Oh, crikey! You'd get a different answer to that question from every fan in the world!
How do you feel about black and white TV? I ask because the best place to start really would be the Beginnings set, which is the three first ever adventures. These are "An Unearthly Child", which introduces the Doctor and the TARDIS; "The Daleks", which introduces the Cybermen (sorry, couldn't resist); and "Inside The Spaceship", which is mental. They had to do a low budget story after blowing all their money on the Dalek adventure, basically. Sixties Who is often experimental. They were learning how to do things, and doing stuff that had never been done before on television. It's well worth watching, but I guess not if you find black and white stuff a chore. I know some people do.
The Beginnings box set is around twelve half hour episodes, and is currently going for £5 used on Amazon, so it might be a good experiment!
Another good place to start would be the Pertwee years. That's when the show went into colour, and was sort of a reboot in a way. His first adventure, "Spearhead From Space", is a good example of seventies Who. One of the most popular Pertwee adventures, "The Daemons", has just been released. It features the Master, and a lot of boys' own gallivanting about the place wearing dodgy seventies clothing. I posted a review of it on here somewhere, but goodness knows where.
Anyway, if black and white doesn't put you off, you can't go wrong with William Hartnell. He's excellent. Sadly not much of Patrick Troughton's tenure survives. Jon Pertwee is always fun, but do be aware that there will be giant cardboard monsters to contend with. Again, that bothers some people. Tom Baker is fondly remembered by everybody who isn't me. I'm not very good at recommending his stories accordingly. Peter Davison is awesome, but hampered by no budget and a borderline insane producer. His final story, "Caves Of Androzani", is terrific though, and most people also like "Kinda" and especially "Earthshock". Poor Colin Baker barely got a chance, as the BBC was trying to kill off the show the whole time he was on; and then Sylvester McCoy suffered from much the same. Then there's Paul McGann, who made a film in 1996. It was terrible, he was brilliant. I really couldn't recommend it to anybody, though...
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Date: 2012-05-22 18:32 (UTC)How do you feel about black and white TV? I ask because the best place to start really would be the Beginnings set, which is the three first ever adventures. These are "An Unearthly Child", which introduces the Doctor and the TARDIS; "The Daleks", which introduces the Cybermen (sorry, couldn't resist); and "Inside The Spaceship", which is mental. They had to do a low budget story after blowing all their money on the Dalek adventure, basically. Sixties Who is often experimental. They were learning how to do things, and doing stuff that had never been done before on television. It's well worth watching, but I guess not if you find black and white stuff a chore. I know some people do.
The Beginnings box set is around twelve half hour episodes, and is currently going for £5 used on Amazon, so it might be a good experiment!
Another good place to start would be the Pertwee years. That's when the show went into colour, and was sort of a reboot in a way. His first adventure, "Spearhead From Space", is a good example of seventies Who. One of the most popular Pertwee adventures, "The Daemons", has just been released. It features the Master, and a lot of boys' own gallivanting about the place wearing dodgy seventies clothing. I posted a review of it on here somewhere, but goodness knows where.
Anyway, if black and white doesn't put you off, you can't go wrong with William Hartnell. He's excellent. Sadly not much of Patrick Troughton's tenure survives. Jon Pertwee is always fun, but do be aware that there will be giant cardboard monsters to contend with. Again, that bothers some people. Tom Baker is fondly remembered by everybody who isn't me. I'm not very good at recommending his stories accordingly. Peter Davison is awesome, but hampered by no budget and a borderline insane producer. His final story, "Caves Of Androzani", is terrific though, and most people also like "Kinda" and especially "Earthshock". Poor Colin Baker barely got a chance, as the BBC was trying to kill off the show the whole time he was on; and then Sylvester McCoy suffered from much the same. Then there's Paul McGann, who made a film in 1996. It was terrible, he was brilliant. I really couldn't recommend it to anybody, though...
I don't think I'm being much help. :D