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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 next story is The Keys of Marinus, which I remember fondly from when I watched it as a kid.
We'll see if it holds up...
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@lizardsquid We have this on DVD. I've watched bits of it, popping in and out of the room, and I just remember thinking how *slow* the pacing was. Even compared to 1970s episodes.
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@woozle oh yeah, the pacing on all these episodes is SO SLOW
I mention in my full guide that people can skip the first few seasons if they can't stand the pacing, because it really is..... extreme
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@lizardsquid I find it interesting that we have that reaction -- like, the pace of life has just accelerated to the point where waiting so long between events in a drama can feel intolerable.
I think this says something interesting about how life must have been back then -- like, it must have felt a lot more relaxed, at least temporally.
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@woozle yes, that would definitely be a question to ask, rather than just assume like a doofus ::P
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@lizardsquid Well, I gather that before TV, sitting around the radio to listen to shows was a thing. So sitting around the TV would seem to follow naturally.
This seems like an interesting question to ask people older than me, though, when opportunity arises ^.^