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holliGanked from some_stars: Rec one TV story per Doctor. Not neccesarily your favourites, but ones you think might appeal to newbies. This is your chance to sell your favourite Doctors!
Note that I have not even remotely seen everything, just bits and pieces, and the only Six I've seen is part of "The Two Doctors," and there are a lot of instances where I watched the first two installments and then fell asleep. That said:
One: I think I'm going with "The Romans," which is a delightful romp. Ian and Barbara are great in it, and I really like how each character has their own story, and Ian and Barbara are having crazy adventures unbeknownst to the Doctor and Vicki. There's a lot of humor, and a lot of silliness, but I enjoy that, personally.
Two: "The Mind Robber!" Team TARDIS goes into the Land of Imagination, meets a bunch of ficitonal characters, gets into trouble, and watches Zoe beat up a superhero. I cannot stress enough how much I enjoyed Zoe beating up a superhero. That was THE GREATEST. Also it has Fake Jamie, which is pretty hilarious.
Three: I haven't watched a ton of Three, but I'm going to go with "The Sea Devils," for awesome Jo, Doctor/Master swordfighting, and A+ monsters.
Four: I'm torn between "The Ark in Space," which has the legendary bubble wrap monster, and "The Pirate Planet," which has Romana I being awesome and a lot of hilarity. And of course there's "City of Death," which is wonderful on all levels. Watch a lot of Four, I guess, is what I'm saying.
Five: "Castrovalva" all the way. It's Five's first serial, one of the first Classic serials I ever watched, and I love it to pieces. It's funny and weird and has the Master being a total creeper, and also Nyssa and Tegan have to carry a man-sized Styrofoam iPod through the English countryside. Oh, and the costumes are boss.
Six: As mentioned, I have only seen a bit of "The Two Doctors," and also his regeneration scene. So I have no comment on Six, sadly.
Seven: I haven't seen a lot of Seven either, but whatever the opposite of recommending something is, I do that for "Ghost Light," at least for someone new to Seven, because "Ghost Light" makes no goddamn sense. I did quite like what I saw of "Dragonfire," though-- Ace is pretty great.
Eight: I have yet to see the Eight movie, and I have the wrong sort of brain for audios, alas. So I will have to reserve judgement.
Nine: "The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances," no question. I've actually shown these to people new to Who, and they work really well.
Ten: "Blink," even though Ten's barely in it, is a great way to get people intrigued by Who without having to explain much of anything. I just recently showed it to the boy I've been going out with, and it made him want to watch more Who. Even after I told him the rest of the show's not actually that much like "Blink."
Eleven: "Vincent and the Doctor." There's a little bit of backstory-explaning you have to do, but it's such a good episode-- sad, funny, exciting, moving-- that it's totally worth showing to newbies. "The Eleventh Hour" is also great, but I like "Vincent and the Doctor" a tiny bit better.
some_stars: Rec one TV story per Doctor. Not neccesarily your favourites, but ones you think might appeal to newbies. This is your chance to sell your favourite Doctors!Note that I have not even remotely seen everything, just bits and pieces, and the only Six I've seen is part of "The Two Doctors," and there are a lot of instances where I watched the first two installments and then fell asleep. That said:
One: I think I'm going with "The Romans," which is a delightful romp. Ian and Barbara are great in it, and I really like how each character has their own story, and Ian and Barbara are having crazy adventures unbeknownst to the Doctor and Vicki. There's a lot of humor, and a lot of silliness, but I enjoy that, personally.
Two: "The Mind Robber!" Team TARDIS goes into the Land of Imagination, meets a bunch of ficitonal characters, gets into trouble, and watches Zoe beat up a superhero. I cannot stress enough how much I enjoyed Zoe beating up a superhero. That was THE GREATEST. Also it has Fake Jamie, which is pretty hilarious.
Three: I haven't watched a ton of Three, but I'm going to go with "The Sea Devils," for awesome Jo, Doctor/Master swordfighting, and A+ monsters.
Four: I'm torn between "The Ark in Space," which has the legendary bubble wrap monster, and "The Pirate Planet," which has Romana I being awesome and a lot of hilarity. And of course there's "City of Death," which is wonderful on all levels. Watch a lot of Four, I guess, is what I'm saying.
Five: "Castrovalva" all the way. It's Five's first serial, one of the first Classic serials I ever watched, and I love it to pieces. It's funny and weird and has the Master being a total creeper, and also Nyssa and Tegan have to carry a man-sized Styrofoam iPod through the English countryside. Oh, and the costumes are boss.
Six: As mentioned, I have only seen a bit of "The Two Doctors," and also his regeneration scene. So I have no comment on Six, sadly.
Seven: I haven't seen a lot of Seven either, but whatever the opposite of recommending something is, I do that for "Ghost Light," at least for someone new to Seven, because "Ghost Light" makes no goddamn sense. I did quite like what I saw of "Dragonfire," though-- Ace is pretty great.
Eight: I have yet to see the Eight movie, and I have the wrong sort of brain for audios, alas. So I will have to reserve judgement.
Nine: "The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances," no question. I've actually shown these to people new to Who, and they work really well.
Ten: "Blink," even though Ten's barely in it, is a great way to get people intrigued by Who without having to explain much of anything. I just recently showed it to the boy I've been going out with, and it made him want to watch more Who. Even after I told him the rest of the show's not actually that much like "Blink."
Eleven: "Vincent and the Doctor." There's a little bit of backstory-explaning you have to do, but it's such a good episode-- sad, funny, exciting, moving-- that it's totally worth showing to newbies. "The Eleventh Hour" is also great, but I like "Vincent and the Doctor" a tiny bit better.
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Date: 2011-11-14 10:04 pm (UTC)Ghost Light is completely ridiculous, it's so massively incomprehensible. I saw it twice, once after seeing all the other Ace episodes, and I STILL didn't understand a damn thing until I looked up a detailed synopsis. I mean, I love it to pieces now, but SERIOUSLY.
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Date: 2011-11-15 02:29 am (UTC)