Everytime I browse around DA I see artwork for Dr. Who and I'm now curious (especially as I have been on a BBC kick lately, Hustle being my favorite discovery!) about this show. However, even the smallest peek into this series has overwhelmed me...its HUGE!

Okay, so my questions are this: is Dr. Who a worthy series to watch? If you enjoy it, what do you like about it? And, most importantly...Where the hell should I begin??

EDIT: Okay, so I downloaded the first season torrent for the 2005 series of Doctor Who. At episode 7, I must say that I am enjoying this show quite a lot! Even though I enjoy the silliness of the show (the humor and pure FUN everyone is having on the show is so refreshing!) I also adore the hints at the backstory that newbies like me find very vague and mysterious. I'm *adoring* what I've seen so far and am gobbling up the show in the few hours I've had available after work.

In any case, I'm looking forward to the next season already...as well as getting my hands on older/Doctor-who-wears-a-scarf parts of the series. With all of the little teasing hints I've received thus far...I want to learn more, i.e., need to watch older stuff! Bring it on bittorrent sites out there! My computer shall cope somehow!

One of my favorite moments in the show occurred in the Christmas in Victorian England episode (ep. 3??) at the end. With Charles Dickens. When he asks about the fate of his books. Oh GAWD, pure beauty!! I think all of us creative types are wishing a friendly Doctor-with-flying-spacecraft will come along and tell us the fate of our works. It brought tears to my eyes..."But...how long [do my books] last???" "Forever." GUH, it speaks to me!!

And last night was a hallmark moment, methinks, because I was introduced to the Daleks. I recognized them at once, of course, like, "Oooh, THOSE things! How funny" or something like that. But then it spoke and I got majorly freaked out. I've learned an important lesson. Daleks = not to be laughed at. They freak me out a bit now, because they are such badasses. Talk about some intensely evil dudes.



....was anyone around the internets when LotR wa being turned into a film? I recall one site had a "Tolkien Virgin" blog where people talked about what the thought about the books when they hadn't read them before, as a way for people to remember what it was like when *they* first read the books...I think I've just written something like that.

In any case, the features:





Amazingly talented artists and very good friends!