If you’re remotely familiar with Doctor Who, then chances are you’re aware of what the TARDIS is, right? Well, evidently Bradley Cooper is one of the few exceptions to this rule. The actor, director and co-writer behind Maestro, one of the newest releases on the Netflix movie schedule, was unfamiliar with the machine disguised as a blue police box from early 1960s London that The Doctor uses to travel through time and space. Fortunately, he was educated on this cornerstone of British pop culture by co-star Carey Mulligan, and the video of this happening is fantastic.
For those wondering why Doctor Who was brought up during the promotion of Maestro, which can now be streamed with a Netflix subscription, that’s because Mulligan once guest-starred on the former show, playing Sally Sparrow in the episode “Blink.” When the actress mentioned in she’d been on Doctor Who “many moons ago” in an interview with Capital Official and noted she had to throw herself around the TARDIS, Cooper quickly asked what a TARDIS was, which led to the hilarious moment below:
