I love Doctor Who, mainly because it's a ridiculous show. It's almost certainly not science fiction. However, the reason I've struck with it for so long(because yeah, it can get rather silly at times) is mainly because I identify so strongly with the Doctor. I've noticed that a lot of the people I know in the fandom tend to identify with the people he travels with, most often Rose Tyler and Clara Oswald. I'm aware that I'm probably enjoying the show in a completely different way than it is intended to be enjoyed, but I really don't care. My favourite bits of the show are when times the POV makes the Doctor seem remote, frightening, and inhuman, because sometimes I feel like that. And yeah, I repeatedly get the sense that the audience really isn't supposed to be identifying with the Doctor character, but again, I don't care. And it's fun to make the Dalek voice.