Where to start watching Doctor Who?

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Where to start watching Doctor Who?

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Post by VG_Addict » Wed Jul 09, 2014 9:51 am

I want to start watching Doctor Who. What would be a good series to watch for someone new to the series?
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Post by Apiary Tazy » Wed Jul 09, 2014 10:28 am

Season 1 Episode 1.
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Post by I REALLY HATE POKEMON! » Wed Jul 09, 2014 11:24 am

Doctor what?
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Post by Marilink » Wed Jul 09, 2014 11:43 am

Yeah, Series 1 Episode 1 of the 2005 reboot is a good place to start. You'll be starting with the 9th Doctor, but the 2005 reboot is specifically designed so that you can jump in with no context. The previous 8 Doctors still exist, but they are not important to understanding anything that happens in the New series.

Basically, if you go to Netflix and search Doctor Who, it will be the main option. There is some "Classic Doctor Who" on there, but I'd only watch that after establishing a good understanding of the new series.
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Post by Softguitar » Wed Jul 09, 2014 12:43 pm

I would say the same and start with the first episode with the 9th Doctor.

One of the first episodes I saw was the first one with Martha. That was a cool season.
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Post by Apollo the Just » Wed Jul 09, 2014 5:03 pm

Start of Eccleston!!!

You seriously can't go back to 9 if you start with 10 or 11 because the effects are so terrible and it's so cheesy, but Eccleston is great so you really can't skip him, it's not an ok thing to do
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Post by Booyakasha » Wed Jul 09, 2014 9:55 pm

^pffffft

kids today, giggling at the cheesiness of effects in modern 'doctor who'

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Post by Apollo the Just » Wed Jul 09, 2014 10:01 pm

im well aware of the episode in old who wherein the bad guys were literally hands covered in plastic wrap
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Post by LOOT » Wed Jul 09, 2014 10:19 pm

hey remember the awesome special effects of Tom Baker

there was GREEN BUBBLE WRAP
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