User blog comment:Matt Hadick/Guided Tour: Space Opera/@comment-6301973-20130821001123/@comment-4712589-20130821211345

Firefly is one of those shows I'm always told to watch and sounds like the kind of show I like, but I could never get past the first 15 minutes. I'll have to make a serious effort to watch it now I guess. As for Dr. Who, I've never considered it Space Opera. I barely even consider it sci-fi if I'm honest.

I feel Dr. Who is a fantasy series which relies on sci-fi concepts such as multiverse and time travel to give better settings in which to enact the story. Sure it has aliens and a spaceship - but if you replaced the Tardis with a teleporting hat I doubt it would change much. Of course, those are all personal opinions :P