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carbohydratechild · 1 year ago

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how to watch the 2005 reboot of doctor who in the correct order (more or less)

i couldn't find a good enough list for my friend, so i made my own using everything i could find! i put all of the sources i used at the end of the doc.

many articles skip certain mini-episodes and specials. lists that show up on google can be intimidating and confusing, or lackluster, so i tried to make it comprehensive and pretty!

i also took the time to find the best links for everything not on bbc iplayer!

it could save beginner viewers so much frustration and ensure that they actually get to see these wonderful mini-episodes!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/14zyvAC9PFwOhQ3Epho73OtlUnL33tusm03SO3wKDs8I

i didn't include classic who or anything outside the realm of official/official-adjacent video because i'm not really qualified to and it's outside the scope of this particular list.

some of the decisions for the order and for what was included/excluded are my own informed opinions, but feel free to disagree and i'll change things if i'm convinced! it's not technically chronological or even perfectly by release, but that goes out the window with a time travel show on this scale! this is the order that makes the most sense. also, i didn't add the release years of things because it would've been too confusing with the sheer amount of stuff.

please feel free to take full use of it and spread it around as much as you want! i think it's SO GOOD and i had to share it with the world!

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terranceholdsapencil · 3 months ago

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I sometimes think its weird that everyone must have a 'favourite doctor'. I get the appeal, but how its so wide spread baffles me.

Theyre all one person, in the end, with each regeneration being all that came before and more, and a little different due to the experiences they had and the people theyve met, just how I am different from when I was 15 years old, but still the same.

I have a favourite doctor for conveniency reasons, mostly, 12- but even then, whats a 'favourite doctor'. My favourite performance? My favourite to have a fun time with? My favourite to make me aspire to be better? My favourite to laugh, my favourite to cry for? Theyre all different. I love 12 as much as I love 1 or 2 or 3 or 4. Maybe I have incarnations I dont feel as strongly for, but thats usually out of unfamiliarity with all they went through and by such an inability to truly grasp who the doctor was when they wore that face (e.g. my only experience with 8 being the tv movie) or because they amplify parts of the doctor Im less fond of (e.g. six being a little mean).

But in the end, theyre all of it anyway? All of the Doctor is mean, whether its the first doctor or the sixth or the tenth, all doctors are kind, whether its the second or fourth or 12th or 14th, all of the doctor has experienced grief, all of them is strong willed, brave, afraid.

I like the idea of having a 'favourite'. To me its a little like your favourite actors role, I love david tennants hamlet more than I like his alec hardy, but I still love his acting, period.

But this obsession of needing a favourite doctor, of needing to love one part of this beautiful, incredible character more than others, often it feels unfair to who they are. This grand person being reduced to a few years of their endlessly long life. To a single face.

Maybe that's what feels so real about thoschei. Companions tend to get attached to a face. To this one part. To the master the current doctor's body is secondary.

"Doesn't matter which face he was wearing, they're all the Doctor to me."

And they are, in fact, all the Doctor.

#i really hated that part of david tennants return #i liked having him back #playing an incarnation I personally find much more comforting and appealing to me personally #a doctor grown #a doctor aged #but even the subtitles got it wrong #“the tenth doctor:”#no???#hes played by the same actor #but how many more years has he lived? how many more people has he met? how many more adventures has he had?#14 is FOURTEEN. Not a “second ten”#he has lived the lives of 11 and 12 and 13 #he has met missy and the spymaster #he has spent eternity in the confession dial and saw the universe fall apart in his name #this is the 10th doctor in the same way every other incarnation is the 10th doctor #the same person- the same underlying personality traits deep within #theyre all the doctor #but this is not “10 but with the memories of 11-13”#this is another doctor with another jumbled mess of the person he always has been and always will be #and it makes me so angry that people see the same face and think “thats the exact same”- when incarnations closer to each other #in personality or chronologically- i dont care- but wear a different face #a different body- are supposedly so much more different than someone with very different feelings- someone who has aged millions of years #since then #just because they look the same and yes this was unnecessarily long but it makes me so.angry that fans and distributers alike cant get it #FUCKING RIGHT #Doctor who #dr who #the doctor #whovian terrytory

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iceinherheart-kissonherlips · 2 years ago

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“That old reflex never died; the little pang of Don't go, just stay. Settle over me like the tide, cover me like a blanket, wrap around me like the sun.

Don't go, don't go, don't go.” [x]

#doctor who #dwedit #river song #eleventh doctor #tenth doctor #rd edit #so. did this gifset take ages to make? yeah it did. did I fucked it up? I sure did!#bc I first prepared the templates with the stills and I saved them under wrong names and then I started making gifs and I only realised I fu #it was supposed to be in chronological order #wiith the still images being right-left-right-left. but yeah. I. saved. them. wrong.#it's okay I am fine #(narrator: she was - in fact - a whole kingdom away from fine)#yeah anyway #mine #great quotes and terrible edits #long post #otp: the towers sang and you cried

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oldtvandcomics · 1 month ago

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Must a Doctor Who episode make sense? Isn't it enough for it to be camp AF and kind of hit you over the head with a political message of "we should be nice to one another"?

#I randomly decided to go through the seventh Doctor era in chronological order #yeah...#apparently there are newer fans who complain that 73 Yards didn't explain everything that was going on??#you guys would NOT survive The Paradise Towers lol #RIP lesbian cannibal ladies who got murdered by an evil waste disposal robot #and that was honestly only a minor plot point #love this show nobody does it like them #Doctor Who #Classic Who

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callhimnowmarisamylove · 2 years ago

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And they both lived happily ever after...

#doctor who #the husbands of river song #river song #river x the doctor #the twelfth doctor #alex kingston #peter capaldi #just watched this and it was a JOY #we did 'the river song season'#and worked through all her episodes in show chronological order #and this one is my big time favourite so it was so great to finish with it #but where was the kiss tho #they're so clearly leaning in here #it's just rude #i'm 99% sure it exists somewhere #anyway they're still so cute and tender #i'll obvs take it regardless #my gifs

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magiefish · 27 days ago

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Earthshock had me yelling "No!" at the screen despite already knowing the ending and that's how you know it's good.

#anyway i'm going to go stare at a black wall until i've properly processed all that #doctor who #adric of alzarius #earthshock #watching adric in chronological order was a mistake that guys imprinted on some part of my brain now #love it when. the tragedy. is inevitable. and avoidable. at the same time.

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windchimesofglass · 10 months ago

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What order to listen to the 8th Doctor Big Finish Audio Drama

So I've seen lots of people asking what order to listen to the 8th Doctor audio dramas produced by Big Finish. There are some really good listening guides out there, but they're out of date.

So I present to you the 2024 8th Doctor Episode Chronology!

If you love the 8th Doctor or want to explore his stories but have no idea where to start, this is the list for you!

This is a living document. I haven't listened to everything yet, so some bits may need editing. It follows 8's personal timeline from his travels with Charley Pollard to his experiences in the Time War.

Comments are welcome and please share this link around :D

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quarks-pussy · 1 year ago

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It appears we have some things in common after all 🤔

#emh star trek #the doctor star trek #star trek voyager #doctor who #the doctor #(using this tag just to see which fandom flocks to it faster)#original posts fresh from quark's pussy #voy #emh #dr who #i deliberately didn't tag the whovian working thru trek btw since they've still on ent and going chronologically

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waffowo · 1 year ago

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Tears in my eyes as I admit that I really like Timelash and I would have given it a 9/10 if Peri wasn’t treated quite awfully for the second part of the episode (it’s a 7/10 but I consider this high since I’m not super into Classic tbh)

#timelash #doctor who #classic who #colin baker #peri brown #sixth doctor #I’m sorry guys…but I speak my truth #I’m watching in a slightly out of order yet paradoxically chronological order

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technicolorxsn · 9 months ago

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love how there are pretentious video essays that just repeat the book and meander and ramble about house of leaves. it's what zampanó would have wanted. it is not, however, what I want

#anyway i finished the main portion of the book #all i have left is the poems and a few other small things i think? ive read pelafinas letters #im thinking of getting the full book of her letters #but also they severely messed with my head so we'll see #i will say. i do get why ppl say the book is pretentious and frustrating #there was a lot of stuff where i couldnt tell if it was supposed to be satire or if it was genuinely just that dense and pretentious #and a lot of the codes were rly obtuse imo?#like... idk. some of them were super obvious like the sos stuff or pelafina outright saying what to do #but others like. man how am i supposed to know johnny waxing poetic about pussy was coded #i mean that one is also pointed out though much later but i know i missed a lot just like it that werent pointed out #and ive heard theres a lot of shit where the message you get is just danielewski????? which gonna be real. kinda dumb.#but i did also really enjoy the book #there was a lot of stuff in it that was just so compelling or poignant or whatever other word #the minotaur stuff is good (ofc id say that though i love me some minotaur themes)#also a lot of the scenes with johnny just...... christ #idk how ppl say to skip them hes so fascinating #yeah i could do with him talking about his possibly hallucinated sex life a bit less but also his story is just plain interesting #i still think about the part where the girl he was talking to runs over a dog they had picked up........ it was fucking chilling #and his hallucinations of dying are so descriptive in just the right way to get under my skin #the uncertainty with him and his family..... did pelafina try to kill him? did his father just send her away for being a bit too overbearin #over an accident? was there something else? what was the deal with his foster family? with lude? gdansk man and kyrie?#how did it get published? who are the editors? why did the band know of the book before it should have been published?#why does his journal section end with a story from a man he admits to making up completely? the doctor from seattle doesnt exist #the chronological end is more hopeful with him saying things will be okay but then he puts a previous entry after that?#i think the burning of the book parallels the story nicely #johnny said his piece; he nurtured the book as much as he could; but it was hurting him and he had to give up on it #idk!#this book does make me feel a lil dumb ngl

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florida3exclamationpoints · 9 months ago

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Well. That was fun (lying). See you tomorrow for The Name of The Doctor.

#i like that the ep where she dies is not the last one in her timeline #but ive only watched the name of the doctor once #and obviously never in rivers chronological order #so idk how im gonna do with that 🙂👍#doctor who #river song

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amysstarlesslife · 17 days ago

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if i was showrunner we'd have an entire SEASON of historical stories

#claudia.txt #which is why im not #the urge to rewatch doctor who in chronological order

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haventacluewhatimdoing · 9 months ago

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SHIT JAMIE DOESN'T KNOW WHO ROBERT BURNS IS

#i know chronology and all that #but my god that shook me #second doctor #jamie mcrimmon #classic who #doctor who #merlyn watches classic who #jamie mccrimmon

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arttitude130 · 1 year ago

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me when my (current) interpretation of younger doctor/theta is not blond or happy <- guy who took Listen seriously

#yeah those are supposed to be arms and hands not just squiggles #doctor who #look i’m going through the eu in chronological order of release it’s gonna take a while and i don’t even know if academy era content is real #or a mass hallucination

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v-thinks-on · 7 months ago

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The Future History of Humanity According to the First Doctor:

1966 - WOTAN supercomputer tries to take over the world by hypnotizing people to build war machines, the streets of London are overrun with robots that are fought off by the British military.

1986 - Earth's sister planet, Mondas, suddenly appears piloted by Cybermen, who try to steal all of the Earth's energy.

c. 2164 - Earth is conquered by the Daleks, destroying all human civilization, but they are unseated by a human rebellion.

2400's - Space travel and interplanetary settlement is commonplace, education is carried out subliminally.

At some point an interplanetary war occurs.

c. 4000 - Peace is maintained by the Guardian of the Solar System, there is a UN Deep Space Force and Space Security Service, the Daleks try to take over with an alliance of several alien races.

c. 10,000,000 - Earth has been rendered uninhabitable by solar flares, most of humanity has been miniaturized for the ~1000 year journey across space to a new home planet.

#v thinks #Classic Who #First Doctor #chronology #I finally decided to try to make sense of the Dr Who timeline myself (focusing exclusively on the show as I've seen it so far)#this is only the beginning - more to come with the Second Doctor!

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oodlyenough · 1 year ago

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the traditional doctor who uglyass dvd cover

#doctor who #absolutely zero effort. outstanding lol #if the david tennant ones weren't arranged chronologically even i would have a hard time picking out which is which

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