It's not everyone's cup of tea. My mom thinks Star Trek and Dr. Who are just weird. It's not as if everyone has to like what the majority does. Just keep that in mind if you continue to not like it.
Trying to get into Doctor Who, failing...
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Just stick with it and see if it clicks with you. Eccleston is my least favorite doctor, but the show itself was pretty good. Also, his relationship with Rose is explained in that season, which is really important for Tennant's first season. As for the older shows, they're definitely worth watching, but it's just about impossible to get into, because for some reason they're sold by the story (meaning one serialized story) instead of by the season. Add in the fact that the show ran for a solid 20 or 30 years before getting initially cancelled, and you've got a recipe for something that is really hard to get into. The special effects are also absolutely terrible -- like, worse than Star Trek The Original Series at points, but the writing is so much better than what you see in the new show that it's worth checking out at least a couple of episodes. Basically, don't go buying tons of DVDs, but if you get a chance to watch an older episode, take it.Glass Joe the Champ said:
My suggestion: Don't listen to anyone who is suggesting episodes, watch it from the start (of the new series(es) and keep going. Whilst most episodes are fine as stand alone episodes, some have references in that make little to no sense otherwise. Plus there is a lot of debate on which are the good and bad doctors even if most people swoon when Tennant's wonky nose pops up.
If you can't bear sitting through from the start then it's probably not for you. If you are only trying to get in to the show to impress a girl then don't force yourself to like it if it turns out you don't. You could also ask her which episodes are good or even watch it with her, two birds one TARDIS (not a porn film).
If you can't bear sitting through from the start then it's probably not for you. If you are only trying to get in to the show to impress a girl then don't force yourself to like it if it turns out you don't. You could also ask her which episodes are good or even watch it with her, two birds one TARDIS (not a porn film).
I think one of the attractions of the show is its meant to be quite cheesy, some people enjoy suspending their belief for an hour or so every week and having some fun.
Also the show got a lot better each season up until recently in my opinion, but id recommend you watch them all as the show is so varied and there have been too many fantastic episodes to list
Also the show got a lot better each season up until recently in my opinion, but id recommend you watch them all as the show is so varied and there have been too many fantastic episodes to list
Eh, its probably just a poor episode you saw. I was the same way with NCIS, where I watched one of the first season episodes and I couldnt get into it. Then my friend said he wanted to watch a few episodes while he was over and i said oka and after I saw a couple other episodes I really got into it.
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Was the same way with Burn Notice to come to think of it.
Anyway, me personally, I could never get into the Doctor Who series, and that was after watching both the original and the newer one. However, i can see what people like it in. I'd watch a couple other episodes first, though i dont know which to recommend since none particularly impressed me.
EDIT: for what its worth though, iw ill say the original series (1963-1989) kept my interest more then the new season (2005-2010) (though I havent seen the one with matt smith yet), but all that really means is that the 1963-1989 series didnt become background noise as often as the 2005-2010 series did.
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Was the same way with Burn Notice to come to think of it.
Anyway, me personally, I could never get into the Doctor Who series, and that was after watching both the original and the newer one. However, i can see what people like it in. I'd watch a couple other episodes first, though i dont know which to recommend since none particularly impressed me.
EDIT: for what its worth though, iw ill say the original series (1963-1989) kept my interest more then the new season (2005-2010) (though I havent seen the one with matt smith yet), but all that really means is that the 1963-1989 series didnt become background noise as often as the 2005-2010 series did.
It's my opinion that you can't really judge a show unless you've watched at least the first four episodes. The first episode alone doesn't always sell it.
I've never watched Doctor Who, but I plan to get into it eventually. This is good advice for when I actually do.
I've never watched Doctor Who, but I plan to get into it eventually. This is good advice for when I actually do.
Yep, it takes a while. I remember the first time I watched it, I kinda hated it. Now it's one of my favorite shows of all time.
Anyway, the episodes that got ME into the show were the season 2 episodes called "The Impossible Planet" and "The Satan Pit". Awesome psychological creepiness. But the episodes everyone else are listing off are great, too.
Anyway, the episodes that got ME into the show were the season 2 episodes called "The Impossible Planet" and "The Satan Pit". Awesome psychological creepiness. But the episodes everyone else are listing off are great, too.
Oh perfect one "the weeping angels" its like the third last episode of the martha jones arc admittedly the doctor is barely in it but it has some of the best monsters from the new series or I think maybe even the old. I mean honestly screw the daleks all they can do is shoot you but the tension of having to stare at one of those statues knowing that the second you turned away they would rip you out of your life and cast you back in time and their faces when on the prowl nasty. That said I think they ruined them when they let us see them move as it meant the rules didn't apply to us thereby tearing us out of the whole immersive terrorGlass Joe the Champ said:
You're probably not getting into it because the modern Doctor Who is utter shite. The old stuff and Chris Ecclestone's rune were much better. SOME of David Tennant's run was good, but only the first couple of series'.
I'd say the first series was more aimed at younger audiences, for me it picked up during the David Tennant era, and now Matt Smith is the doctor it's kind of dropped away again. Like everyone else has said, just give it a few more episodes and if you still don't get it just give up.
Pro tip:Glass Joe the Champ said:
Don't get into something just because your girlfriend likes it.
also I recommend watching episodes with your girlfriend too, makes the experience much more fun.
However if you must watch it alone for god sake stay away from "Love and monsters" that's an awful episode....I personally started with "Bad Wolf" and "The Parting of the Ways"
as someone who has watched all the episodes of new DR who, doctors 9, 10, 11, I would suggest starting either at series 1 or series 5. I really like Matt Smith's doctor and think he's the best thing since sliced bread. If you're starting at series 5, however, I would reccomend watching the two parter from series 4 "silence in the library" & "forest of the dead" due to the only major plot theme (beyond the Doctor's troubled past (which is the same as the gravitational constant in the whoniverse)) which is continued through between the RTD era and Tennant and the Moffat era with Smith.
Now that I've written that I can think of a few more monsters/enemies that pop up with very little by way of introduction due to them having appeared in earlier series...so...just burn through the first 4 seasons to get the back-story. One last thing. Do not. DO NOT try to get into DR who by jumping into it half way through series 6 because the elements of the story starting in "silence in the library" have been built upon and have become incredibly twisted and convoluted due to time travel.
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Now that I've written that I can think of a few more monsters/enemies that pop up with very little by way of introduction due to them having appeared in earlier series...so...just burn through the first 4 seasons to get the back-story. One last thing. Do not. DO NOT try to get into DR who by jumping into it half way through series 6 because the elements of the story starting in "silence in the library" have been built upon and have become incredibly twisted and convoluted due to time travel.
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Christopher Eccleston's season and David Tennant's first season, I'd say. Basically the seasons where Rose was his partner. You probably watched a bad episode or something, I can't remember what episode the one just called Rose was. The ones with Freema Agyeman and Catherine Tate are good but nowhere near as good, and the ones with Matt Smith are pretty awful compared to the others. Anything earlier than Christopher Eccleston is ancient and should not be viewed by anyone.
The effects... those cursed effects! Why were they so bad?! WHYY?!
The effects... those cursed effects! Why were they so bad?! WHYY?!
On the note of the best Doctor, I think it goes Smith > Tennant > Eccleston. However, Eccleston could be considered to have done the most work or played the most accurate Doctor due to what is thought to have happened in-between the 1989 ending with the 7th Doctor and the 2005 start with the 9th Doctor (8th Doctor was a film and I know very little about it) and the character arc from Eccleston to Tennant to Smith may actually work on a deeper level.
Just my opinion. feel free to debate this until your fingerprints wear off the ends of your fingers from constant typing.
Just my opinion. feel free to debate this until your fingerprints wear off the ends of your fingers from constant typing.