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Watched Doctor Who for the first time
mimey2
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I've been hearing bits here and there in the wide wide world of the sci-fi Interwebs about this year being the 50th year anniversary of Doctor Who.
So, I called up a couple friends of mine who are big into DW, and asked them to show me a few episodes.
...Silence will fall
...Silence will fall
...Silence will fall
...Silence will fall
I wish I had started watching this earlier.
I won't say exactly what episodes I watched, just that it was ones from the newer seasons with...David Tenent and Matt Smith as the Doctor I believe.
Now nobody spoil the rest of the show, I just have a couple of questions:
1. Can't anyone else hear the drums? *bumbum bumbum*
2. Why am I saying 'silence will fall'? I...I think I had a reason, but...I just felt like needing to say that.
So, I called up a couple friends of mine who are big into DW, and asked them to show me a few episodes.
...Silence will fall
...Silence will fall
...Silence will fall
...Silence will fall
I wish I had started watching this earlier.
I won't say exactly what episodes I watched, just that it was ones from the newer seasons with...David Tenent and Matt Smith as the Doctor I believe.
Now nobody spoil the rest of the show, I just have a couple of questions:
1. Can't anyone else hear the drums? *bumbum bumbum*
2. Why am I saying 'silence will fall'? I...I think I had a reason, but...I just felt like needing to say that.
I must admit, respect points to Trendy for laying down the law like that.pwlaughingtrendy wrote:I remain empathetic to the concerns of my community, but do me a favor and lay off the god damn name calling and petty remarks. It will get you nowhere.
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And whatever you do, DON'T BLINK.
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I got in via the Sixth Doctor though. Only started watching the new series a bit after.
Favourite Doctor is Seven.
aaahh get the pitch forks and torches:P
got hooked on dw when i was about 8, lol over 30 yrs ago now and no not saying how over that 30 is.
A Romulan Strike Team, Missing Farmers and an ancient base on a Klingon Border world. But what connects them? Find out in my First Foundary mission: 'The Jeroan Farmer Escapade'
I really like the Remembrance of the Daleks serial with the 7th Doctor, as it was one of the 1st that I saw.
"I walked away from the last great Time War. I marked the passing of the Time Lords. I saw the birth of the universe and watched as time ran out, moment by moment, until nothing remained. No time, no space. Just me!"
My favorite companion is Donna Noble btw.
Just keep in mind that the production quality is vastly different for the 1st seven Doctors. BBC execs didn't understand the show and did their best, short of outright killing the show, to cause it to wither and die. (I suspect their even more pugnacious descendants were in charge of FOX during the Firefly year.)
Despite their best efforts to give us an unwatchable show of paper-mache aliens and cheesy special effects, they were thwarted by a cast and crew that knew how to best scroogey budget with big heart. The show proved to be the little T.A.R.D.I.S. that could, beating all odds to be come the longest running sci-fi show in history.
All I can say for certain, is that "Blink" will make you think twice about statues lol
The Weeping Angels are amongst the most scary aliens in all SciFi shows.
Agreed, and Silent's are up there on that list, I'd place them at #2
Pretty much this, though I'd add Human Nature/The Family of Blood; Midnight; and The Doctor's Wife to that list. I'm also quite fond of Amy's Choice; The Girl Who Waited; and The God Complex.
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In all seriousness theres some brilliant episodes and Blink is one of those
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Karen and Arthur were really quite amazing in that episode.
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Depends how far back you want to go. The modern series starts from 'Rose' which had Christopher Eccelston as the Doctor. He's the 9th Doctor, so you get an idea of how mahoosive the back catalogue of shows is. The modern series make a pretty decent introduction point though, because they made it new-viewer friendly with the backstory. The later seasons sometimes reference back to concepts from the 9th Doctor's season.
There are also spin-offs like in trek. Torchwood - aimed at an 18+ audience and Sarah Jane Smith Chronicles - aimed at young children. (I might have misnamed the kiddie show) Both spinoffs reference the 9th doctor's season, and run sort of concurrently with the 10th doctor so if you want to watch them, you might like to watch in parallel with the 10th doctor. There's a point in the 10th doctor's seasons that will mention in passing some events from Torchwood that will be spoilers, FYI.
It's all one long show. The different doctor's refer to each season, as when the doctor is critically injured, he can regenerate into a different person, hence the 11 doctors and 11 actors.
The best place to start from is either the very beginning, An Unearthly Child, but remember it was made with a very low budget in 63, so as long as you can get past that, I recently started going back to those early episodes and found it to be quite an enjoyable start to the saga.
The other 'best' jumping on point I would say is the start of the 'new who', when it made it's comeback in 2005 and starts with the 9th doctor. The first episode on that season is called 'Rose' and explains alot for all the new fans.
There may be other points that would be good to start with in the older series, but I don't know them well enough to comment on that.
Another episode of classic who, which has been voted the best Doctor Who story ever, though I have yet to watch it (got the dvd, just not up to that point in my watching yet) is called Genesis of the Daleks. Seriously, I have never heard a single bad thing about that story.
A Romulan Strike Team, Missing Farmers and an ancient base on a Klingon Border world. But what connects them? Find out in my First Foundary mission: 'The Jeroan Farmer Escapade'
The beginning? Not sure how long Dr Who is on the air, but it is at least from the 60's.
Lot of episodes to catch up on.
Edit wiki check. 26 seasons and 798 episodes + 1Tv movie.
It's probably best to start with the new series 1 through to series 7.
Commanding Officer: Captain Pyotr Ramonovich Amosov
Dedication Plaque: "Nil Intentatum Reliquit"
My Wife loved Christopher Eccleston version of Who, he got her into watching more of the show, and she still loves David Tennant's role as who #10. But I tell her he can't hold a candle to Tom Baker. lol IMO Tennant is the 2nd best at the role of playing Doctor Who.
Then there is Matt Smith #11, ok he's not bad in the role, but IMO he is down there with Colin Baker and Peter Davison versions. They are ok, but not on the same level as Tom Baker and David Tennant.
I tried to go back and watch William Hartnell #1, and Patrick Troughton #2 but after watching things in HD, it's hard to watch those old Black and White shows. lol Plus the special effects of that day, well....... Not so special today. hehe Not saying it's a bad show back then, just doesn't hold my attention to long like the newer shows.
Since then, we've gone back and watched all the new episodes from 2005 onward (those including the 9th and 10th Doctors, Eccleston and Tenant, respectively).
As I said, we're huge fans. I'm a big fan of Matt Smith as the Doctor, but Tenant is a very close second... I'd be hard pressed to choose which I like better. I've no complaints about Eccleston, per se, and I do enjoy his episodes, but he's clearly my least fav of the three.
Some of my favorite episodes (in no particular order):
The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang,
The Girl in the Fireplace,
Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead,
The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances,
A Christmas Carol,
The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon,
The Wedding of River Song,
Asylum of the Daleks,
Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS,
The Doctor's Wife
Somewhat blasphemous for true Whovians, I have to say that we've tried to go back and watch some of the classic stuff, and well... It just doesn't work for us. Speaking for myself, some of the Doctors themselves seem cool, and I get what they were trying to do with the stories, but unfortunately most of it is too dated for my tastes (and yet, I still love watching TOS episodes... I guess Trek has nostalgia built-in to keep it entertaining).
Anyway, welcome to the Cult of Who. I know we've sucked in some of our other friends, who are Newvians now too. I hope you enjoy it and I look forward to seeing you on the Fields of Trenzalore.
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Romana, K9, Rose and Donna my favourite companions.
Blink is a fantastic episode. The only one to make me yell out loud! I also liked Dalek and Asylum of the Daleks. My all time favourite episode is probably 'The Five Doctors' though. I love both old and new Doctor Who, I think it's a fantastic concept for a show, because it can keep re-inventing itself with every change of companion and doctor.
Chris Addison gets my vote for the new Doctor!
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though.
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Rose
The Girl in the Fireplace
Blink
If they don't like those three, the show is not for them.
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