You know me. I tend to be a little silly at times. Okay, I tend to be a lot silly at multiple points throughout the day. And occasionally, I channel that into short videos I shoot for YouTube. One of which, by the way, I set to release this morning at 12:15 AM. Ladies and gentlemen, Followers of Fear, here is my contribution to YouTube for Halloween: Happy Halloween from a Gas Mask Zombie.
Yes, I am aware I am ridiculous. I don’t care.
So, if you watched all forty-two seconds of that video, you’re probably thinking, “What the fresh hell?” Let me explain: you guys know I’m a Doctor Who fan (or if you didn’t, now you do). And in the first season of the show’s reboot in 2005, the Doctor and his companion Rose Tyler end up in London during the Blitz. There, they encounter a form of pandemic zombie, the kind that are spread by virus?
Only this one’s a little different. It’s the result of a child being resurrected by alien nanotechnology. The child went out during the bombs looking for the woman he believes to be his mother. While wearing the gas mask. The nanomachines, not knowing what a human is, thinks that the being they resurrected is what a human is supposed to look like. And then they start spreading, turning everyone they come into contact with into things like the boy.
Imagine, a swarm of zombies wearing gas masks, all going about asking one question: “Are you my mummy?”
Ooh, I just felt chills up my spine!
Anyway, this story is pretty famous and well-regarded in the Who community. I even dressed up as a gas mask zombie for Purim one year (think Halloween for Jews). And since I recently started rewatching some of the earlier seasons because they relieve my pandemic stress, I thought it might be fun to dress up as the gas mask zombie for a YouTube video. It was.
Anyway, just wanted to post that for you. If you liked that and want to see more videos from me, check out my YouTube channel and subscribe. There are plenty of other videos there that don’t get featured on the blog (such as my recent celebration video for getting a hundred subscribers on that platform), so why not check them out?
Listen to me, I sound like a real YouTuber. Subscribe! Subscribe!
Anyway, that’s all for now. I’m sure you’ll hear from me again before this wonderful month of October is out. Until next time, my Followers of Fear, pleasant nightmares!
Rami Ungar The Writer 
Love it! Happy Halloween! 🎃
Thanks, and same to you!
Yep, I made the Doctor Who connection. Rose was a good companion. My favorite companion, though, was Donna. Remember how she changed then how tragic her exit was? Heart-wrenching!
I’m in the middle of Donna’s series now. I won’t be surprised if there are a few tears when I get to that episode.
For the record, my favorite companion was Martha. She was cool, and didn’t know the meaning of the phrase, “give up.”
Martha is my favorite middle-of-the-season companion. She’s smart and brave. Don’t worry, I didn’t give any Donna spoilers because we all know the Doctor’s companions come and go, and we tear up when they go.
Ain’t that the truth!