re: Someone tell me about Doctor Who

Thanks for all the responses, I think I will give it a shot starting from the beginning of the original.

I will see what i p t has to offer.

First fiveish seasons beginning in 2005 are worth a watch.

dr who really should be. quirked up white boi with a bit of swag

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Kind of? 100% that's what it was. Chibbs, Davies and the actors all said their intent was to gay it up and make the bigots pound sand.

So they did. Now it's dead.

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This is a re-occurring theme with any broadly popular property that the Left gets ahold of. They immediately demand that you the audience kowtow to their politics or they'll destroy it to the point of cancellation. And they don't care because they get paid regardless. Their response to "go woke go broke" is "frick you, I got paid upfront, I already have your money. Ha ha, bigots, I'm gonna go buy some abortions".

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You could try starting from Tom Baker but do not judge his series by Robot which is the first episode. That might be one of the worst from the whole Baker era.

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The regeneration episode for each of the classic doctors is among their respective worsts. The doctor is always incapacitated or debilitated from the regeneration. Not one of them works (though Troughton's regeneration series is lost).

In general, I would bounce around between series and doctor eras, hitting highlights (most of which will be in Baker's and Pertwee's). But you can watch the first dalek episode, then watch watch Genesis of the Daleks. You can watch the first episodes with Cyber Men, and The War Games, then go watch other notable episodes with cyber men and time lords.

Trying to go through any one doctor's episodes in order probably won't be very fun.

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Trying to go through any one doctor's episodes in order probably won't be very fun.

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I don't agree with that at all. Although he does have to be willing to watch old shows with effects that weren't even good for the time.

If he likes Tom Baker, he will like most of Tom Baker. I never had much of a problem with Peter Davison unless it was an Adric episode.

PBS stopped showing Who for most of Colin Baker and McCoy so I haven't seen enough of them to judge although the few McCoy I saw you could tell the show was coming to an end based on the even worse than normal effects.

If he can't deal with the older show then he should definitely watch in order.

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don't agree with that at all. Although he does have to be willing to watch old shows with effects that weren't even good for the time.

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I said what I said because every era has bad episodes. Not debatable. There are a lot of Adric episodes. While there are connecting stories, you're not bound by serialization to watch every episode of classic Who in order. Skip lesser series, and if you're an absolute sicko like me, eventually come back around and watch them all. But I think a 60 year old show is a good situation where you should start with the the big deal story arcs, figure out which doctor eras work for you, and generally jump around.

The effects of Doctor Who have always been cheap, and I was not talking about them. I take it as a given that if you are attempting to watch the show, you have accepted that you are not looking for realism.

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We even gave Whitaker a shot for a few episodes

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Jodie Whitaker is legitimately a good actress; I blame the writing and show runner for the show going completely off the rails.

Well, that and their choices for her companions were not great either.