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fandomsecrets2012-06-22 06:42 pm
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[ SECRET POST #1998 ]
⌈ Secret Post #1998 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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Now what you do next will depend on how much you fell in love.
If you didn't enjoy yourself, just stop there, dude, why are you wasting your time.
If you thought it was pretty good and would like to see some classic Who, but not waste a lot of time on it, you could probably get recs for some of the best serials of each era, and just sort of sample bits of different Doctors.
If you thought it was fantastic and absolutely fell in love, you could start from the very beginning and just watch it straight through in order. (This was me. Warning: it will take up a lot of your time, and recons are a bitch. Oh man seasons 4 and 5 were the worst with the missing episodes I just about died.)
Some people say to start with Three. Don't do that. If you want to skip ahead about that far, instead of going to season 7 (the start of Three's era) go to season 6 (and you can just skip The Space Pirates if you really hate recons or something). Knowing what Two was like and how he went down is going to make everything about Three's era way better, trust me on this.
Oh and also, if you want to do Torchwood with the new Doctor Who, I think it's like,
DW s1
DW s2
TW s1
DW s3
TW s2
DW s4
TW Children of Earth
DW Tennant Specials
Because in the RTD era there were occasional crossovers. That's the order you'd probably get the most out of it from, if you want to include Torchwood.
Also, after the specials/Children of Earth, they do sort of diverge off into their own little worlds. I was personally disappointed with Miracle Day (and it pains me to say this, because I am RTD's biggest stan and wanted to like it like you have no idea) but it did have some good moments (ep seveeeen), so you can decide on whether to watch it based on how much you liked Torchwood/how mad you are that it broke your heart (because oh it will).
Also also, I did watch The Sarah Jane Adventures too, though I completely fucking lost track of where in the continuity that was supposed to go. That's kind of kiddie, maybe after you've seen a fair bit of Doctor Who (and Torchwood?) you can decide if you like that universe enough. Or after you see Sarah Jane's episodes with Three and Four. It does have cameos from the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors in it, though. I watched the whole series for that, because I didn't want to see the cameos out of context, and while some episodes were groaners, there were some surprisingly good ones too, and I did love the cast very much. ;_____; Elisabeth Sladen you will be missed.
Oh and um, I'm also in the rare camp that really liked the 1995 movie. It was camp as all get-out, but I like that kind of thing. You can watch that at pretty much any time, it's in its own happy little world, though I wouldn't watch it first.
Don't worry about the apocrypha yet. It'll overwhelm you.
tl;dr: Yes, it is a continuity snarl, but it's an amazing one, or people wouldn't bother with it. It's kind of like Marvel or DC, hardly anyone's actually seen it all (and those who have haven't read/listened to all the apocrypha and etc) but you just sort of jump in and start enjoying it.
The best thing about Doctor Who is that you will never run out of official material. Ever.
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DW s2
TW s1
DW s3
TW s2...
Not quite, it would be DW s1, TW s1...and then as you said.
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(Anonymous) 2012-06-23 10:26 am (UTC)(link)no subject
Confused the titles, not the episodes themselves. :)
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(Anonymous) 2012-06-23 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)