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Dr. Who ?s
I have loaded up my Netflix queue with Dr. Who, but I have no idea where to start since its such a HUGE franchise. I've been told by multiple people that I'll love it, but I'm a little overwhelmed.
Any tips?
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Hm... when DH and I started watching Doctor Who, we skipped the 70s era episodes and started with the newer seasons in the 2000s. I think we may have missed a few references here and there, but overall they relaunched the series with the idea that a lot of the viewers would be new.
Hope that helps! It's a great series by the way!
We started with Eccelson, and have never had issues keeping up having not seen the 70s episodes.
You could start with Matt Smith and not be totally lost, since the entire "world" pretty much restarted with him. There's been very little referencing to previous incarnations/companions in the seasons since Smith took over. However, I think you'd be doing yourself a grave disservice skipping Tennant, since he's awesome and beloved by pretty much everyone who enjoys the show. If you're going to watch Tennant, just watch Eccelson too though, because people introduced in his season play major parts in Tennant's reign as well.
And just be aware, while you're watching, that no matter how much you get attached to an actor playing The Doctor (sounds silly, it's not), and think the show will suck when said actor leaves, just keep watching. Every actor I think "I love him so much, how will I enjoy once he's gone?" and every time I find that I love the new guy too. They all bring such different aspects to the character, that while you know he's the same man, he almost always feels a little bit like someone totally new (which is the point).
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just a heads up, a friend of mine said they were taking dr. who off instant streaming december 1st.
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Is there a way to see when something is being taken off of instant?
This. Also I agree with later posters about starting with Chris Eccleston's Doctor. The later two doctors reference earlier seasons a lot and you'll miss things otherwise.
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Usually it says when it'll be off on your queue in the same place they say when they're adding it.
ETA. Under the notes section; and I just checked on mine, it doesn't say anything.
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Yup. There are often BBC America marathons too, if it does go off Netflix streaming.
I agree with pp. I keep meaning to go back and watch the original eps, but I started in 2005 with Eccleston and don't feel like I'm missing anything. When they relaunched it, they set you up to experience it through the new companion, and since she doesn't know anything about the doctor, you learn as she does. In fact, every time he gets a new companion they do some backstory, so you could go in on any of them if you had to.
I loved Eccleston, even though he is considered kind of dark (espec. in comparison to Tennant and Smith). He's a war veteran, and he's alone, and he's dealing with all kinds of guilt. But he's still on an adventure and saving the world. He only did one season, but his character has a great arc, and you can really see him becoming someone else, even before the actor changes.
When Tennant first started I thought I would never like him because I felt like he wasn't taking the role seriously. By the end of his three years I couldn't imagine the show without him. It helped that I read a bunch of interviews about what a big geeky fan he was. He's a much more emotionally deep Doctor.
I saw Smith's first two eps at a convention before they aired on tv. I don't know if it was the energy in the room, or what, but I was extremely skeptical going in, and he won me over by the midpoint of the first one. I accepted that he wasn't *my* doctor, but he was still very much The Doctor, if that makes sense.
You could start with Smith, but there is one character who has been central to the last season who was introduced during Tennant's run, and her backstory is complex enough that you should at least see her eps (Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead) before starting with Smith.
DH used to watch it all the time on netflix, and I would sit in the same room but not really be into it.
However, with last year's reboot with Matt Smith, I found myself really into it. So personally I might recommend trying an episode of the old compared against the first episode with Matt Smith. I really, really loved the tone of that first episode with him. The music alone is spectacular!
I started with David Tennant and once he was gone I could not watch anymore. I really didn't care for Christopher Eccelston but the modern Dr. Who's are the ones I prefer so I watched anyways.
David Tennant is by far my favorite Doctor though.
This. DH has watched it all along, but I did not start watching it until Matt Smith started. With a fresh Doctor, I felt it was a good time to jump in - and it was, until this last season. Fortunately, DH was able to explain some of what I was missing and I got the rest from Wikipedia. It did not take away any enjoyment of it though.
One of the reasons I never got into the earlier seasons was because I didn't like the companion characters. I just love Amelia Pond though. I was hooked on the first episode.