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I really don't know if I can keep this up. It's ok, but I'm not really seeing what the big deal is. I really don't want to hurt her feelings, because she's just really in love with this show, and has our other friend really into it too. I haven't finished the first season they have on Netflix. Does it get better? I mean it's not like it's torture to watch or anything, but I'm kinda just barely paying attention as it is.

Its literally impossible to say "it gets better/worse" because, unfortunately, opinions on this show vary so wildly that it's impossible to find two people who don't disagree in some big fundamental way.

Honestly, IMO it's one of those shows you just kinda have to get irrationally snagged by. I'd check out a few random episodes whose summaries sound interesting to you from the next few seasons, and If you're not interested in those either, just say "eh, it didn't really interest me" and stop watching. I don't think she'd mind if she has any awareness of the show's general fandom.

What episode did you last see? If you really want, I can make suggestion for whether you should keep plowing or not, but it's really very personal-opinion-oriented.

Edited 2013-05-05 21:05 (UTC)

I don't remember what it's called but the one with the underground alien museum where Daleks would rather explode than have feels.

I not the kinda person who can just pic a few episodes and see. I'd end up plowing through them all anyway just to find out what happened. At least if I keep watching it I'll know WTF she's talking about all the time. Everything I know about Dr. Who I learned from here.

Hm. I warn you that the next two episodes are lame and kind of slow-paced, respectively. But after those two episodes, there's the two parter of The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances, the one set in WWII, and I'd say don't quit until you at least watch that, because I think that's one of the very few episodes that most people agree is either good, great, or spectacular (usually, a third of the people like an episode, a third love it, and a third hate it) and it introduces a really popular character.

If you like that two-parter, keep slogging until the season finale. If you don't, maybe just give it up, or watch until the season finale and then give it up. I think your friend would rather you just weren't interested in the show than have you resent/hate it.

There might be an episode or story arc that you really like, but it's up to you decide if you want to spend the time watching everything to find out. If you you're not really into the show, you don't have to watch. It's not for everyone and there's nothing wrong with that.

Try an episode or two of different Doctors or companions? I'd say try out Empty Child + Doctor Dances, Girl in the Fireplace, Blink, Human Nature + Family of Blood, and/or Partners in Crime, but those are just some of my personal favourites and in no way universal.

Yeah a friend of mine is super into it and I've seen a few episodes and it's just meh. She keeps telling me I'll like the David Tennant episodes more.

A friend wanted me to read the Mortal Instruments series (she loved it). I pretended to read them and instead just read some Wiki articles and a couple of fansites so I could pretend to know about them.

Find one reason you don't like it, tell her that, and stick with it. It doesn't have to be a big reason--I bowed out of an eternity spent watching Buffy because I hated the quip-y dialogue--but most people are generally understanding when you say "I don't like x, and this show contains a lot of x."

You might want to see if you like the next Doctor, but if you don't like it, you don't like it.

My favorite season is when the Doctor gets Donna Noble as a companion. It's generally lighthearted and a good time. (It has a great bff vibe to it as well between the Doctor and Donna.)

If you need to tell her you don't like it, just break it to her slowly and gently. She'll get over it eventually.

I honestly had the same reaction. I finally gave in and watched it because my brother (among other people, but mainly my brother) was obsessed and would talk about it non-stop when we were together. I found it incredibly slow at first but my brother claimed it got better so I kept going and actually thought it was pretty decent by the end of S1 of the new version. I adored Nine by that point, though, and couldn't really get into Ten, so I gave up after the beginning of S2 and haven't felt the desire to go back (especially since I know Moffat gets more involved as the show goes on and I've had enough of his fuckery with Sherlock). So I did end up liking S1 but overall I definitely don't understand the massive amounts of hype. Just not my thing, I guess.

Yeah, I did the same thing. My best friend and I can enjoy some of the same things but we found that when we have different interests it's easier to just say "I appreciate that you like it." I will buy him Doctor Who merch and he listens to me when I babble about homestuck. What I told him at the time was "I know it can feel bad when someone doesn't like something that you love, but it's not a rejection of you personally. It's just not for me." So, we're cool.

Does it get better? The further back you go, it does. Start just before the DW TV movie (with Paul McGann), and work your way backwards. ~~Skip Six~~ No, yanno what, don't skip Six. DW definitely will get better, if you watch it that way.

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I myself didn't get into it until halfway into S1. By the end of S1 I was hooked. So try watching the whole season, and if you're still not into it flounce. My BFF has tons of shows I just can't get into. It really shouldn't be such an issue.

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