14 Million Purchase

The Peconic Bay Medical Center (PBMC) Foundation has successfully acquired the former Bishop McGann-Mercy High School property from the Diocese of Rockville Centre. This significant acquisition, finalized for $14 million, encompasses a sprawling 24.8-acre site situated adjacent to PBMC’s main campus in Riverhead. The deal, which had been in the works for some time, was officially sealed last week through a remote closing process, necessitated by the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

Andrew Mitchell, President and CEO of PBMC, expressed enthusiasm about the purchase, stating, “There was no way we could pass up on 24 contiguous acres.” This sentiment underscores the strategic importance of the acquisition for the medical center’s future growth and expansion plans.

Timeline of the Acquisition

• February 5: Contract of sale signed
• Last week: Deal finalized through remote closing

Historical Significance: From Catholic Education to Healthcare Hub

The property has a rich history dating back to 1956 when it was founded as Mercy High School by the Sisters of Mercy in Brooklyn. Over the years, it underwent several transformations:

1. 1962: Dedication of the building on Ostrander Avenue
2. 1994: Expansion to include a junior high school
3. 2002: Partnership with the Diocese of Rockville Centre
4. 2003: Renamed Bishop McGann-Mercy Diocesan High School
5. 2018: Closure of the school due to financial challenges

The Diocese of Rockville Centre had initially purchased the property from the Sisters of Mercy in February 2006 for $3.76 million. The decision to close the school in 2018 was attributed to dwindling enrollment and increasing annual subsidies, which totaled over $16 million from 2007 to 2017.

Future Vision: PBMC’s Plans for the McGann-Mercy Property

While PBMC has no immediate plans for the property, the acquisition opens up a world of possibilities for expanding healthcare services in the Riverhead area. Andrew Mitchell outlined the foundation’s approach, stating, “Over the next year, the PBMC Foundation will seek Riverhead Town and broad community input to develop a long-range strategic plan for the campus.”

This collaborative approach demonstrates PBMC’s commitment to ensuring that the future use of the property aligns with the needs and desires of the local community. The foundation’s chair, Emilie Roy Corey, emphasized that the purchase allows the hospital to “proceed in planning for the continuation of service to the community with much needed expanded health care services.”

Potential Healthcare Expansions

• Additional clinical programs
• Expanded medical facilities
• Enhanced community health initiatives
• Possible research and education centers

Community Impact: Transforming Education Legacy into Healthcare Future

The acquisition of the McGann-Mercy property by PBMC Foundation represents a significant shift in the site’s purpose, transitioning from an educational institution to a potential healthcare hub. This change has been met with mixed emotions in the community, particularly among former students, faculty, and staff of the high school.

To honor the legacy of the school and its impact on the community, PBMC Foundation has announced plans to create a “Heritage Honor Wall” within the hospital. This initiative aims to recognize and preserve the school’s history, providing a tangible link between the property’s past and its future role in serving the community’s health needs.

Honoring the Past, Looking to the Future

• Creation of a “Heritage Honor Wall” in the hospital
• Outreach to alumni for input and memories
• Preservation of the site’s educational legacy
• Integration of historical elements into future development plans

PBMC’s Growth Trajectory: Expanding Services and Facilities

The acquisition of the McGann-Mercy property is just the latest step in PBMC’s ongoing expansion efforts. Since becoming part of the Northwell Health system in January 2016, the medical center has been steadily growing its clinical programs, services, and facilities. Notable recent developments include:

• Opening of the Corey Critical Care Pavilion
• Establishment of the Kanas Regional Heart Center
• Expansion of various medical specialties and services

With the addition of the 24.8-acre McGann-Mercy site, PBMC is poised for even more significant growth in the coming years. The expansive property provides ample space for new facilities, parking, and other healthcare-related developments that could dramatically enhance the medical center’s capacity to serve the Riverhead community and surrounding areas.

Challenges and Opportunities: Repurposing the Former School Site

While the acquisition presents numerous opportunities for PBMC, it also comes with its share of challenges. Repurposing a former school campus for healthcare use will require careful planning, significant investments, and potentially complex renovations or new construction projects.

Key Considerations for Site Development

• Assessing the condition and adaptability of existing structures
• Navigating zoning and regulatory requirements for healthcare facilities
• Balancing preservation of historical elements with modern healthcare needs
• Ensuring adequate infrastructure to support advanced medical technologies
• Creating a cohesive campus that integrates with the existing PBMC facilities

By addressing these challenges thoughtfully, PBMC has the opportunity to create a state-of-the-art healthcare campus that could serve as a model for other community hospitals looking to expand their services and facilities.

Community Engagement: Shaping the Future of Healthcare in Riverhead

PBMC’s commitment to seeking community input in developing the long-range strategic plan for the campus demonstrates a collaborative approach to healthcare planning. This engagement process could involve:

• Town hall meetings to gather public opinions and ideas
• Surveys of local residents to assess healthcare needs and preferences
• Consultations with community leaders and healthcare professionals
• Partnerships with local organizations to ensure diverse perspectives are considered

By involving the community in the planning process, PBMC aims to create a healthcare facility that truly reflects and serves the needs of Riverhead and the surrounding areas. This approach could lead to innovative solutions and services that might not have been considered without local input.

Economic Implications: Boosting Riverhead’s Healthcare Sector

The acquisition and future development of the McGann-Mercy property by PBMC Foundation could have significant economic implications for Riverhead and the broader East End region. Potential economic benefits include:

• Creation of new healthcare jobs across various specialties
• Increased demand for supporting businesses and services
• Attraction of medical professionals to the area
• Enhanced property values in surrounding neighborhoods
• Potential for medical tourism, bringing visitors to the region for specialized treatments

As PBMC expands its services and facilities, it could become an even more significant economic driver for the region, contributing to Riverhead’s growth and development as a healthcare hub on Long Island’s East End.

Potential Economic Impact Metrics

1. Number of new jobs created
2. Increase in local tax revenue
3. Growth in related business sectors (e.g., medical supply companies, pharmacies)
4. Rise in property values within proximity to the expanded medical campus
5. Increase in overall economic activity in Riverhead

By carefully planning and executing the development of the McGann-Mercy property, PBMC has the potential to not only enhance healthcare services but also contribute significantly to the local economy.

Peconic Bay Medical Center Foundation acquires McGann-Mercy High School property

Peconic Bay Medical Center Foundation has acquired the former Bishop McGann-Mercy High School site from the Diocese of Rockville Centre.

The medical center foundation paid $14 million for the 24.8-acre site adjacent to Peconic Bay Medical Center’s main campus in Riverhead, PBMC president and CEO Andrew Mitchell said.

The property has been unoccupied since the diocese closed the junior-senior high school in June 2018. The diocese announced the closing in March of that year, stunning school families, faculty, staff and the Riverhead community.

A contract of sale was signed Feb. 5 and the deal was finalized last week in a closing that took place remotely over several days, due to the coronavirus crisis.

View of Bishop McGann-Mercy Diocesan High School building from a window in PBMC’s new intensive care unit. File photo: Denise Civiletti

PBMC has no immediate plans for the property, Mitchell said.

“Over the next year, the PBMC Foundation will seek Riverhead Town and broad community input to develop a long-range strategic plan for the campus,” Mitchell said.

Peconic Bay Medical Center, which became part of the Northwell Health system in January 2016, has been expanding its clinical programs and services as well as its facilities, including the recently opened Corey Critical Care Pavilion and Kanas Regional Heart Center.

The purchase allows the hospital to “proceed in planning for the continuation of service to the community with much needed expanded health care services,” PBMC Foundation chair Emilie Roy Corey said in a statement.

When the diocese announced the school closure in March 2018, “we were as surprised as anyone,” Mitchell said.

PBMC had for years leased a portion of a school parking lot to relieve its longstanding parking shortage at the Riverhead facility. But the potential availability of the entire site was of interest to hospital officials.

Mitchell, who is also president and chief executive officer of PBMC Foundation, said the foundation didn’t seek to discuss a possible purchase with the diocese until after Riverhead Central School District officials announced last year the McGann-Mercy site would not meet its needs and it would look to add classroom capacity by other means.

He indicated to the Riverhead Planning Board in September that the hospital might be entering into negotiations with the diocese to buy the site.

“There was no way we could pass up on 24 contiguous acres,” Mitchell said this weekend.

Satellite image: Google Earth

The Diocese of Rockville Centre purchased the property from the Sisters of Mercy in February 2006 for $3.76 million.

The school was founded as Mercy High School in 1956 by the Sisters of Mercy in Brooklyn. It was housed in a temporary building on Roanoke Avenue until its building on Ostrander Avenue was completed and dedicated in 1962. The school expanded to include a junior high school in September 1994.

In 2002, the school entered into a partnership with the Diocese of Rockville Centre and in September 2003, the school was officially renamed Bishop McGann-Mercy Diocesan High School, honoring the second bishop of the diocese.

McGann-Mercy was the only Catholic high school on the East End. The diocese said dwindling enrollment and increasing annual subsidies, totaling more than $16 million from 2007 to 2017, factored into its decision to close the school in 2018. At the same time, the diocese also closed two local elementary schools, Our Lady of Mercy in Cutchogue and St. Isidore School in Riverhead and established St. John Paul II Regional School at the St. Isidore site in Riverhead.

After the diocese announced in March 2018 that the school would close down in June, school families and alumni formed a group to try to save the school. After it became clear the diocese would not entertain the idea, the group sought to establish an independent Catholic high school there as a STEAM magnet school. But the group’s negotiations with the diocese did not bear fruit.

“Knowing that this property, which has been dormant since the school closed, will in the future provide much-needed healthcare for the community, will be a great tribute to St. Catherine McCauley, the founder of the Sisters of Mercy,” diocesan communications director Sean Dolan said in a statement.

PBMC Foundation will reach out to alumni to create a “Heritage Honor Wall” in the hospital to recognize the legacy of the school, Mitchell said. 

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Bishop McGann-Mercy High School to close

The Diocese of Rockville Center will be closing Bishop McGann-Mercy High School at the end of this school year.

High school students not yet graduating can transfer to St. John the Baptist Diocesan High School in West Islip, according to an announcement from the diocese. The diocese will provide transportation, guidance counseling and tuition grants to students who continue at a diocesan school, according to a statement released Monday.

“This is heartbreaking for our students,” Bishop John Barres said in a video posted March 9 on YouTube and shared on the high school’s Facebook page Monday afternoon. “This decision is heartbreaking for their dear families, their dear parents. This decision is heartbreaking for our dedicated faculty, our dedicated staff, our principal and all who’ve been touched by the great experience of Catholic education at McGann-Mercy.”

The diocese is also consolidating its East End elementary schools — Our Lady of Mercy in Cutchogue and St. Isidore in Riverhead. All students will attend school at the St. Isidore building, and the school will be renamed to John Paul II Regional School, he said.

The two elementary schools will close at the end of the school year in June, and the new John Paul II Regional School will open in September 2018. It will offer classes for students in nursery school through 8th grade.

Bishop Barres said the decisions were made “because of a number of factors, such as decreasing enrollment and some demographic changes.”

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The dioceses said there has been a 37 percent decline in combined enrollment of all three schools since 2011, and noted they don’t see any signs of enrollment increasing in the near future.

That decrease can be seen in each grade, with 91 students currently enrolled in 12th grade, and only 55 enrolled in the eighth grade.

St. Isidore School had 104 students enrolled in kindergarten through 8th grade, the dioceses said. Our Lady of Mercy Regional has an enrollment of 53 students in kindergarten through 6th grade, with only three students in the first grade.

The dioceses also cited rising costs as one of the main factors leading to its decision, saying it spent $16.3 million between 2007 and the 2016-17 school year at McGann-Mercy High School, and are expected to spend another $2.3 million during the current school year.

At St. Isidore, another $475,000 is needed for the current school year. A $600,000 subsidy is needed for Our Lady of Mercy Regional for the 2017-18 school year.

The diocese has developed staffing and logistical plans and will share details at upcoming informational meetings and open houses. It also established a hotline, (516) 280-4124, where parents, students, faculty and staff can call for more information. They can also visit www.eastendcatholicschools.org.

“Our goal is that these measures will strengthen Catholic schools on Long Island,” Bishop Barres said. “The sad truth is that it has become increasingly unfeasible to maintain these schools financially. As is often the case in these situations, the only real course of action is to combine our resources in new and creative ways so that we can provide a more robust and compelling educational experience across the entire system, in keeping with our mission to serve the people of Long Island.”

The dioceses said the new elementary school will include an enhanced Early Childhood Education Center, a strengthened elementary education program and a middle school academy program featuring a Science, Technology, Religion, Engineering, Art and Math (STREAM) curriculum.

“Strengthening enrollment at St. John Paul II Regional School in Riverhead and at our remaining diocesan high schools will create a more vibrant and effective Catholic educational environment,” said Dr. Kathleen Walsh, superintendent of schools, Diocese of Rockville Centre, said in a statement. “We are deeply committed to providing the best Catholic educational experience possible across all 55 elementary and secondary schools in the diocese. ”

The partnership with Mercy and the Diocese of Rockville Centre began in 2002 and the school was officially renamed Bishop McGann-Mercy High School in 2003. The school’s origin dates back more than 60 years when it was founded by the Sisters of Mercy and the original school was housed in a temporary building on Roanoke Avenue, according to a history page on the school’s website.

Who will be the Thirteenth Doctor in the Doctor Who series

Peter Capaldi leaves Doctor Who, and bookmakers promote a woman to the role of the next Doctor – Olivia Colman became the main favorite, Helena Bonham Carter and Tilda Swinton are among the contenders, but men There are still more actors.

“They’ll Throw Me in the Trash”

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The final season featuring Peter Capaldi will begin in the spring of 2017, with the final episode featuring the Twelfth Doctor in December. Thus, another reincarnation of Doctor Who will take place in the next Christmas special. Capaldi leaves his post with a sense of accomplishment.

“I’m sad, I love Doctor Who. It was a great pleasure to work with his team.

But I have many other projects, I have never done the same thing for three years,” the Scottish actor told the BBC radio station.

The epic rebirth of the Doctor has been going on for more than half a century: the first series was released on November 23, 1963. The protagonist – actually Doctor Who – lives in a spaceship called the Tardis, which looks like a blue police box,

travels through time and space and saves individuals and entire nations.

The series aired for over 30 years, in the middle of the 2000s it was resumed after a break – and since then a new numbering of seasons has begun (the tenth starts in April), although the serial numbers of the Doctors go back to the sixties. The hero usually has a companion or companion, and his permanent enemy are creatures called “daleks”.

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It was previously reported that the departure of Peter Capaldi is not the only loss for the series. In December 2016, the screenwriter and producer of the project, Steven Moffat, announced that he would leave work on Doctor Who if there was a worthy replacement in his place. And the eleventh season of the series will be handled by Chris Chinbell, who worked on Alien Hunters, a spin-off of Doctor Who.

“It took quite a bit of gin and tonic to get Chris to talk, but I’m delighted that such an important person in British television will lead the time lord further into the future,” Steven Moffat said. From the start of Season 11, Chris Chibnall will be the new Doctor Who showrunner. And they’ll throw me in the trash.”

Many Doctors

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The first Doctor was William Hartnell, who to today’s audience looks more like the old Potter Ollivander than the sarcastic Time Lord. At 19Patrick Troughton succeeded him in 1966, John Pertwee became the Third Doctor, Tom Baker the Fourth, Peter Davison the Fifth, Colin Baker the Sixth, Sylvester McCoy the Seventh, and Paul McGann the Eighth.

In 1996, the series was suspended and returned to the screens after almost 10 years with the episode “Rose”, where the audience saw the famous actor Christopher Eccleston as the ninth reincarnation of the Doctor.

He was soon replaced by David Tennant, who lasted in this role longer than others, Matt Smith became the Eleventh Doctor in 2010, and finally, in 2013, the Twelfth Doctor was reborn as Peter Capaldi.

There were so many Doctors that the writers couldn’t help but push them into each other.

This was perfectly acceptable, given the heroes’ constant time travel. So, in the series “The Day of the Doctor” (2013), several Doctors appeared at once, which caused great delight among long-time fans of the series.

Perfume Doctor

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Talk about the next Doctor began almost immediately after the appearance of Peter Capaldi in the series – fans did not believe that the Scottish actor would remain a master of time for a long time. However, Capaldi took root, and his announcement of his future resignation even sounded somewhat unexpected – although not as much as the departure of Stephen Moffat that preceded him. Be that as it may, viewers will still see the Twelfth Doctor – the new season with his participation starts in April of this year – but now they have to rack their brains over who will replace him.

Of course, the creators of the series did not make any statements – the time has not yet come for official releases.

The bookmakers are taking the rap for them (and for a long time), actively accepting bets on the actor who will become the Thirteenth. When Capaldi made his announcement, Ben Whishaw, of Perfume, Cloud Atlas and Q’s role in the last two James Bond movies, was at the forefront of fan preference. However, he was not much ahead of his competitors, and his leadership was by and large just a formality that could end at any moment. And so it happened.

Lots of women

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The very next day, the betting list of contenders for the role of the next Doctor was headed by a woman – actress Olivia Colman.

Doctor Who has long been accused of being white male Doctors, and modern times demanded more modern approaches to familiar characters. For the role of agent 007, the black Idris Elba has been tipped for years, and in the series about the master of time, many would like to see a woman as the main character – especially since the explanation of the change of actors in the franchise (the Doctor can take on any appearance) allows such liberties. By the way, the actresses are ready to serve Her Majesty in the dangerous missions of James Bond, but this possibility has not yet been seriously discussed.

Colman has already appeared in the series once, in the very first episode in 2010, when the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) was introduced to the audience.

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The creators of the series did not object to the female version of the Doctor either – the same Moffat in an interview said that this is quite possible, and he sees no reason to discard such a version of the development of events. British bookmaker William Hill is taking bets on her participation in the next season of Doctor Who at an 8/1 rate, but, like in the case of Wishaw (he is now fifth at 12/1 stakes), her victory is not guaranteed by anything. There are three 10/1 actors right next to each other: James Norton (Andrey Volkonsky in the recent War and Peace miniseries), Rhys Shearsmith (also appeared in several episodes of The Doctor) and Richard Ayoade.

Ayoade, by the way, can also become something new for the series – there have been no black Doctors in their entire history.

Other potential female Doctors, according to bookmakers, cannot count on winning yet. The list includes Hayley Atwell (TV series “Agent Carter” and two film comics about “The First Avenger”), Gemma Arterton (Bond girl from “Quantum of Solace”)

and even the very well-deserved Helena Bonham Carter and Tilda Swinton, who should be presented as the Doctor still difficult.

The bookies are also not sure that Benedict Cumberbatch can become the Doctor (it is unlikely that he will cheat on Sherlock – if only with full-length blockbusters), Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne (also hardly connects his future with the TV series about the traveler from the Tardis) and Stephen Fry who, however, may agree. It is hardly worth counting on the presence of Idris Elba in the next season of the series – he will rather wait for an invitation from the creators of Bond, and he has where to spend time before this significant moment.

Doctor Who / Doctor Who – “52 years of broadcast, 36 seasons, 13 faces of the Doctor, millions of fans around the world … And this is not the limit! 6 reasons to watch the series and fall in love with the main character, the lessons that I learned from the series; look at old school and new school.

November 23, 1963. For some, this is an ordinary day in history that does not have any remarkable events, but for doctoral novelists this day is of great importance. Yes, many of us have not yet been born, but this day has already entered our history. And all because 52 years ago, the first episode of the sci-fi series 9 was released.0091 Doctor Who – “Unearthly Child”.

The First Doctor (1963-1966) and his companions: Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright and Susan Foreman.

I am sure that the people gathered around the TV did not even suspect that this day would go down in history as the beginning of the highest rated series, and the audience would become a kind of legend, because they were the first people who came into contact with the Doctor Who universe and saw the beginning of the adventure Main character. And of course, viewers of that time could not have known that even after 52 years, millions of fans around the world would gather with great pleasure at TV screens or in cinema halls to enjoy watching the same series and see new adventures of the same protagonist. No, in that day, no one could have imagined that the series would become so successful. The audience, just out of curiosity and interest, turned on their black-and-white TVs, from where they heard the mysteriously enchanting, mysteriously attractive and bewitching sounds of the melody, which became the title theme of the series. A close-up blue police box appeared on the screen – the future hallmark of the series. All viewers during the viewing became Barbara and Ian. It is now, we know the Doctor and some of his secrets, we studied the interior of the TARDIS, we saw that it is larger inside than outside, so in our time this is not such a surprise. And then all the spectators were on equal terms, they, like Barbara and Ian, knew nothing about the secrets of the mysterious Susan and her no less mysterious grandfather. The audience speculated about where Susan’s amazing knowledge came from and watched with growing interest as Barbara and Ian came to the dump to follow the mysterious girl. Echoing the heroes, people wondered where Susan might be hiding. And I think that the audience shared the shock and surprise of the characters when they got inside the TARDIS and saw that the police box was bigger inside than outside. Well, then Barbara, Ian and viewers were waiting for an acquaintance with a mysterious, eccentric, eccentric alien who called himself the Doctor. It is unlikely that this irritable, quick-tempered, grumbling, arrogant old man aroused sympathy from the audience. The First Doctor was more of an anti-hero: he ran away from danger, leaving heroes in trouble, did not think about the consequences, acting selfishly. The doctor was not used to taking care of anyone, because he traveled alone and thought only of himself. Therefore, with great reluctance and reluctance, he lets Barbara and Ian into his life, and at the same time all the viewers, lifting the veil of the secret of his personality and living with us amazing and exciting adventures that have stretched to our days (and I am sure that history does not know end, and the Doctor’s adventures will continue for a very long time to come).

The Second Doctor (1966-1969) and his companions: Zoe Heriot and Jamie McCrimmon.

For half a century, the series has gone through a lot: the replacement of the main characters, the transition from black-and-white to color, the change in the duration of the release of the series, the change in filming technology (if primitive film technologies were used in the first series of 63 years, impressive special effects are already used in the series of our time) , changing the era and atmosphere of life (each season of the classic and new Doctor acts as a mirror in which, through the characters, plot and shooting, you can see the time and atmosphere of the period in which the series was filmed). But most importantly, the series survived several possible closures, reached our generation and we learned about the existence of a great series!

Third Doctor (1970-1974)

The Fourth Doctor (1974-1981)

My acquaintance with the Doctor happened on March 27, 2006, and then continued in the summer of 2008, when the revived series began to be broadcast on the STS channel. But since I was still small and was not familiar with the impressive history of the Doctor, the series seemed to me not as exciting and interesting as it is for me now. I didn’t understand a lot of things, so I reacted somewhat coolly to the series, considering it a little ordinary at first. A little later, I realized that I liked the series so much, I noted it for myself, changing my point of view and recognizing that the series is quite peculiar. But some ideas and plots seemed crazy and abnormal even for me, and something completely frightened. Therefore, then there was no thought that I could become a fan of this series. But everything happened somehow by itself.

As time went on (sometime after the summer of 2008), I couldn’t forget the series. Yes, the Doctor was no longer shown on TV in Russia (STS did not buy the rights to future seasons). And I started downloading episodes on the Internet, simultaneously being interested in information about Doctor Who (but all this happened not in a couple of days, but in 2-3 years). And around 2010, I discovered the world of Doctor Who. I saw that the Doctor’s world is much deeper and wider than I had imagined before. This world interested me very much, and I gladly plunged into it with my head, learning new facts and information about the series. And over time, I suddenly realized that I really like the world of the Doctor, he completely captured me, and I feel very comfortable in it. And every day the sympathy, which grew into love, became stronger and stronger.

But I became a real doctoromaniac and a fan of the series in 2013-2014.

First , I finally accepted Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor, realizing that every Doctor is different and every regeneration should be different and not a copy of the previous Doctor. Anyone can find their own Doctor.

Secondly , 2013 was a special year as the series celebrated its 50th anniversary! It was a holiday for the Huvians all over the world. every month there was an issue of Doctor Revisited, where each Doctor was remembered. The film “Adventures in Space and Time” was released, where they told the story of the creation of the series. Even google released a doodle game in honor of the anniversary. In general, then there were so many surprises for doctoral novelists)))

Doodle game Doctor Who to the 50th series (2013)

But the culmination of the holiday was the screening of the series “The Day of the Doctor” in cinemas on November 23, 24. How cool it was! There were so many emotions, we laughed, and cried and yelled at the top of our voices, and at the end there was a stormy flurry of applause)))

The Fifth Doctor (1981-1984) and his companions: Tigan Jovanka and Adrik

And, thirdly, , from August 2014 to April 2015 I watched all 26 seasons of the old school series! Of course, at first it was not easy to switch from a modern series to non-color series, I even stopped watching old school for half a year, but then I watched all the series at once with excitement! It was amazing! I finally found out how the legend began, saw how the (later famous) enemies of the Doctor appeared in the series: the Daleks, the Cybermen, the Zygons. And, of course, I met hitherto unknown faces of my beloved Doctor and their companions!

The Sixth Doctor (1984-1986) and his companion Peri.

Why did I fall in love with the series and become a fan of it? Of course, in the first place, I fell in love with the series because of the main character. I like every episode not even because of the plot, but because of the Doctor, namely because of how the hero reveals himself in a certain situation. The Doctor has all the qualities that I really like.

Seventh Doctor (1987-1989) and his companion Ace.

First of all, , with him you will always feel safe, despite the fact that he attracts all sorts of dangers. You unconditionally believe the 10th Doctor when he says “trust me” (trust me), because you know that he will protect you and the entire planet, even if he may die in the process.

Eighth Doctor (1996) and his companions.

52 years ago it would have been unbelievable. But over the course of his life, the Doctor has changed a lot, and most importantly, his companions, who played a big role in his life, changed him. They humanized him. The Doctor has grown spiritually over the years. Therefore, he does not run away from danger now, he adequately faces them face to face and is ready to save everyone, even if he has to sacrifice himself. He does not stand on ceremony with enemies: if they threaten his relatives and friends, then this does not disarm the Doctor, on the contrary, it gives him strength, and he strives even more to resolve the dangerous situation. But at the same time, he does not use force, he tries to solve everything peacefully, using only intelligence and humor.

The Ninth Doctor (2005)

Therefore, second I appreciate the Doctor’s pacifism and the overall peaceful message of the series. The doctor tells us from the screen and shows by his own example that strength and rigidity will not lead to anything good. On the contrary, the situation will worsen, and the consequences will be dire. We humans need to learn from the Doctor’s humanity. Despite the fact that the Earth is inhabited by people, alas, not everyone can be called a person. And the Doctor, after all, is a real person, despite the fact that he is an alien.

“It’s better to be weak than a killer.” – 9 Doctor.

“Yes, they have an advantage in the form of weapons, but I do not. They can kill me, but morally I am stronger.” – 10 Dr.

The doctor shows that there are no unsolvable situations, you just need to use your brains and not give up under any circumstances. This is the third reason loves the Doctor. He never loses heart and never gives up. He will fight to the last for everything that is dear to him – for the whole world and for all those who live on the planet. But he doesn’t do it with a serious face, like: “Ah, again I have to save everyone, again a problem. ” No, it’s just the opposite. The Doctor meets all problems with a smile, with irony, with great enthusiasm, reacts to everything like a small child, not forgetting to laugh in the face of enemies, which disarms them.

The Tenth Doctor (2005-2010)

The Doctor won me over with his humor, so this is the fourth reason to fall in love with the Doctor. But you can not perceive the Doctor as a jester and a clown. No, the image of the Doctor is very complex and multifaceted.

In his entire long life, he experienced so much, he suffered so many losses! After all, the doctor lets people into his life, realizing that sooner or later they will leave him. And people do not want to understand this, they think that the journey will be eternal. But this does not happen, sooner or later everything comes to an end, and this breaks the heart not only of the companions, but also of the Doctor. And guilt gnaws at him, he worries about it. Yes, he has many friends and acquaintances, but he is very unhappy and very lonely. The doctor is a very deep hero with his experiences, so this is fifth reason to love the Doctor.

The Eleventh Doctor (2010-2013)

The sixth reason loves the Doctor is that for 52 years the identity of the protagonist has not yet been unraveled. He changes, becomes a new alien, and over and over again the Doctor has new secrets and mysteries. Of course, it is very difficult to get used to the new Doctor. But there is no escape from replacement. You just need to accept it. Moreover, only thanks to the change of actors, the series still exists.

The Twelfth Doctor (2013-present)

And, of course, I want to be like the Doctor. He teaches us kindness and mercy, tolerance and wisdom, patience and nobility, friendship and empathy, courage and a thirst for adventure, creation and recognition of this world. The doctor asks us to look at the world more broadly, without driving ourselves into narrow frames, to look at everything optimistically and not lose heart, even when you feel bad.