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⌈ Secret Post #2208 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Classic Doctor Who recs?

[(Anonymous)]

I understand your issue with the pacing, I'm just old enough to remember all TV being slow and rather enjoy going back and watching old shows precisely because the pace is less frenetic, but it can be jarring compared to most modern stuff.

I'd suggest sticking to serials that are short (three or four parters) and maybe watching them with a break between eps rather than powering through them.

If it's Four and Five you're interested in I'd say the first Four stories are pretty decent and you'll know Sarah Jane from the new series so may feel more invested in her story (also Harry is lovely and you get the tail end of UNIT action which may encourage you to go back to somem of Three's serials), so Robot is a good place to start.

I also think the Four-to-Five regeneration sequence is good (Keeper of Traken, Logopolis and Castrovalva), at the risk of spoiling, they feature theh Master and you might find that interesting compared to Simm's portrayal. Also you may then want to go back and watch Delgado's Master during the Three era.

(I think Three rocks -you may have guessed- but some of the stories are really slow so I'm not sure they're what you want just yet)

Actually I tend to encourage new watchers to go with Seven's era first, especially the Ace stories (so from Dragonfire on). I think they generally have the best momentum and most consistency from story to story.

Re: Classic Doctor Who recs?

[(Anonymous)]

I came here to write a few paragraphs but all I can say this ^^^ this. I've watched all of (including reconstructions, admittedly) Classic Who and this is great advice.

Re: Classic Doctor Who recs?

[(Anonymous)]

"I think Three rocks -you may have guessed- but some of the stories are really slow"

Either our sensibilities are different, anon, or I've repressed any of the "really slow" Three eps -- most of Three's adventures with UNIT usually involved lots of things that went BOOM! every ten seconds, at least that's how I remember it, LOL.

Re: Classic Doctor Who recs?

[(Anonymous)]

I was thinking of the non-UNIT ones really, but to be completely fair it might just be me missing UNIT!

Re: Classic Doctor Who recs?

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

Completely reasonable response, IMO! I miss UNIT too. Nu!Who UNIT is...yeah. They treat it as though the agency is the kid on the short bus, which is....so *not* how UNIT was, in canon.

Re: Classic Doctor Who recs?

[(Anonymous)]

Well, to be fair, UNIT was only douchey and incompetent in Aliens of London/World War III and The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky. They seemed pretty competent and positive in Planet of the Dead and Power of Three (and Eleven was a lot less blow-off-y towards them than Nine and Ten, although that might have been because he liked Kate.)