When Russell T. Davies first took on the daunting task of reviving Doctor Who back in the early 2000s, his job seemed nigh impossible. The show, which had been off the air for 16 years after being unofficially “canceled,” was considered a joke at best, and an embarrassment at worst. The one attempt at reviving the show in the ‘90s, with a TV movie starring Paul McGann, was a colossal failure. It seemed that Doctor Who was destined to fade into the cultural memory as a dusty relic of weird, low-budget sci-fi from the ‘60s and ‘70s.

“There was a young generation that had never heard of it. Worse than that, there was a young generation that thought it was something that their mom and dad liked,” Davies tells Inverse. “Every expert lined up to tell us it won't work.”

But Davies persevered. Doctor Who returned in 2005 with Christopher Eccleston playing the ninth iteration of the time-traveling alien with two hearts, and it steadily went on to become a global sensation. “I was proved right, thank God,” Davies says. “I was really delighted that there was a great family spirit that [helped] the tradition of Doctor Who get passed along.”

Now, 14 years later, Davies is back — and doing it all over again.

As someone who writes about consumer technology for a living, it’s strange to admit that I’m fundamentally detached from the tools I use every day. Not because I don’t care about them or think about how I use them (that happens constantly), but because I have no deep knowledge of how they actually work.

Last year, I tried to rectify that by upgrading my Framework Laptop on my own. Repairability and modularity are Framework’s bread and butter, and for four years running, the company has made good on its promise of selling and supporting laptops you could theoretically own forever.

Framework has pulled off that magic trick by providing easily upgradeable components, a consistent design language (now in multiple display sizes), and ample documentation for how to fix or adjust nearly every part of its computers.

Now over a year later, I’ve decided to upcycle my old spare parts and build a “new” desktop PC out of them; it’s the other half of my Framework experience.