Informal Poll

[shinentai]

Informal poll:

Old School or New School fan?

Or a little of both?

Comments

[fajrdrako]

New School fan. Definitely. It was Christopher Eccleston as Nine who drew me into the show.

[casett]

I started with New Who but am working my way into Old Who. Going back in time. Hmmm - sound like anyone we know?

[theresa]

I've only followed New-Who (9 and 10) so far. Any recommendations for which old-Who series / doctor to start with?

[wiggiemomsi]

Me too; It hasn't been the same since Nine regenerated!

*Hugs*

[bluerose]

Both, but Ten is my Doctor, hands down. :)

[beccaelizabeth]

both, and audios

[ex_cherrybomb869]

A little of both. My Fourth Doctor DVDs live right next to my Ninth Doctor DVDs. <3

[ex_cherrybomb869]

It is pretty hard to find stuff about One and Two-though Two is one of my favorites. I say watch some Three because it's got the first introduction of the Master, Three showing off and leading UNIT, and wearing god-awful clothes. Of course, Four is good also.

If you want actual episodes, I vote "The Three Doctors" (awesome Three and Two action) and "Pyramids of Mars" (ROBOT. MUMMIES.).

[bristrek]

I'm a New Schooler but I have watched several of the Classic episodes, love Two and Seven. Oh Nine, how I miss thee.

[morningapproach]

Mostly New School - I didn't watch it as a child here in Canada, but I am hoping to see them in the coming months :)

[morningapproach]

same here! I got into Doctor Who after a friend went on and on about it at the end of the 2nd season, and actually started out watching Torchwood before I jumped into Doctor Who.

I have a few of the doctors (1st, 4th, and 7th I think) sitting on a harddrive, waiting to be watched :)

[itsneveraboutthat]

Love the new, and just starting to watch more of the old.

[shinentai]

I'm a fan of both old and new and I was so glad just to have the Doctor back! Yes, Nine was cool. I like him and Ten, different as they are, even rping both in different games.

[shinentai]

It never is but I've been through several regenerations and always find something to enjoy about the next Doctor.

[shinentai]

Not a bad way to do it. Which Doctors have you watched so far?

[simons_flower]

New. My best friend made me watch showed me "Rose" and I've been hooked ever since -- which was just a few months ago :)

The only Classic I've watched is "City of Death" and I didn't get it. I'm not sure if it was just that ep, that it was Four, or the mood I was in, but I'm not giving up on watching Classic Who. Apparently my mom is an Old School fan.

[shinentai]

Hope you find something to like about each of them. I love them all but if anyone asked about my faves, I'm especially partial toward 1,2,3,4,8,9,10 which is most of them. Ack forget that but some do ask which we fancy most LOL. I have nothing against 5,6 or 7 except for some of the choices the producers made for them. Not the Doctors' faults.

[shinentai]

Good topic for a new thread. I've seen lots of discussion about this of course, over on LJ, and people have different recs. I'll try to post it this weekend or feel free to ask it yourself.

[shinentai]

Not a bad choice. I started rping Ten recently and figured it would be fun but I'm having a total blast.

[shinentai]

I haven't listened to any of the audios but I don't have time for everything. No TARDIS lurking around here....

[shinentai]

Cool. I have some Four, Two, and Three DVD's. Can't afford Nine or Ten's yet but I've checked them out from the library to make for better viewing than from Sci-Fi.

[shinentai]

Nice! And Two is fun to rp.

[shinentai]

Since the fandom is renewed with New Who you should have good ops for viewing.

[shinentai]

LOL you icon.

[shinentai]

Yes well old school Who is different from new, and even within the old it varies from Doctor to Doctor, considering the scope of years the show's been on and different producers, etc. Tom Baker played the Doctor the longest so that ads another layer to the problem you had with "City of Death", which is a good serial and one of my faves. But I saw it in order on PBS way back when.

[itsneveraboutthat]

*laughing* Isn't it great? Cracked me up...pardon the pun.

[shinentai]

Three and Two are so funny in "The Three Doctors".

[shinentai]

Ok, I'll forgive you for that one... :)

[casett]

I have seen some of 4 and some of five. Not through any of them yet though. Still working on it.

[shinentai]

At least it's something fun to do! So you're not having much of a problem adjusting to how the old shows are different from newWho?

[casett]

I am actually having some trouble adjusting. I can deal with the low budget, etc. but the pacing is rather slow compared to shows today. I watch a few episodes at a time but I do get distracted. Still interested, just not plowing through them like I thought I would.

[beccaelizabeth]

I have a two hour round trip to get to college. My free bus pass is rather balanced out by the one audio a day habit...

[nur_misur]

Very much both. Technically, I started back in Jon Pertwee's tenure, but I became a fan during the Davison era. Never been able to pick a favourite Doctor, though; I adore all ten, and am looking forward to Matt Smith.

[seashell]

Fan of both.

I'm fairly young so I learned about Doctor Who because of the new series (I started watching at the beginning, with 9). But soon after, my curiosity was piqued and I went back and watched some Classic Who, especially 3, 4, and 5.

I like them both in different ways!

[evilawyer]

Both. Definitely both. One of the most entertaining things is trying to find a thread of continuity between old and new.

[evilawyer]

Don't give up on it. Try going back to The Key to Time series, with Romana I, and move forward from there. It might help with making the characterizations make sense. Have fun!