Doctor Who: it's about what?

I am always amused when I look at the Yahoo! TV guide listing and see Doctor Who described as "Family-oriented program about a time-traveling physician."

Um, well, yes, it is that. Sort of. But that isn't how I'd describe it. Maybe "Adventures in time and space with an unusual alien who likes humans" - so, I suppose that could imply he likes them to eat. "Travels in time and space with a well-meaning alien who doesn't quite know how to make his spaceship behave". Or... "Lonely god seeks human companionship for unexpected adventures." No, that's a personal ad, Time Lord Style.

I think I see their problem.

Anyone have some good suggestion as to how to describe Doctor Who (politely) in a sentence?

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Welcome to the Hellmouth (1x01)

Friends have been urging me to watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer for years. None of them could believe I didn't watch it and didn't love it - especially since I am a big fan of Joss Whedon's writing from Firefly and The Astonishing X-Men.

So why did I not watch Buffy? All sorts of reasons, the primary one being an aversion to David Boreanaz, the secondary one being that the show was full of anorexic young girls weeping - or at least, that was the impression left on me after seeing dozens of Buffy music vids at various conventions over the years. I'd been told about the stories and characters, and I knew some plot points and developments, some of which made sense and most of which didn't. I already knew I was crazy over Spike and I really like Giles.

Finally a wonderful American friend sent me the DVDs of first season to watch, taking away my last excuse not to watch them ("I don't have any episodes") - and I settled down to see 1x01, "Welcome to the Hellmouth".

So. ( My thoughts. )