[Query] Doctor Who

[wispfox]

[Typed by jasra]

Because uncomfortable reactions to the intro of Doctor Who prevented me from getting into it until I recently gave it a shot again with the first season of the new Doctor Who, I know basically nothing about the original.

The first season of the new Doctor Who is making me very happy, and therefore, I would like to know where I would be advised to start, if I were to be attempting to educate myself on what I missed in the original series.

I apparently recognize Tom Baker and Peter Davison as their incarnations of the Doctor. This probably means I have seen _any_ that they were in and liked them enough to remember them. For what that's worth.

So, suggestions? And, for those who are local, if you have any DVDs of any episodes you think I would like to see, that would also be appreciated.

Note that I am somewhat easily creeped out and this makes it difficult to watch anything which is intended to do that. For example, in the season I've watched, the episode The Empty Child was _very_ hard for me to watch. So, unless an episode is important for character or plot development, I would prefer to avoid especially creepy ones.

Comments

[crouchback.livejournal.com]

I've thought of a few 3rd. Doctor episodes, too.

Day of the Daleks, The Three Doctors, Spearhead from Space, Terror of the Autons, Carnival of Monsters, The Green Death, The Time Warrior, Frontier in Space and Planet of the Daleks.

I've thought of a few other 4th Doctor episodes, too. Pyramids of Mars, The Brain of Morbius (which is slightly creepy) and The Hand of Fear.

[greyduck.livejournal.com]

Ah, those poor uncredited Autons. You know, the mannequins in the first episode of the "new" Who? Poor sods.

Someone has to chime in for Mr. McCoy, I suppose: "Remembrance of the Daleks" is out on DVD, while "Battlefield" (among my personal faves out of the entire classic run, which admittedly marks me as a someone out-of-step Who fan) probably isn't, yet.

If you really have some time to kill, churn through Tom Baker's "Key to Time" sequence, some nine serials in all if I remember correctly. It's the best (also, arguably, only) consistent, overall story arc presented in all of Who's original run.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Vaguely confused re your comment about the Autons. Are you suggesting episodes involving them? Or replying to the previous comment and not to me?

Noted, re suggestions. :)

[greyduck.livejournal.com]

Replying to the previous comment, sorry. "Terror of the Autons" was listed as a recommendation, which made me think of the first episode ("Rose") of the new Who production. The Autons were the killer mannequins, the first monsters we meet, even though they're not named as such in that episode.