I am SO EXCITED to hopefully go around to colleges!
you totally do need to get into SPN! take your time, though. once you're in, there IS NO COMING OUT.
okay! so, the basic divisions of Doctor Who are old!Who and nu!Who. Old Who is anything that aired from it's first airing - 1963 - until 1989, when it was canceled for the first time. (There's a short gap in there when it went on hiatus.) There's also a movie that's sort of iffy on how canonical it really is. Old Who is full of craziness, missing serials, and a really odd version of episodes/serials. I've watched very little of it, and it's not necessary to know it before you watch nu!Who.
nu!Who started in 2005, featuring Doctors Nine, Ten, and now Eleven. It called it's first season Series 1, though it could also be considered Season 27, since it's canonically the same show as the old one (which ran for 26 seasons). It was under Russell T. Davis for four series (series four including five specials that ran instead of a regular season through 2009). Stephen Moffat took over for Series 5, which he then said was Series 1 or Season 31. But everything official is still calling it Series 5, so. yeah.
TVTropes has a pretty fantastic primer for the show here, plus an episode recap page. I'm a big fan of Series 1 and 5, myself. They're both totally worth watching, while the three inbetween are pretty good but not the best.
IN SHORT, you should totally watch it! I love Doctor Who - it's all SHINY and SPARKLY and Series 5 was possibly the best season of television I've watched. Quite seriously.
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you totally do need to get into SPN! take your time, though. once you're in, there IS NO COMING OUT.
okay! so, the basic divisions of Doctor Who are old!Who and nu!Who. Old Who is anything that aired from it's first airing - 1963 - until 1989, when it was canceled for the first time. (There's a short gap in there when it went on hiatus.) There's also a movie that's sort of iffy on how canonical it really is. Old Who is full of craziness, missing serials, and a really odd version of episodes/serials. I've watched very little of it, and it's not necessary to know it before you watch nu!Who.
nu!Who started in 2005, featuring Doctors Nine, Ten, and now Eleven. It called it's first season Series 1, though it could also be considered Season 27, since it's canonically the same show as the old one (which ran for 26 seasons). It was under Russell T. Davis for four series (series four including five specials that ran instead of a regular season through 2009). Stephen Moffat took over for Series 5, which he then said was Series 1 or Season 31. But everything official is still calling it Series 5, so. yeah.
TVTropes has a pretty fantastic primer for the show here, plus an episode recap page. I'm a big fan of Series 1 and 5, myself. They're both totally worth watching, while the three inbetween are pretty good but not the best.
IN SHORT, you should totally watch it! I love Doctor Who - it's all SHINY and SPARKLY and Series 5 was possibly the best season of television I've watched. Quite seriously.