#Maria would have liked ALL the Doctors-- but One would've had a special place in her heart because he reminds her of her grandfather

[kairiaka]

SCU Headcanon

You can not convince me that Maria Robotnik was not a Doctor Who fan.

Maria strikes me as a Sci-Fi fan, and depending where the G.U.N. base was, Doctor Who would have been on air.

So I think Maria and Shadow -- and sometimes Gerald-- would watch it together. (Gerald would have complained about the science being completely wrong, but he bared through it because his granddaughter loved it.)

As for Shadow-- his opinion was natural. He claims he was only watching it because Maria liked it, but... I think he kind of resonated with it (albeit a little, considering the Doctor's backstory wasn't established yet -- but an alien that wasn't the bad guy must have been refreshing). And maybe some of the stories hooked him in.

They'd watch it whenever they got the chance.

[50 Years Later]

Shadow finds out the show is still going (he might have been "forced" into a movie night and came across it as the boys were looking for a film to watch). He doesn't suggest it, but the quiet air of wistfulness is clocked by the boys.

Once Sonic realizes that some ice has been broken-- some research is done, a couple DVDs are rented from the library, and asks Shadow if he wants to join him.

That's how the two end up binge-watching Doctor Who over the better part of a year. Sometimes, they're joined by others (Tails would point out scientific errors, though he tries to not talk over the show, and Knuckles would nope out whenever supernatural stuff happens).

And, for the first time in a while, Shadow feels like he's home.