Bob Canada has performed a great service for the Interweb with this Doctor Who infographic:
Posters are available. He also worked up one for the Doctor’s enemies.
Bob Canada has performed a great service for the Interweb with this Doctor Who infographic:
Posters are available. He also worked up one for the Doctor’s enemies.
Love it.
I’d love to get into Doctor Who but I’m a bit intimidated by the immensiy of the series. Maybe the poster will help.
I wouldn’t worry about it. I grew up watching the Doctor on PBS where the 30 minute shows were combined into 90 minutes. I’ve seen all of the episodes of Doctors 3-6. I didn’t like the 7th Doctor’s episodes. There was a touch a perversion I thought I saw coming into the stories, and too often the Doctor walked into the final act as if he’d read the script. “You’re finished, Evil Alien. I’ve read your secret on page 54 during the commercial break.” I mean, the Doctor always knew tons of stuff, but these stories didn’t flow naturally.
I haven’t seen the modern ones yet. They look great. So for you, feel free to start anywhere. Netflix has several of them.
Who’s on First. What’s on Second. I Don’t Know is on Third.
My wife and middle daughter are major Dr. Who fans. Actually, the posters are more info than you need to know to enjoy the series. The Doctor is a Time Lord who travels space and time with a companion or two solving the various crisis that pop up wherever he goes. Occasionally he regenerates into a new personality and appearance. His time machine looks like a police box, has fantastic capabilities and is bigger inside than it is on the outside. The Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker 1974-81) was the best Doctor. Outside of that the story arcs are more or less self contained.
As with any series that has been created over the course of over 40 years, episodes reflect the age in which they were made. The early stories from the 1960’s moved rather slowly and the low budget special effects were designed more to spark imagination than to depict realism. By the 80’s stories got a bit weird, reflecting the onslaught of New Age philosophy. Since the series rebooted in 2005 the graphics and dialog reflect the higher budgets and modern graphic technology of our era. There is some great campy humour and I enjoy the return of some old enemies. But I am disappointed in the tendency to depict aliens with images more associated with satanic or occultic practices.
… whereas the Daleks were designed to look like salt-n-pepper shakers.
Oh, I liked Tom Baker the best too. He and Sarah Parker (is that her name) were the best.
The character was Sarah Jane Smith. She reprised the role in the 2005-6 season which precipitated her own spin off series which ran until the death of actress Elizabeth Sladen last year.
Really? I didn’t know that. She spent time with Jon Pertwee, the third doctor, before he regenerated, which makes her more interesting. The Brigadier was great too.
I remember liking Romana a lot too.
The Sarah Jane Adventures
The 10th Doctor is the best Doctor ever. The. End.
Phil, please watch the new series. It’s so good.
I believe you. I’ve noticed some of them on Netflix, so I should look them up this summer.