Doctor Who

[EricJ]

I'm a Doctor Who FAN, in the sense that I can't stand the smug, overbearing, narcissistic and not-gay-enough New Series.

Fortunately, the BBC R1 SD's of the old Tom Baker classic are multiplying rapidly, and just dug up another stash of heretofore un-disked story arcs for download on iTunes Store.
(And even a few Patrick Troughtons vs. Cybermen, how cool is that?)

Originally Posted by SillyMammo

Being a fantasy/sci-fi fan most of my life, I'd always heard about Doctor Who, but it never really caught my fancy. Guess I thought it might be a little too British for me.

Same here:
It was always that weird low-budget thing at 7:30 or midnight on the lower PBS stations, and I could never tune in for Episode 1 of a story arc (even with Ben Franklin's recap narration), so I could never understand who was running down which hallway or blinking penlights at who--

Ah, but on DVD, with nothing to interrupt the serial from beginning to end...
Demonstrated that the right script can make you forget about even the lowest production values.