CubedLuck wrote:Season 1 2005, Please don't go straight to Matt!
I ended up going from seasons 1,5,6,2,3,7, then 4. i'm also watching what little of classical who on netflex. so its totally prefrence based. but half of season 5 wont make total sense if you don't watch most of tennet beforehand.
Re: Doctor Who
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:33 pm
by Master
Considering that the Song story arc is one of the most recurring in the Smith era, you're best watching some tidbits from series 4 as well, personally, I'd say watch it in order, each series have their own arcs, but there are some arcs which transpire over multiple series, and to get the full gist of 'em, I'd see things unfold as intended.
Anyways, we have the 50th Anniversary to look forward to, just over 2 months, now.
Re: Doctor Who
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:39 pm
by Dart
Master wrote:Anyways, we have the 50th Anniversary to look forward to, just over 2 months, now.
Getting pumped up for it!
Re: Doctor Who
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:41 pm
by Shrooblord
Bradandez wrote:Also what's the genre of the show? I know it's Sci-Fi, but is it combined with any other?
The most recent series with Matt Smith was edging slowly more towards a mix between horror and sci-fi, but most episodes have had dark elements in them that give the stories their bite. Usually, an episode is sci-fi and adventurous, I would say.
Re: Doctor Who
Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 4:15 pm
by Bradandez
Okay, I'll start to watch the series maybe like at the end of the month or so. Whenever I seem to have time only on the weekends.
Re: Doctor Who
Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 7:29 pm
by spiraldoor
Bradandez wrote:Also what's the genre of the show? I know it's Sci-Fi, but is it combined with any other?
It's pure fantasy dressed up as science fiction. Keep this in mind at all times. You'll enjoy it more.
CubedLuck wrote:Season 1 2005, Please don't go straight to Matt!
Or better yet, watch Tom Baker's serials, some of which are substantially better than almost anything Eccleston and Tennant got to do. Russell T Davies's scripts are charmless fluff compared to the brilliant contributions Douglas Adams (yes, that Douglas Adams) made to the show. It's a shame that people get so hung up on the quality of the special effects that they refuse to watch anything produced before 2005.
Re: Doctor Who
Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 9:03 pm
by Master
Hm, I remember watching The Ark in Space, a while back though, methinks I should give a few older 'uns a watch during the wait.
Re: Doctor Who
Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 11:17 pm
by spiraldoor
If you're just looking for the highlights, do yourself a favour and watch Genesis of the Daleks, The Brain of Morbius and City of Death. You'll love them. (I'm sure there are other great serials from this era – I've not seen them all myself.)
Re: Doctor Who
Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 11:34 pm
by Master
Ah, of course, I've seen excerpts of Genesis, but never got round to it, definitely one that I should get to indeed.
Re: Doctor Who
Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 2:19 am
by Shrooblord
spiraldoor wrote:the brilliant contributions Douglas Adams (yes, that Douglas Adams) made to the show
wate wat
I must see those episodes now!
Re: Doctor Who
Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 6:26 pm
by spiraldoor
Set aside the next hour and forty-five minutes of your life: City of Death is on YouTube in its entirety. (Don't mind the David Agnew thing – it's just a pseudonym.)
Re: Doctor Who
Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 6:41 pm
by Shrooblord
Fuck, but I have schoolwork to do!
Uhh... urgg... PRIORITIES! What comes first? Meltdown! I cannot decide!
Re: Doctor Who
Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 8:12 pm
by Bradandez
Those seem interesting. I would watch but I'm leaving in a bit.
Re: Doctor Who
Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 9:09 pm
by Master
Ah, there's something about the Derbyshire renditions of the theme which seem so eerie, something that I don't think many themes since have really recreated.
Re: Doctor Who
Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 10:32 pm
by Master
Here's a little minisode to satiate ourselves til the big 50:
Re: Doctor Who
Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 11:01 pm
by tuxdude143
Bloody hell im excited for the 50th anaversery!
I've been listening to a ton of doctor who audiobooks and reading some doctor who books to hype myself up to the big day!
Re: Doctor Who
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 10:54 am
by Master
Well, if you're spoiler averse, don't read this, otherwise, take a lookie here.
Re: Doctor Who
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 2:26 pm
by spiraldoor
Master wrote:Here's a little minisode to satiate ourselves til the big 50:
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The on-screen credit is inaccurate – Neil Gaiman actually wrote this. It's an unfilmed scene from The Doctor's Wife that Moffat reworked.
Master wrote:Well, if you're spoiler averse, don't read this, otherwise, take a lookie here.
I think I have some idea where they're going with this. [In one of the commentaries, Davies (perhaps half-joking) says that John Frobisher is a distant descendant of Caecilius, and that Frobisher's suicide and murder of his family are simply the universe balancing out the Doctor's interference in saving his ancestors.]
Re: Doctor Who
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 2:43 pm
by Master
Oooh, neat, I'd love to see that come to fruition.
Yeah, I'm aware of the wrong credit with the minisode, there's two other ones as well, one with Clara and the TARDIS, and another with the Doctor deleting himself from the Inforium, I believe.
Re: Doctor Who
Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 9:51 pm
by Master
Bumping with this neat trailer, there's no spoilers, but it's neat nonetheless: