You're listening to imaginary worlds, a show about how we create them and why we suspend our disbelief.

I'm Eric Melinsky.

There used to be a bar in my neighborhood in Brooklyn called the Way Station. From the outside it looked like a normal bar, but when you went inside, the first thing you saw was a blue police box.

Every day I open up the shutters and I see her sitting in the corner and it's just like, I feel at home.

That's because the owner of the bar, Andy Heidel, was a huge Dr Doctor Who fan.

When I went there, the show is playing on the back wall.

He used to play a lot of episodes

from when David Tenant played the Doctor

in the mid-2000s.

Every fan has their favorite doctor. David Tenant is Andy's favorite and he's my favorite too.

And nobody can say I'm sorry like Tenant. If I'm dying I'm on my deathbed my make wish foundation is for him to come and tell me I'm sorry

I'm sorry I'm sorry

And what does a blue police box have to do with Dr. Who? It's actually a ship called the Tartis.

It looks like a police box on the outside, but that's an optical illusion, meant to disguise

the gigantic ship on the inside.

In fact, it's a running gag on the show.

Every time a new character goes into the Tartis, they say.

But it's huge! It's bigger inside than out.

You're actually bigger inside than it is on the outside. I know, I know.

The tardness at the bar was the entrance to a bathroom,

which was not as exciting as a spaceship,

but it was still an optical illusion. I'm in the bathroom here.

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