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Where is your avatar from? It's so funny.
You really don't need to, just watch Eccelstons run to now and you should be good.
Is it important to watch the early Dr. Who series'?
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Where is your avatar from? It's so funny.
You really don't need to, just watch Eccelstons run to now and you should be good.
Old Doctor Who is classic Sci-Fi cheese, and if you like that then you should check it out. It's not necessary by any means, the two runs are more or less completely separate, but there's a lot of good stuff to be found.
Is it bad that I prefer "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead" over Blink as best-Moff episode and best episode in general? I mean, the Doctor didn't even beat the Vashta Nerada.Amarok said:To quote Neil Gaiman on the topic:
"There?s a big blue box. It?s bigger on the inside than the outside. It can go anywhere in space and time, sometimes where it is supposed to go. Something will go wrong, and there?s some bloke called The Doctor who?ll make it all right because he?s awesome. Now sit down, shut up and watch Blink."
To summarise: You don't have to watch them, but if you think you'll enjoy them, why not?
I'm always surprised to learn that people have grown up with the show here. Yay for diversity!
I do sorta wanna eventually watch them all. But I'm considerably lazy at this point so it's not likely to happen any time soon. I mean, seriously. That is a lot of episodes to watch.
I do sorta wanna eventually watch them all. But I'm considerably lazy at this point so it's not likely to happen any time soon. I mean, seriously. That is a lot of episodes to watch.
The Empty Child had me so scared tha I was sleep deprived for a week until The Docter Dances cleared it up...Saltarius said:Is it bad that I prefer "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead" over Blink as best-Moff episode and best episode in general? I mean, the Doctor didn't even beat the Vashta Nerada.Amarok said:To quote Neil Gaiman on the topic:
"There?s a big blue box. It?s bigger on the inside than the outside. It can go anywhere in space and time, sometimes where it is supposed to go. Something will go wrong, and there?s some bloke called The Doctor who?ll make it all right because he?s awesome. Now sit down, shut up and watch Blink."
To summarise: You don't have to watch them, but if you think you'll enjoy them, why not?
That may be because I have sort of a "Thing" about virulent deadly diseases... they UTTERLY terrify me. Yes I found Ep1 of Season2 (Tennant's 1st season) Utterly sofa hidingly scary too...
Well, you don't HAVE to, I guess, if you don't want to, but still, you damn well should! The original series is bloody awesome. And who doesn't like watching awesome shows, amirite?
I think you really only need to watch more than one Doctor's seasons.
Part of the greatness of The Doctor is the tragedy and grieving a fan goes through when The Doctor becomes a different person - after they've gone through a period of adjustment and mourning they will most likely emerge on the other side a greater Doctor Who fan than they ever were before.
Part of the greatness of The Doctor is the tragedy and grieving a fan goes through when The Doctor becomes a different person - after they've gone through a period of adjustment and mourning they will most likely emerge on the other side a greater Doctor Who fan than they ever were before.
I've actually been trying to watch all of the Classic Who because I'm very interested in the origins of the show, and it's been difficult, and even frustrating at times (The Web Planet... *shudder*) But I feel like it's worth it.
I'm still on episodes from the Hartnell era (the First Doctor) and even though it's the very earliest form of the show, and as many people have said, you don't need to watch it for continuity purposes, I still find it very worthwhil and enjoyable (most of the time).
However, I'm a huge HUGE fan of Doctor Who so I am most definitely biased. It really comes down to personal taste, and your tolerance for very "60's" acting and cheesy and sometimes downright awful fx. The pace and plotting threw me through a loop at first, but you get used to it.
Anyways, Hartnell is a great Doctor, even if he takes a while to grow on you, and you should warm up to the new companions pretty quickly. Ian Chesterton is one of my favorite companions for sure.
TL;DR
Yes, you should watch Classic Who. It's awesome and worth it.
I'm still on episodes from the Hartnell era (the First Doctor) and even though it's the very earliest form of the show, and as many people have said, you don't need to watch it for continuity purposes, I still find it very worthwhil and enjoyable (most of the time).
However, I'm a huge HUGE fan of Doctor Who so I am most definitely biased. It really comes down to personal taste, and your tolerance for very "60's" acting and cheesy and sometimes downright awful fx. The pace and plotting threw me through a loop at first, but you get used to it.
Anyways, Hartnell is a great Doctor, even if he takes a while to grow on you, and you should warm up to the new companions pretty quickly. Ian Chesterton is one of my favorite companions for sure.
TL;DR
Yes, you should watch Classic Who. It's awesome and worth it.
I started with Matt Smith, and I feel like I have not lost anything. I'm sure there are things to appreciate from past episodes that ive missed, but it doesn't make me feel like I'm missing anything.
Ive gotten part way through Ecclestons run and frankly, I'm so board to death I'm considering going to Tennet just because I always hear good things about him.
Ive gotten part way through Ecclestons run and frankly, I'm so board to death I'm considering going to Tennet just because I always hear good things about him.
I myself have a pants shittingly bad fear of the dark, and the fact that not only are there monsters in there, they eat flesh, and they're on every fricking planet. And they can make those goddamn terrifying "who-turned-out-the-lights" bastards.vallorn said:The Empty Child had me so scared tha I was sleep deprived for a week until The Docter Dances cleared it up...Saltarius said:Is it bad that I prefer "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead" over Blink as best-Moff episode and best episode in general? I mean, the Doctor didn't even beat the Vashta Nerada.Amarok said:To quote Neil Gaiman on the topic:
"There?s a big blue box. It?s bigger on the inside than the outside. It can go anywhere in space and time, sometimes where it is supposed to go. Something will go wrong, and there?s some bloke called The Doctor who?ll make it all right because he?s awesome. Now sit down, shut up and watch Blink."
To summarise: You don't have to watch them, but if you think you'll enjoy them, why not?
That may be because I have sort of a "Thing" about virulent deadly diseases... they UTTERLY terrify me. Yes I found Ep1 of Season2 (Tennant's 1st season) Utterly sofa hidingly scary too...
True some of them are very good from what I have seen, even just using the audio and using production photos is better than nothing, especially for episodes that are never likely to ever appear againTanis said:
I started with the new ones and then later discovered that a local PBS channel runs the older ones for an hour on Saturday evenings so I started watching them out of morbid curiosity and was lucky enough to start right when they'd started over at the very beginning only missing maybe the first four episodes.
I don't find that it really raises or lowers my opinion of the show as a whole, I don't find the older ones to be 'better' than the newer ones, just different. It's kind of getting stuck in a bit of a rut right now as they're currently on the third Doctor and he's stuck on Earth, they just finished Colony in Space and have started The Daemons yesterday.
The old series is alright enough but you don't HAVE to watch them for any reason other than you might want to. If it weren't so convenient for me to watch them I wouldn't be beating myself up over not having seen them and saying I'm a Doctor Who fan, that's for sure.
I don't find that it really raises or lowers my opinion of the show as a whole, I don't find the older ones to be 'better' than the newer ones, just different. It's kind of getting stuck in a bit of a rut right now as they're currently on the third Doctor and he's stuck on Earth, they just finished Colony in Space and have started The Daemons yesterday.
The old series is alright enough but you don't HAVE to watch them for any reason other than you might want to. If it weren't so convenient for me to watch them I wouldn't be beating myself up over not having seen them and saying I'm a Doctor Who fan, that's for sure.
Before I saw my first episode, I only knew the bare basics, such as the regeneration thing, he time travels with a partner, and the sonic screwdriver does stuff (I still have no clue what its limitations are, it seems to do everything) and I enjoyed it just fine, it probably also helped that the first episode I saw was a Weeping Angel one, the one where the Doctor is really only in it through pre-recorded messages, I was hooked almost instantly... and am now terrified of angel statues for completely different reasons, yup, no relation to Dr. Who at all
I don't like the old stuff. Personal preference stuff and all. I find it...well, extremely dated in so many ways. The new stuff is meant to stand on it's own, and you may not be a true "overall Whovian," but you can be a true fan without liking the old stuff I think. You'll just be a new Who fan.
I watch the new stuff and enjoy it, maybe that I will give some of the older episodes a try sometime.