It's odd--I think in part I enjoy it so much *because* I'm such a relative latecomer. I'm a sucker for archetypes, names with history and connotations and flavour, and while I hadn't seen much Doctor Who I did get my hands on some of the novels (sometime between the ages of seven and twelve). Mind you, I wasn't really in a position to look much of anything up at that point--the concept of the Internet as research tool did not even register to a preadolescent back in the mid-late eighties, or at any rate not this one--but I remembered bits and pieces. The back-of-book quote about him changing, and Ian wondering WHO the doctor would be next[1], that stuck with me for decades (as evinced by the fact that I still remember it). So I didn't know much. But I picked up something, then and over the years. TARDIS. Dalek. The Master. Time Lord.
But anyway.
And then I came across the last three seasons, though very slowly. I saw "The Unquiet Dead", and that was good, but I saw it on a TV in a bar and it was the only one I saw--didn't think of the Internet, no TV. And I heard bits and pieces, more and more, and then I saw "Spearhead from Space" (yes, with Three--the Autons sounded cool, they came up in a completely different context) and "The Christmas Invasion". And I got a little more context.
And then I sat down and properly saw "Rose". And I think it was the best possible introduction to the series--watching her learn, knowing enough to expect something wonderful but not enough to be sure of what's happening. It's like the whole world of the series lights up, brilliant and dangerous and marvelous and--
--well, fantastic. --- [1] Very cheap book. I swear they used the all-caps.
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It's odd--I think in part I enjoy it so much *because* I'm such a relative latecomer. I'm a sucker for archetypes, names with history and connotations and flavour, and while I hadn't seen much Doctor Who I did get my hands on some of the novels (sometime between the ages of seven and twelve). Mind you, I wasn't really in a position to look much of anything up at that point--the concept of the Internet as research tool did not even register to a preadolescent back in the mid-late eighties, or at any rate not this one--but I remembered bits and pieces. The back-of-book quote about him changing, and Ian wondering WHO the doctor would be next[1], that stuck with me for decades (as evinced by the fact that I still remember it). So I didn't know much. But I picked up something, then and over the years. TARDIS. Dalek. The Master. Time Lord.
But anyway.
And then I came across the last three seasons, though very slowly. I saw "The Unquiet Dead", and that was good, but I saw it on a TV in a bar and it was the only one I saw--didn't think of the Internet, no TV. And I heard bits and pieces, more and more, and then I saw "Spearhead from Space" (yes, with Three--the Autons sounded cool, they came up in a completely different context) and "The Christmas Invasion". And I got a little more context.
And then I sat down and properly saw "Rose". And I think it was the best possible introduction to the series--watching her learn, knowing enough to expect something wonderful but not enough to be sure of what's happening. It's like the whole world of the series lights up, brilliant and dangerous and marvelous and--
--well, fantastic.
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[1] Very cheap book. I swear they used the all-caps.