[KentAllard87 @replies]

This seems to be the general discussion forum – so apologies if some background comments are repeated from my comment about the newest Cyberman episode.

I’m new to any Dr. Who forum, but not new to the series; I prefer the original series (w. Pertwee, Troughton, Baker, McCoy being favorites) and the Big Finish audio series (Colin Baker fav. there), over the new stand-alone episodes. The endearing, but less than stellar special effects of the original series were overcome in the audio series – the storylines are mostly well-done with top-notch sound effects.

Some of my fav. Dr. Who storylines; the Celestial Toymaker, the Daemons, Talons of Weng Chiang. In the audio NIght Thoughts and Chimes of Midnight come to mind. I’m pleased that more’s being done with the 2nd-3rd doctor, although the third Dr. is the most neglected with new productions.

The black and white film of the early series also lent sort of an ethereal nature to that era. William Hartnell used to be one of my least favorites, but I’m growing to like his version. Turlough always will be my least favorite companion.

I didn’t care for the Eccleston series and although I liked Tennant and Smith, I became an occasional watcher after the Eccleston season. I have watched the Capaldi ones – and I tended to like the earlier part of the season.

Happily, there’s a choice; there’s classic episodes and the audio for the originalists (and there’s spinoff series starting to cover TV themes) and the TV series for newer fans and those who prefer the newer storylines.

[KentAllard87 @replies]

New here, but not new to Doctor Who. So you’ll have a base for where my episode comments come from, I prefer the pre-1989 series. I liked the Capaldi series ok, but it seems that every episode I liked was not written by Mr. Moffat (if Wikipedia is correct) – the dark house mystery one, etc.

I found Bill Potts to be fairly likable and I was disappointed that the series looks to end up in a depressing way. And the Master seems to turn bad again. What a surprise!

I’ve kept up with the Big Finish series, and in my opinion, the stories have more depth to them, and generally aren’t as dark. Don’t get me wrong, I like the TV series – I just prefer the audio ones more. Audio ones are well done, stories are longer, like the originals, and it’s theater of the mind. (and also, the Big Finish series had the Cybermen start in a different way, around 2004).

And favorite doctors; Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton, Tom Baker, Sylvester McCoy. I didn’t care for the TV Colin Baker, but his audio Doctor is my favorite.

Eventually, the Doctor Who cast tends to graduate to Big Finish after leaving the series. I think we’ll be hearing more from Bill Potts and the current cast.

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