What a long, strange trip it's been.

[shiredancer]

Four years and three months, give or take some. That's how long Peter and I have spent watching the entirety of Dr. Who, from The Unearthly Child through the Tenth Doctor, and swinging in Torchwood at the proper time too. Four AMAZING years! Tonight we watched Parts 1 and 2 of The End of Time, and kissed David Tennant farewell. *sniffle*

Dr. Who was a big subject back in 2008 here on LiveJournal, and my curiosity was piqued by all the references to the different Doctors -- Ten, and Nine, and Four, etc. I asked gillyp about this, as she seemed particularly expert in all things Who, and she really set me on the right course with a whole bunch of information and history. I'd taken a look at the then-currently-running episode The Unicorn and The Wasp, as well as Silence in The Library, before I realized I was too unaware of what was going on and decided I wanted to start at the beginning. Peter's always up for good sci-fi and had always heard about Dr. Who, so he was game too. Now four years later I caught up with myself (and Donna Noble), and moved right along. Watching The Unicorn and The Wasp again felt like, I don't know, a real landmark -- something to celebrate, for sure. Now that we've caught up to the Eleventh Doctor, though, we want to drag our feet a bit. We're going to be soooo unhappy the day we find ourselves without the luxury of lots of shows to catch up on, and have to actually wait for real broadcasts (or worse, wait out a whole season until we can Netflix it). We're already in that position now with Torchwood, and whoa, wasn't The Children of Earth a downer! Now I know what all the uproar was about.

There's still Game of Thrones ahead, but I want to read the books first. I think there are about five of them out so far? So that'll be awhile -- and that's good, because I've kinda gotten in the habit of having something to look forward to, viewing-wise. Alons-y!

Comments

[vamysteryfan.livejournal.com]

I admire you for doing it that way. I started with Doctor 4, Tom Baker and then Peter Davison. I've only seen some of the episodes with the first three doctors and I've never seen the movie. One of my first conventions was to hear Tom Baker and Colin Baker speak. They were wonderful. I like the modern day Doctors but sometimes I do miss the sheer cheesiness of the early days. And they keep retconning the history of the Daleks and Cybermen and other races.

Torchwood went from outstanding to rubbish. That last American season - pfui!

[chriselora55.livejournal.com]

Yes, Daleks and Cybermen, oldies, but goodies. Oh, and *shooglie sets.
Absolutely wonderful memories.


*Shakey

[shiredancer.livejournal.com]

Heh heh! "Shooglie" sets, I like that!

[shiredancer.livejournal.com]

Oh dear... so Torchwood doesn't get any better, huh? Seems like they just bailed on it, killing everybody off. Leaving off where we have, it feels like they thought they were ending the series, but we know there's another season not yet available on Netflix (must be the one you're referring to).

Well, we're diehards... we'll watch it just to see where they take it. Can it really be worse than Children of Earth?

Yes, yay for the early cheesiness! And less angsty storylines (but back in the day it was really meant for kids; obviously MUCH more adult now).