One thing that troubles me about Dr Who/Science Fiction in General

[Feral Atheist]

If an alien race stumbled across our little ant hill, they might be impressed with the resources of the earth, or maybe not.  But if they beamed down, to investigate, the first call to the mothership would probably be;

[Hydra009]

If an alien race stumbled across our little ant hill, they might be impressed with the resources of the earth, or maybe not.  But if they beamed down, to investigate, the first call to the mothership would probably be;

They would probably praise our adaptability, flair for invention, storytelling prowess, and near endless forms of entertainment, scratch their heads when it comes to culture and politics, and definitely not like our religious beliefs and tendency to harm one another.  Kinda hard to befriend a world that can't befriend itself.

[PickelledEggs]

It's Doctor Who... not Dr. Who

[Jason78]

They would probably praise fear our adaptability, flair for invention, storytelling prowess, and near endless forms of entertainment, scratch their heads when it comes to culture and politics, and definitely not like our religious beliefs and tendency to harm one another.  Kinda hard to befriend a world that can't befriend itself.

FTFY.   For all you know being an intelligent apex predator is a rare thing in the universe.

[Hydra009]

For all you know being an intelligent apex predator is a rare thing in the universe.

Rare in the universe?  Definitely.  Rare among sentient species?  Probably not.  On Earth, cognition is definitely correlated with predation.   Sentient aliens would likely also follow that trend.

[Gawdzilla Sama]