A Beginner's Guide - How To Introduce Yourself To Dr. Who

[Jezza]

Originally Posted by sandman slim

Start with "Blink". Blink is like the gateway drug into Doctor Who, imo. Then maybe "The Eleventh Hour", possibly the best Doctor introduction episode ever. Next, something epic like "The End of Time". Then the 50th anniversary extravaganza, "The Day of the Doctor". Then... Oh, hell, watch 'em all.

Other than The Eleventh Hour, all of those are awful starting points for a new viewer.

The End of Time and The Day of the Doctor rely on a lot of prior knowledge and are huge spoilers for anyone who hasn't seen anything prior to them.

Blink may be a classic, but it's also not very representative of the show. The Doctor is only in it for about 2-3 minutes, so any new viewer doesn't actually get a good sense of what the show or its main character are about.

The Eleventh Hour is a good jumping on point, but if you start there then you might as well start right at the start of the New Series and get the full backstory, especially as later episodes rely on pre-Eleventh Hour plot points.