Out of curiosity, were they early-ish Four serials? Uh, I'm not sure where in his run they fall. I've seen Pyramids of Mars (the low-budget special effects in that were HILARIOUS) and City of Death (Romana is awesome). I have just have attention span issues with TV in general--I do better trying to focus on reading something than watching it--so that's already a problem before we even get into the pacing thing. Which is why I never finished RTD Who.
except that Fenric is bursting at the seams with all the themes and mythology Ahhhh I love it when Doctor Who does themes and mythology. That's one of my favorite parts about Moffat Who. AND WWII CRYPTOGRAPHY OMG. Alan Turing is kind of my hero. How is watching classic Who out of order? Like if I see Fenric now and I've already seen Ghost Light, I know those come at the end of Ace's arc when they give her sort of her last-hurrah character development, and I've spoiled the character growth of a lot of companions by my hodgepodge out of order watching. Well, spoiled is too strong a word. But I did have stronger feelings about Amy and Rory in part because I actually watched their full arcs.
("Oh, look at me, I'm going to save the universe with a kettle and some string." That's one of the really brilliant things about Who, how the things we love best came about because of poor budget and such. The police-box ship and the regenerating and all. :D What are good First Doctor episodes, out of curiosity? The first one in the junkyard?
Hmmm, other recs Thank you very much for the recs! When I was watching RTD Who, it was all out of order, and I saw a fair bit of S3 because I liked Martha best. :D Oh dear, though, there is so much Who and so little time, and I don't know when I'll get around to watching half the things I want to watch. And then there are other shows to consider on top of it all, haha....
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Uh, I'm not sure where in his run they fall. I've seen Pyramids of Mars (the low-budget special effects in that were HILARIOUS) and City of Death (Romana is awesome). I have just have attention span issues with TV in general--I do better trying to focus on reading something than watching it--so that's already a problem before we even get into the pacing thing. Which is why I never finished RTD Who.
except that Fenric is bursting at the seams with all the themes and mythology
Ahhhh I love it when Doctor Who does themes and mythology. That's one of my favorite parts about Moffat Who. AND WWII CRYPTOGRAPHY OMG. Alan Turing is kind of my hero. How is watching classic Who out of order? Like if I see Fenric now and I've already seen Ghost Light, I know those come at the end of Ace's arc when they give her sort of her last-hurrah character development, and I've spoiled the character growth of a lot of companions by my hodgepodge out of order watching. Well, spoiled is too strong a word. But I did have stronger feelings about Amy and Rory in part because I actually watched their full arcs.
("Oh, look at me, I'm going to save the universe with a kettle and some string."
That's one of the really brilliant things about Who, how the things we love best came about because of poor budget and such. The police-box ship and the regenerating and all. :D What are good First Doctor episodes, out of curiosity? The first one in the junkyard?
Hmmm, other recs
Thank you very much for the recs! When I was watching RTD Who, it was all out of order, and I saw a fair bit of S3 because I liked Martha best. :D Oh dear, though, there is so much Who and so little time, and I don't know when I'll get around to watching half the things I want to watch. And then there are other shows to consider on top of it all, haha....