Dr. Who addict here. I admit it! Don't ask me why, because I have no idea. Sometimes I don't even like it. But I watch it anyway, or at least have it on in the background. I think maybe watching Dr. Who is the closest I'll ever come to having any sort of ritual in my life, strange as this one is. I don't think Dr. Who stands out as being particularly ironic though.
Pied Piper, Sylvester McCoy came here to the US a few years ago.