Doctor Who Question

[sliv_1]

I know, I know, it's been ages.

My question is where is the best place to start someone off on the Doctor Who oeuvre?  I can't really begin at the beginning, as many episodes are lost or incomplete.  The Tom Baker years, perhaps the "Key of Time" cycle?  Or would it just make more sense to start off with the excellent recent reboot?

Comments

[lhn]

I'll be interested to see the results of this, since Dr. Who is one of those odd gaps in my geek education. (Despite the weekly gatherings at Josh K's to watch it during my early Skiffy years-- I mostly wound up talking to people instead.) By now, it feels like there's way too much of the series to know where to get onboard.

[muckefuck]

Much as a love Troughton, Tom Baker really is a logical starting point since that was the beginning of mass popularity for the show and he's still many people's favourite Doctor. I haven't seen enough of the new show to know whether it's worth staying with; most of the Eccleston episodes are quite good, but I've never warmed to Tennant and I wonder if the new show may be going off the rails already. Baker, on the other hand, is money in the bank.

[miss_emelia]

Aw! I love David Tennant! He's such an adorable Brit Geek Goober.

[muckefuck]

Yeah, chicks really seem to dig him, but I find him an unshaggable adenoidal twit. Don't tell me you were one of those who found Turlough sexy, too.

[miss_emelia]

I'd say just start from the Christopher Eccleston season and move from there. It gets you into the concepts surrounding the Doctor and why he's fun without distracting you with horrible cinematography and effects of the old BBC.

If the candidate viewer becomes a fan, then move back in time.

It's sort of like my theory of Buffy - never show the first season to someone who is interested in Buffy. It will kill it before they love it.

[zhaneel69]

I was started with the reboot with Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor and I haven't seen anything previous and that works wonderfully for me.

Zhaneel

[chrisfs]

The reboot is okay, because there is tons of history, Otherwise, do just Tom Baker and then the reboot. Thought even then, there's lots of sutff.