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I'm not sure how I should go about collecting Doctor Who

MoeDantesMoeDantes
edited 2011-06-06 14:24:36 in Media
no longer cuddly, but still Edmond
There's so much Doctor Who, and I want it all... well okay, mostly just the TV series.  But I'm not sure how to go about it.

Should I:

A - Start from the beginning and work my way forward?

B - Pick a particular Doctor and try to get all of his serials before moving on?

C - Just randomly acquire whatever stories seem the most interesting at the time and keep at it until I have them all?

D - Whatever other option you guys happen to think of?

Thanks for the input.
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  • GLORIOUSLeaderGLORIOUSLeader
    When in Turkey, ROCK THE FUCK OUT
    I would say B. 
  • IanExMachinaIanExMachina
    I am Dr. Ned who is totally not Dr. Zed in disguise.
    Start with David Tennant or Matt Smith then decide if you want to look at the older doctors.
  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    I think Nine's probably the best place to start.
  • MoeDantesMoeDantes
    no longer cuddly, but still Edmond
    I should clarify:  Currently I own four box sets, two individual
    releases, and one novelization of a lost serial.  Before buying these I
    had rented several episodes from a library.  I've well decided that I
    like Who.



    I'm just not sure how to go about expanding my collection, is all.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    edited 2011-06-06 15:33:45
    You can change. You can.
    I'd say that C is the best. Also, I'd recommend for you to find which stories are lost forever, so you can evade just getting incomplete serials (unless you want those too)

    Also, I recommend getting Nu Who first as it is relatively easy to do so.
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    Bear in mind, it's not actually possible to watch every episode. Over a hundred have been lost.
  • MoeDantesMoeDantes
    no longer cuddly, but still Edmond
    There's always the novelizations or the audio adaptations though.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    While true, I think they are EU and they do not cover lost stories. Operative word being think here.
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    edited 2011-06-06 15:58:09
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    ^^Yeah, true. But it still makes being a completionist Doctor Who fan very frustrating.

    ^The audio from every missing episode survives, so each one does have an audio-only version.
  • MoeDantesMoeDantes
    edited 2011-06-06 16:02:42
    no longer cuddly, but still Edmond
    @Juan_Carlos - I was actually talking about these.
  • GelzoGelzo
    edited 2011-06-06 16:04:04
    Pony Sleuth
    This is probably the most archive panicky series I know of.

    Not counting bullshit like superhero comics that don't even have decent continuity.
  • NyktosNyktos
    a little muffled
    > implying Doctor Who has decent continuity
  • GelzoGelzo
    Pony Sleuth
    Forgive me, I only have second-hand information about the series.
  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    bullshit like superhero comics

  • GelzoGelzo
    edited 2011-06-06 16:07:38
    Pony Sleuth
    Read the rest of the sentence. Superhero comics can be awesome, but I hear attempts for a consistent canon in some series have gone to shit.
  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    Eh, I was joking anyway.  I just felt like posting an image macro that was only vaguely relevant to the topic at hand.

    I haven't really even gotten into comics yet.
  • MoeDantesMoeDantes
    no longer cuddly, but still Edmond
    Consistent canon is overrated. Just as long as they don't conveniently forget that Superman has the power to blow rocks apart with his cock when he's fighting The Evil Stoner, its okay.
  • GelzoGelzo
    Pony Sleuth
    It's just that it's hard for me to care about what happens in 93 relatively similar installments of a series when I know that it gets undone or retconned.
  • MoeDantesMoeDantes
    no longer cuddly, but still Edmond
    More or less, same here. That's why I prefer continuous, constantly-going-forward stories like Dragon Ball.

    Doctor Who is a special exception though. Mostly because a lot of the serials are stand-alone and once they're over, the villain or situation in question is never encountered again (save for big villains like the Daleks), so the Doctor's adventures never feel pointless.
  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
  • MoeDantesMoeDantes
    no longer cuddly, but still Edmond
    ... And then when somebody suggests using the Spirit Bomb on Buu, he's reluctant to because he remembers the fact that it has never, EVER delivered the killing blow.

    (He conveniently forgets, however, that even when it doesn't deliver the deathblow it still saps a significant amount of HP from the target).
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Huh, I didn't know about those audio thingies...

    As for comics: Eh, I think that a good story is good, no matter if it's retconned or not. But if you feel that's much of an issue, you can read one.shots and miniseries
  • NyktosNyktos
    a little muffled
    @Gelzo:
    Forgive me, I only have second-hand information about the series.
    The continuity is just as bad as with superhero comics if you count EU stuff, but the difference is that rather than trying to deal, the official policy is to not really care about canon so long as you don't contradict anything important.
  • GelzoGelzo
    Pony Sleuth
    That actually doesn't sound quite as aggravating.
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    I believe it's been phrased as "canon is what the writers remember at the moment."
  • MoeDantesMoeDantes
    no longer cuddly, but still Edmond
    So, going back to the OP, here's what I've decided:

    I'm going to go with B, but do C every once in awhile just for variety.

    So now the question is, which Doctor to start with. I'm currently gravitating towards Peter Davison.

  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Hmmm, I'd go with Pertwee, Baker or Davison, yes.
  • NyktosNyktos
    a little muffled
    Which Baker?
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Tom. 
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    Incidentally, am I the only one who will be pissed if David Tennant doesn't light the Olympic torch next year?
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