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"it all started as a mild curiosity in a junkyard"
Monday, 14 May 2012 10:56
Project Watch ALL The Classic Who In Order is complete! It took nearly four years but was most definitely worth it (and would have taken less time if it hadn't been for the whole full time job, part time MSc thing I've had going on lately. Oh, and falling headfirst into comics didn't help). I would recommend it to everyone, especially people who like me are stubborn and methodical. From a purely practical point of view, you get all the recons out of the way fairly early on, and end on a high note with the brilliant season 26, and also the TV Movie, which I love, even the terrible bits. And it is just a really great experience. As I've mentioned before, I think the First Doctor era benefits the most, because the failures turn into heroic attempts more easily in context. I have been getting very nostalgic for the original TARDIS team as I got further along with the series, and also for the Third Doctor era for some reason, despite not being a massive fan of Three.
I had seen a fair amount of stuff before I started watching in order (basically, everything that was out on DVD before about July 2008), so my opinions haven't changed that drastically, though I am a lot fonder of Three than I was. Eight is still my favourite, except on days when Two or Eleven are my favourite instead. Jo has gone up in my opinion, though that was happening anyway, and I was pleasantly surprised by Mel's episodes: I loved her based on her Big Finish stories, and was expecting to have to love her despite some of her on-screen stuff, but she turned out to be really great most of the time, so yay! Favouritest companions remain Ace, Zoe, Romana and Barbara, but I really do love all of them. I was going to pick out some favourite episodes, but the idea of choosing just one or two from each era caused me some distress, so here are some favourite seasons instead: Six! Twelve! Seventeen or eighteen, I can't decide! Twenty Six! ♥
So. There we are, then. ...what shall I do now?
(I should probably mention that I haven't actually seen all of Doctor Who, just all the classic stuff (except for the two newly recovered episodes of course! \o/), as the bits of the RTD era that I skipped at the time have not yet got any more appealing. One day!)
I had seen a fair amount of stuff before I started watching in order (basically, everything that was out on DVD before about July 2008), so my opinions haven't changed that drastically, though I am a lot fonder of Three than I was. Eight is still my favourite, except on days when Two or Eleven are my favourite instead. Jo has gone up in my opinion, though that was happening anyway, and I was pleasantly surprised by Mel's episodes: I loved her based on her Big Finish stories, and was expecting to have to love her despite some of her on-screen stuff, but she turned out to be really great most of the time, so yay! Favouritest companions remain Ace, Zoe, Romana and Barbara, but I really do love all of them. I was going to pick out some favourite episodes, but the idea of choosing just one or two from each era caused me some distress, so here are some favourite seasons instead: Six! Twelve! Seventeen or eighteen, I can't decide! Twenty Six! ♥
So. There we are, then. ...what shall I do now?
(I should probably mention that I haven't actually seen all of Doctor Who, just all the classic stuff (except for the two newly recovered episodes of course! \o/), as the bits of the RTD era that I skipped at the time have not yet got any more appealing. One day!)