Doctor Who is easy to start with if you begin with the 2005 series, which is season 1 in the "new" show but technically season 27 if you count all the canon over the last 40 years.
I've only seen maybe two or three old episodes of DW, and the tv movie of the 8th Doctor from 1996, which is the last canon show until the new series starts in 2005. You don't *need* to watch any of the old stuff, not at all, but you may find yourself interested after you catch up on recent episodes.
The seasons are only 13 episodes long each, plus an annual Christmas Special that bridges the seasons, so they're relatively quick to go through-- only half the length of a normal U.S. tv season.
If you're curious, I recommend DW with all my heart. All though I make light of the Doctor's angst/weirdness in the post above, most of the show is light, happy, campy fun. It's like tv candy. It's like a caramel apple. It is good, because you can enjoy it as light tv or you can read between the lines and obsess about the darker implications of the characters. It has strong female characters and while it's wild and crazy and not every eccentric storyline works, the whole is always fun.
Doctor Who is just so likable and addictive that it feels like a breath of fresh air in comparison to so many heavier shows. It's cheeky, and cute, and full of angst, and has a phenomenal het romance if you're into that.
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I've only seen maybe two or three old episodes of DW, and the tv movie of the 8th Doctor from 1996, which is the last canon show until the new series starts in 2005. You don't *need* to watch any of the old stuff, not at all, but you may find yourself interested after you catch up on recent episodes.
The seasons are only 13 episodes long each, plus an annual Christmas Special that bridges the seasons, so they're relatively quick to go through-- only half the length of a normal U.S. tv season.
If you're curious, I recommend DW with all my heart. All though I make light of the Doctor's angst/weirdness in the post above, most of the show is light, happy, campy fun. It's like tv candy. It's like a caramel apple. It is good, because you can enjoy it as light tv or you can read between the lines and obsess about the darker implications of the characters. It has strong female characters and while it's wild and crazy and not every eccentric storyline works, the whole is always fun.
Doctor Who is just so likable and addictive that it feels like a breath of fresh air in comparison to so many heavier shows. It's cheeky, and cute, and full of angst, and has a phenomenal het romance if you're into that.