Doctor Who
I'm making a guide of which episodes of Dr Who to watch. While I'm making a fully detailed guide, I've seen the first 4 stories of the classic series and here are my thoughts so far:
[ An Unearthly Child ] – Watch the first episode! Then skip the rest because they're dull
[ The Daleks ] – Worth a watch if you're patient, but otherwise it's very slow paced
(cont)
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[ The Edge of Destruction ] - Watch it! Short and tense, and one of my favourites
[ Marco Polo ] - All the episodes are missing, but if you're willing to watch regardless, go ahead!
(To explain for those who don't know: many of the earlier episodes were completely destroyed, however fans at home recorded the audio and took photos of the screen, so reconstructions which use still images have been made)
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The Keys of Marinus does hold up!
I've decided to put it in my "fast track" recommendation - which means I recommend it for anyone to watch, even if they just want a sampling of episodes.
I may demote it to a regular "watch" recommendation later on, because it is still incredibly slowly paced compared to the later seasons (let alone modern television), but it's there for now.
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by the way: I'm going to publish a version of the guide after I finish each season.
I'd publish as I go, but the software I'm using is really convinient for writing in, but not so convinient for... displaying on the web.
Two stories left in this season: The Sensorites, and The Reign of Terror
Doctor Who [Latest Recommendations]
I changed my mind a bit for some stories, so here is the recommendations:
[ An Unearthly Child ] → Watch the first episode only
[ The Daleks ] → Don't watch, unless you're really curious - in which case I can recommend skipping through episodes 5 and 6
[ The Edge of Destruction ] → Recommended!
[ Marco Polo ] → Maybe, if you're ok with a reconstruction
[ The Keys of Marinus ] → ✨ HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ✨
[ The Aztecs ] → Maybe
[ The Sensorites ] → No
Doctor Who [Season 1 Recommendations]
I've now published the draft of my first season of recommendations for Doctor Who!
Want to watch Doctor Who from the very beginning, but don't want to slog through the really boring episodes?
Check out my guide!
https://averylychee.neocities.org/doctor-who/
Now with better recommendations, a more clear intro, and better colours!
Currently I've only written the recommendations for the first season - second season will be coming as soon as I finish watching it!
also, in order to make this guide, I had to write a haskell program, which you can find here: https://github.com/AveryGlitch/Doctor-Who-Guide
Doctor Who [season 2]
this is so infuriatingly bad, hrrrggg
Doctor Who [season 2]
"it's been in the ship ever since I constructed it."
Ah, right - in the early series, the idea of the timelords didn't exist, and The Doctor was a mysterious old man from an alien planet who had built the time machine.
The idea of regeneration only happenned because they wanted to keep the show going after William Hartnell no longer wanted to play the part, and the Time Lords didn't really exist until the end of the second doctor's tenure.
Doctor Who [season 2]
And now: The Crusade
this will be interesting - for season 1, my source just had still pictures for the reconstructions.
But for season 2, we have the Loose Cannon reconstructions, where fans put a lot more effort into them. We'll see how these go...