How to Start Watching Doctor Who

This is an instruction guide to watching Doctor Who. AKA the show you wish you where watching for the last 50 years (That right it has been going on for 50 years). Each time that the BBC starts this show up again it has a new element that invites new viewers. (It is kinda like star trek that way but still a very different type of SciFi) This has never been as true as it is now with the new angle brought by the last two seasons. I had trouble getting others into The Doctor up until season 5 (Not including Meg and my Mother. Thanks for believing in me guys :). So the 5th season is where i suggest you start. It is the kind of television I truly believe everyone can enjoy. Thank You BBC!

Intro to the Doctor:

The Doctor is his title not his name (which has never been told to the viewers and is a mystery). So every one calls him the Doctor or some times he takes the fake name of john smith if he needs to be low key. He has two hearts (Yep two). 

That is a lot of beats

He is from an Alien race called Time Lords (lords of time). 

I know they are a bit dramatic.

There was a great time war between the time lord and the Daleks (of who you will see a few episodes in to season 5). 

Yes they do look like trash cans with plungers on them. That is because in the original show they where.

In order to end the war and save the universe the doctor had to sacrifice all of his own people (the time lords). So he is the last of his kind. 

I just thought this was funny.

He has a soft spot for humans especially Brittan (It is like he is a character in a British show or something). he pops in and out of Human history and the rest of the universe saving everyone usually accompanied by a companion which is almost all ways a women. 

The doctor does not die just regenerates into a new body (part of why the show has lasted so long) He rides around in a time machine called a Tardis (Time And Relative Dimension In Space) it is kinda alive. 

He also has a sonic screwdriver that does a lot of handy things. 

He is like a super wise old man and a little child like boy at the same time. In the last episode, before the 5th season, the Doctor had just regenerated again into a new body (Actor Matt Smith). 

Order of Doctor who episodes to watch first:

The Eleventh Doctor

Season 5:

"The Eleventh Hour"
"The Beast Below"
"Victory of the Daleks"
"The Time of Angels"
"Flesh and Stone"
"The Vampires of Venice"
"Amy's Choice"
"The Hungry Earth"
"Cold Blood"
"Vincent and the Doctor"
"The Lodger"
"The Pandorica Opens"
"The Big Bang"

Christmas Special (They do one every year. It is a British thing)
"A Christmas Carol"

Season 6:
"The Impossible Astronaut"
"Day of the Moon"
"The Curse of the Black Spot"
"The Doctor's Wife"
"The Rebel Flesh"
"The Almost People"
"A Good Man Goes to War"
"Let's Kill Hitler"
"Night Terrors"
"The Girl Who Waited"
"The God Complex"
"Closing Time
"The Wedding of River Song" 

Ok now that you have watched season 5 and 6. Go back and watch seasons 1-4 and the year of specials That started in 2005. I guarantee that going back and watching them will not be a waste of time. There is a lot of back story, inside jokes, and new characters to love.

Order of Doctor who episodes to watch next:

The Ninth Doctor 

Season 1:

"Rose"

"The End of the World"

"The Unquiet Dead"

"Aliens of London"
"World War Three"

"Dalek"

"The Long Game"

"Father's Day"

"The Empty Child"
"The Doctor Dances"

"Boom Town"

"Bad Wolf"
"The Parting of the Ways"

The Tenth Doctor

Christmas special:

"The Christmas Invasion"

Season 2:

"New Earth"

"Tooth and Claw"

"School Reunion"

"The Girl in the Fireplace"

"Rise of the Cybermen"
"The Age of Steel"

"The Idiot's Lantern"

"The Impossible Planet"
"The Satan Pit"

"Love & Monsters"

"Fear Her"

"Army of Ghosts"
"Doomsday"

Christmas Special:

"The Runaway Bride"

Season 3:

"Smith and Jones"

"The Shakespeare Code"

"Gridlock"

"Daleks in Manhattan"
"Evolution of the Daleks"

"The Lazarus Experiment"

"42"

"Human Nature"
"The Family of Blood"

"Blink"

"Utopia"
"The Sound of Drums"
"Last of the Time Lords"

Christmas Special:

"Voyage of the Damned"

Season 4:

"Partners in Crime"

"The Fires of Pompeii"

"Planet of the Ood"

"The Sontaran Stratagem"
"The Poison Sky"

"The Doctor's Daughter"

"The Unicorn and the Wasp"

"Silence in the Library"
"Forest of the Dead"

"Midnight"

"Turn Left"

"The Stolen Earth"
"Journey's End"

The Year of Specials:

"The Next Doctor"

"Planet of the Dead"

"The Waters of Mars"

"The End of Time"

Then you are back where you started with the Eleventh Doctor and season 5.

Now the First Doctor through the Eighth Doctor are great and also have a lot of good background, inside jokes, and characters to love. But they are old school SciFi. So i suggest going back and watching these if you are into SciFi or just really love Doctor who :) 

Where to Watch it:

 

• BBC if you live in the UK.
• BBC America if you live in the US and yes it is an extra.
• Netfix if you have it, is a great way to watch most of the show.
• I tunes has the most recently aired episodes but it cost a lot more money though.
• There are websites where you can watch it for free but a problem that comes up is these web sites also can come with mega computer viruses especially if you have a PC. Another problem is that by the time you are done watching this show you are going to want to show support to the people creating it.

Rap-up: 

Try to avoid those "spoilers". Half the fun is the surprise. After watching Doctor Who you will never see history, space, wibolly wobolly timmy wimmy stuff, and adventure the same again. Are you ready to Run?

Thank you Whitney for introducing me to my favorite show!