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2011.07.15, 04:15 AM | #161 | |
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2011.07.15, 01:41 PM | #162 |
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Start from Series 1 of the revival. You really DON'T need to know anything before the revival (Even though Tom Baker is awesome).
ALSO you can start with Series 5 of the revival. This is the first series with Matt Smith. The current series is Series 6. I would actually suggest this first. If you decide to start watching with Series 5, I would advice to watch 3 episodes from the earlier series: Series 3 Episode 10 (Blink), Series 4 Episodes 9 and 10 (Silence in the Library, Forest of the Damned). They provide backround info on some events in Series 5 and 6, and are written by the main scriptwriter and producer of Series 5 onwards. |
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Don't miss the one with gas masks, it's the scariest thing! (revival Season 1, eps 9-10) I think it was the turning point from "hmm... strange series" to "we absolutely love it!!!" in my household.
I started on initial Doctor. It's unbelievably horrible on almost every account, but I'm not stopping. Most of all I wish the granddaughter dead and forgotten. |
2011.07.18, 02:28 PM | #164 | |
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yes he does Although my biggst surprise in TV shows happened earlier this year when I watched Veronica Mars in 2 weeks. While working 10 hours a day. And for watching Dr Who: Read some of the stuff here, and the start watching Season 1 of the reboot in 2005. Just ENDURE season 1. There's a nice 2 parter and some background info + the introduction of the best companion, Rose. Then you can go fully prepared into season 2-4 which are the most awesome thing on television yet. Season 5-6 are decent, but not as good as the Tennant stuff.
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I disagree completely. Only a tiny bit of the Tennant stuff is even necessary for the current Series (and I'm enjoying Series 6 about as much as Series 4. Series 3 was TERRIBLE). Watch the Series 1-4 episodes written by Steven Moffat (S01E09, S01E10, S02E04, S03E10, S04E9, S04E10), and you'll be well adjusted to Series 5's style.
Also: Sarah Jane Smith > Donna Noble > Amy Pond > Rose Tyler > Martha Jones Matt Smith => David Tennant > Chris Eccleston |
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TOP GEAR IS BACK!!!!!
well. already 4 episodes in and mann....... i love this show.
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2011.07.19, 09:31 AM | #167 | |
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Rose > Amy Pond > Martha Jones > Donna Noble and David Tennant > Matt Smith > Chris I liked season 1-4 a LOT more that 5+6. Also the last movie with Tennant that ends season 4 is the saddest piece of film I've ever seen. And John Simm as The Master is BRILLIANT. TWICE!. The only Scene in seasons 5-6 that really moved me was at the end of the episode where we met Van Gogh.
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The problem with 10 for me, was that Tennant was such a huge fan of the show, so 10 ended up being really manic and all over the place, because Tennant wanted to channel all of the previous Doctors into 10. So he ended up just being a jumble-up of the previous doctors (but mostly 5 6 and 7).
Smith's Doctor seems more focused as a character (but borrows heavily from 6) Series 3 was terrible, when I was marathoning it I just wanted it to be over. Marth had promise in her introduction episode, but she never really lived up to it. I thought the finale was just awful, and the rest of the season boring, except for Blink and the Human Nature 2-parter. I love Donna because she was genuinely hilarious (Catherine Tate! The Unicorn and the Wasp!), and her relationship with the Doctor was interesting. Also, she broke the spell of "being in the love with the Doctor". (That's one thing I DON'T like about Moffat-era. Stop teasing us by going back and forth whether or not Amy loves the Doctor. She doesn't, she loves Rory, now stop saying "Oh, but does she reeeeeeeeeeaally?") For Moffat-era, I really love Rory and the relationship between him and Amy. |
2011.07.19, 12:12 PM | #169 |
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Kylie Minogue > All
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But what I miss most about the past S5 Doctor Who is the bold cheesiness that entertained me so well when it was just a low budget UK show.
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