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To summarise what others have said across numerous comments; Doctor Who has run from 1963 (when I actually started watching) through to the present day with a single continuity. Although the show was off air from 1989 (other than a TV movie in 1996) to 2005 it was never officially cancelled. When it relaunched in 2005 it wasn't as a reboot but simply a continuation. The original 'run' from 1963 is referred to in the fandom as "Classic Who" while the current run is 'New Who' (or, somewhat dismissively, 'Nu Who'). When the Doctor is near death he (or she as the current incarnation is female) has the ability to regenerate--replace every cell to have a fresh start with a new face, different personality traits but still the same memories. Introduced simply as a way to explain the replacement of the lead actor (William Hartnell--the First Doctor) who had to leave due to failing health, it is the single key factor that has allowed the show to run so long. Typically the lead actor is replaced about every 3 seasons giving the producers and writers the opportunity to regularly sweep out the cobwebs, so to speak, and start afresh. We are currently on the 13th Doctor, played by Jodie Whittaker, and it has been announced already that she and the showrunner will be leaving after the next season so 14 will be just around the corner. Throughout New Who there have been references back to the Classic era both direct and oblique (through reintroducing old enemies, for example). Events around the 50th anniversary in 2013 cemented the link between the eras. In terms of watching the show, although I've been along for the ride since the start, I'd suggest modern viewers start with the 2005 relaunch, work their way through the modern series (usually 13 x 45 episodes per season) then consider the Classic era. While the Classic show has some very strong stories and characters, the presentation is quite different and modern viewers coming in cold can find it quite daunting. Those who have a grounding in the modern show, on the other hand, can often get past the rough spots by comparing and contrasting with their knowledge of how it has developed in later years. Current stories are generally contained in single episodes with a scattering of two parters. By contrast, the Classic show was serialised with each story running typically over 4-6 x 25 minute parts (with one epic running over 12 parts and with a prologue episode a few weeks earlier! All this time allowed for a more leisurely pace (and meagre budgets often called for stories to be stretched a little too much to get the most out of expensive sets and costumes). The earliest seasons ran to over 40 weekly episodes--a brutal pace for the actors who basically had 3 days to learn and rehearse then just a few hours of studio time to get the story 'in the can' and at some points they were only shooting a couple of weeks ahead of transmission. My favourite Doctor? Of the Classic era, it has to be Patrick Troughton (the Second Doctor) although I also have a soft spot for the Third (Jon Pertwee). In the modern era, my favourite is Jodie Whittaker. This will be controversial as many disliked the idea of a female Doctor and others didn't like the direction the showrunner took the show. I have to admit I was resistant to the idea initially but won over completely by Jodie within moments of her first appearance. TLDR: Doctor Who's been around a long time. Start in 2005, when you've finished to 2021/2, go back to 1963 and see how the show got here!

As the twelfth Doctor once said, "To be fair, they cut out all the jokes."

These are the most dramatic moments tbf. It is generally a lot lighter, pretty funny and unpredictable.

One of my favourite things about the show is how it gives each actor playing the doctor (and companion) a chance to give great preformances on some of the scripts, you saw some short examples here. The Superman comparrison really isnt far off, just imagine taking away his superpowers, giving him genius IQ and giving him a clear perception of how time is supposed to be and sending him off in a time machine, its a really cool concept. Each actor makes the Doctor their own with different personality traits but theyre all so good you can tell its the same character but you never know how the Doctor will respond to a situation. Peter Capaldi (12th) is my favourite actor to play the Doctor; he followed the youngest actor to ever play the doctor (Matt Smith) and completely flipped his personality to a grouchy grandfather from a young bubbly guy, it was a nice change

The Doctor is a time travelling alien that goes about time and space running into trouble and doing his best to save the day. He is the last of his kind and has a companion with him to make sure he doesnt turn into a power hungry madman. The show invokes many emotions from happiness, sadness & anger. He has an ability which allows him to live on and change his face. Wont spoil anything else just in case you decide to give it a watch. It may take a lot of time to catch up but it is worth it. One of the greatest shows in TV history.

Matt Smith is my favorite Doctor. He was the 11th actor to portray him and the youngest one to get the job but he really did play how old the Doctor was supposed to be while having a baby face

Capaldi. Oh my beautiful, passionate, naive, genius, childlike, ancient Capaldi. This from a vacuous, shallow gay bloke who judges based on appearances and started watching with Eccleston. Would normally go for Matt based on those, er, qualities of mine (or Jodie as I ain’t sexist and shes young and pretty) but Capaldi stole my heart!

One thing I love about this show is that everyone connects to one of the Doctors. There's no real consensus on favorites and why. But you can love Doctors even if they aren't yours. My Doctor will always be the 9th Doctor. Eccleston's Doctor came at a time when I really needed him specifically. I connected to the passion, empathy, and hope. It was a perfect storm.

He's like fire and ice and rage. He's like the night, and the storm in the heart of the sun. He's ancient and forever. He burns at the center of time and he can see the turn of the universe. And... he's wonderful.

I truly can't understand how ppl can watch a video like this- that holds so much emotions- and not watch the show

The new version of the show deliberately set things up so that you can watch from that point without having seen any of the twenty-six seasons of the classic series. This is because the viewer tends to see through the eyes of the the "companions" to the Doctor, and each new arrival starts from the position of knowing nothing about this "madman in a box" before being swept up into his/her world, and whisked off into time and space in a travel machine which is bigger on the inside

oh my god that video also reminded me how much I adored this BECAUSE no matter how low it got, no matter how horrible, then you see him react, you see him be so stubbornly kind and grab happiness and that inspires me in real life. The happiness you just KEEP grabbing because why you never let the bad win. Ugh now I have to rewatch again - and I think my fave is 10 but it's also due to my preference in the type of stories and episodes we got!

"Blink" (New Who, Season 3, Episode 10, first aired 2007) is widely considered among the best episodes, and is a perfect starter as it's all from the perspective of a regular person learning who Dr. Who is. Highly recommended.

Yes, multiple actors have played the Doctor. You're right. Without giving much away, it's like a process his whole body changes when he's critically hurt. Like dying in a sense. But he's not a god. He loves humanity because of how we are. It reminds him of the people he lost. His people. His home. And maybe the hunger we have for war? Plus there are two eras of the show. One was the Classic Who era which took place from 1963-1989, while the reboot show started from 2005 and it's still going on.

Capaldi is my personal favourite, his performances are always on point but when he has good material to work with I don't think any other actor can even touch him!

My favourite is the eleventh doctor. Actor Matt Smith Also hope you can find time to react to the whole show. You won't regret it😀

This show is approaching its 60th birthday. Which makes it the world’s longest running sci-fi TV series. I would start with 2005 and the 9th Doctor and after that jump back to the classic series when you’ve caught up. Just because the new series moves with pace your probably used too. They are very different in tone. The emotional and romantic stuff was more of new addition which was uncomfortable for a lot of the original fans. But kind of necessary to bring in modern audiences. So, you can imagine their are a lot of robust arguments about history, lore and Cannon. My favorite Doctor is Tom Baker from 1974-1981. He brought that alieness and Eccentricity to the role. David Tenant was basically the first pin-up and did bring in an audience the show didn’t really have before. It’s a great show and many you tubers react to it and the classic series. I’m sure you’ll fall down the rabbit hole

Of the four you saw my favorite is Peter Capaldi, the older Scotsman, but out of all of them including the Classic Era Doctors it's Sylvester McCoy, the little man who played chess among the gods.

I would recommend you start with the modern era from 2005 on with Christopher Eccleston.

For a long time, my favourite was David Tennant (the 10th Doctor), but as I've rewatched some of it Capaldi (the 12th) has just managed to edge him out as my favourite. I would 100% day to give this show a go and enjoy the brilliant highs and lows of it all, it's my favourite show and has been since 2005 when I first saw it as a kid

To quote the Brigadier “Splendid chaps. All of him!”

I love how each doctor puts on there on different twist

Usually your favourite Doctor is the one you grew up with and it's been going so long that most people (in the UK) grew up with a Doctor. My Doctor was Peter Davidson (his daughter Georgia is in this edit in the episode 'The Doctor's Daughter' and she married David Tennant, who was playing the Doctor in that episode - very insestuous inside joke there - haha). But i also loved Sylvester McCoy's Doctor - well actually i think it was more his companion Ace that i liked, she was more gung ho than previous companions. I was overjoyed when Doctor Who? came back to our screens after a decade missing in action and i've liked all of the 'New Who' Doctors for all of their different flavours. I'm just glad kids get to grow up with a Doctor again.

My favorite classic doctor is probably the 7th. But that might be due to the fact that his episodes were the first to ever be shown on german television, so he has a special place in the hearts of many older german fans. My favorite new doctor is the 11th, on the first picture I saw of him he looked like 16, and I was afraid I would like him even less than the 10th, but he turned out to be the opposite of what you expect.😘 And then there is the 8th. He only ever had one film but if you count the Big Finish audios he has a lot of adventures and I love his voice. But over all, I think Matt Smith.(11)

Ten is my favourite doctor played by David Tennant and i grew up with doctor who. My first introduction to the character called the doctor was the third one played by Jon Pertwee. David Tennant is coming back to doctor who for three special episodes celebrating doctor who’s 60th birthday. The show first attired on 23rd november 1963 and the birthday specials starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate who played Donna aires on 25th november 2023. Take care😘🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

This is the show first broadcast the day after Kennedy's assassination that has never conformed and back in 1963 had a woman producer and the first story directed by a gay Asian. It is wonderfully different, funny, scary and full of monsters. This video doesn’t even scratch the surface.

Doctor Who 1963-1989 - 98% Story 2% Emotion. Doctor Who 2005-2022 - 98% Emotion 2% Story. Doctor Who 1963-1989 Fanbase - 95% Male. Doctor Who 2005-2022 Fanbase - 95% Female.

And my favorite is the 10th Doctor. Played by David Tennant. And there was one line I always say to people who haven't watched the show. 'Doctor, so lonely. So very very alone. How do you bear it? Doctor? Doctor Who? It's more than just a secret, isn't it?'.

Favorite Doctors are in Classic Who. 1963-89,96. In Nu Who it's Capaldi (12).

This clip,though very well compiled,didn't show any of the first eight Doctors - nor the most recent (it's currently on Doctor #13) If you ever consider watching the show,I would strongly recommend starting by watching/reacting to ONE story from each Doctor of the Classic era - beginning with #1 back in 1963; up to the start of the revived series. In this way,(if you choose to continue onward,episode-by-episode from the 2005 revival) you'll have already been able to quickly get a sense of the shows history and development. Plus,they will also make for really interesting reactions, imo! BTW,the New Doctor Who (from 2005 - ) is NOT a reboot. It's very much a continuation.

Of these four, the Tenth Doctor, David Tennant, is my favorite, but the Fourth Doctor, Tom Baker is the definitive Doctor, imo.

first contact with the Doctor and he immiadiatly drops the H-Bomb:"Whats your favorite Doctor?" This one takes no prisoners.

Ninth was the first Doctor I saw and is still my favorite, underrated man.

Since I can't really choose between them, I guess my favourite Doctor is always the one I'm watching at the Moment.

I have a feeling you'd love this show. If you want to, definitely start with the 2005 series.

To be fair they cut out all the laughs.

That was a good video. Thanks for the reaction. When I was a kid my favorite doctor was Tom Baker (4) and Sylvester McCoy (7). Now my favorite is Matt Smith (11) and Peter Capaldi (12). I think that Paul McGann (8) would be one of my favorites if he had been given an actual run instead of just a TV movie. They did give him an entire run via audio books, but I have only listened to a few.

To make it easy, he's effectively immortal, about 1000 years old but he travels throughout time and space. Has an affinity with Earth - he likes it, he was banished here for one of his regenerations... He travels with someone to re-experience the universe because he's seen it all and done it all, so he chooses someone to experience it all through their eyes... The new stuff was good but the last two doctors were a disaster...

If there is one video that always gets me hyped to watch the show it is called Doctor Who: We Will Rock You by Tardis Elliot Trailers, it doesn’t spoil anything but shows epic scenes from the show, also the character is the exact same being with every appearance, same person but different look, accent and even style

For me 10 was my best (David Tennant) without a doubt, the writing was a amazing and I don't think I had 1 episode where I was bored of him

Lmao this video is soo dramatic. The "Doctor Who The Greatest Adventure (55th Anniversary)" video captures the show much better.

I like little bits about some of the doctors such as tom bakers scarf and asking everyone "would you like a jellybaby?" and the humour of 9th but personally my doctor is the 10th

This is well worth getting hooked on. You only saw numbers 9 to 12 out of, to date 13.

The Doctor would be who Kal-El would go to for help.

00:47-1:00 : I abosolutely agree, it's literally how I get into most of the fandoms I'm into, and how I find most of my hyperfixations. By YT recommending clips and only seeing snippets of it. Kind of like seeing the preview to see if I'd actually be interested in the series/movie/etc. Like reading the summary+a little bit more. Epsecially with series like Doctor Who- there's just SO MUCH CONTENT, and it's SO freaking fun to piece together, react to, and figure out. The only downside is that I'm somewhat desensitised to getting/caring about spoilers, lol

I subbed because I want to see you watch!! I'm a HUGE fan of DW (even making my own fan fiction and stuff years ago) and I'm always down to see someone else start the show. Echoing what I'm sure is most comments below ... start with the return in 2005. It was designed to bring new people in who had never seen it, as well as please old time fans. The actor is Chris Eccleston, and he does a WONDERFUL job as the Doctor. You can find everything on HBO Max right now. Hope you like it! :)

Have seen the Doctor from the beginning: I'm now over 62 and can still remember the impact of the first story (but like many, I remember the second Daleks story better). Please try to get and watch from the beginning. 1963, black-and white, as-live, more a theatre play than modern TV, but so intriguing. There are two versions of this 'pilot' episode, with different emphases on plot, character and back-story. At this point he travels with his grand-daughter, who isn't actually, but may actually be his grand-daughter. Stories vary from one episode to twelve-episode sagas even from the earliest days. Some future science fiction, some historical, almost educational, but they set the rule: there are things that cannot be changed. Some are so good, or so weird, or so cheap that you toes may curl, but stick with it. Some stories exist now only as reconstructions, some from photographs and soundtrack, some remade through animation. a couple of hiccups in the 1980s, then haitus from 1989 to a one-off movie, then from 2005 to date.

Great reaction, my favorite Doctor is Peter Capaldi the 12th Doctor, he is the older one in this video

My favourites are William Hartnell (1) and Peter Capaldi (12).

The Doctor has some of the greatest villains in sci-fi history, The Daleks (unstoppable creatures hellbent on exterminating anything not Dalek) and the Cybermen (cybernetic lifeforms who want you to be like them) from the classic series and the Weeping Angels (don't blink) from the new who when they started it again.

I like all of them but I have a soft spot for Peter Davison (the fifth doctor from Classic Who), Paul McGann (the Eighth Doctor from the 1996 TV movie), David Tennant (the 10th Doctor) and Matt Smith (the 11th Doctor)

He an alien instead of a demi god its just his species can live thousands of years but he lobes humanity so he travels with the short lived His own people are exstict He a lonely old alien who makes many friends but is forced to outlive them

And that's just the reboot 😁🥰

I’m late to this party and this dropped into my feed. Goodness….whoever did this took a show that is often light and whimsical and showed darkness and rage… which is there but it’s got a lot of whimsy and humor. Dang. Well I’m off to see if you reacted to the actual show….

My favourite is the 7th, Sylvester McCoy. But among the ones who were on this video, I like the 12th, Peter Capaldi, the best.

New who Eleven. Classic Six. BF and Novels Five.

Tom Baker and Matt Smith. Favorite sidekick Romanadvoratrelundar II and Amy Pond

Started the day after The Kennedy Assassination. Season 39. (Referred to 13th as it is the 13th since the reboot, whereas Classic Who ran for 26 seasons 1963-89) and the 14th Doctor is coming probably for the Show's 60th anniversary in 2023. But don't let that back catalog (larger than all Star Treks put together) because it is worth the ride. I have been 9n it for 39 years. It is the best TV there is. BUT it is VERY BRITISH, so it not for everyone. I would suggest starting with the Reboot simply because it's more "modern" than classic who, because TV back in those days was very different and it throws modern people off if you aren't prepared for it.

Weirdly you're much closer than you thought with the Kal El (Superman) thing.

*yay, you did it! thanks for making the upload work :D* *edit:* the doctor is a time traveler (his species is called "timelord") who is played by mutiple actors - because the doctor "regenerates" from time to time. so instead of dying he / her just kind of... heals himself / herself by taking on a new form. the 'classic' doctor who series was first broadcasted in 1963 i believe and was picked up again with the 9th doctor in 2005 :)

The doctor has been alive for hundreds, maybe thousands of years, he is a timelord that ran away from what he should’ve become on a distant planet Gallifrey. Different actors have played him over 50 years but all kept the story arc, apart from the last one number 14 who has destroyed the Canon along with the writers. Don’t watch the 14th if you wish to remain in the cannons history. He gets companions to keep him on the straight and narrow because he has powers and knowledge Beyond his humanoid looks

Peter capaldi is my fav

Favourite Doctor: Tom Baker, Jon Pertwee, Sylvester McCoy, Patrick Troughton, Christopher Eccleston, Matt Smith, David Tennant Really Bad Doctors: Peter Davidson, Colin Baker, Jodie Whittaker

The best doctors are Tom baker Jon pertwee and David tennant. If you wanna start watching dr who it’s probably best to start with the new series not the classic series so it’s probably best if you start with Christopher eccleston’s first story which is called rose. It’s hard to think that in 2 years dr who will be 60 years old, to put that in perspective it started the Saturday after Kennedy got assassinated.

Of the 13 main actors to play the Doctor my favourites are David Tennant (10th), William Hartnell (1st) and Sylvester McCoy (7th) - that video is pretty useless for non-fans though as it really needs context and it's full of spoilers (though without context I think they won't mean too much to you and you won't be too spoiled really). Just get yourself back to 2005 and watch from Series 1 in 2005. You'll see it's far less intense than this video makes out - though it does have those moments for sure!

i love david tennant and you could see he really loved playing the doctor

My favorite is 11 aka Matt Smith, followed by 4 aka Tom Baker from the late 70s era. After that it gets a bit more wibbly-wobbly for me.

Great Video. My favorite Classic Doctor is Tom Baker, and Nu-Who is Matt smith

i read america’s first doctor who and got extremely confused lmao

- The Doctor IS The Doctor - If you do not have a favorite, the whole show will be from beginning to the end, a blast for you. Even with a favorite but the difference is, you will cherish friggin every episode, even those WHO people hate mostly !! The Doctor's existence saves all and everything, Even bad rated episodes of his own show !!! ^^

Matt Smith (the 11th doctor) is my favorite. Love him and his stories. And after him, Capaldi (12th), and Tennant (10th).

Doc 4 (Tom Baker) and Doc 10 (David Tennant are my Fave Doctors!!!!

My favourite incarnation of the Doctor is the 9th Doctor (Christopher Eccleston)

Tom Baker (Who number 4) - OLD School

although i haven't watched it, i think my favorite is the first doctor. with him we got to have this show. and so i choose him. but if i had to choose another I'd probably chose the 10th, 9th was more like a halfway point between eras of the doctors to me and with 10th a new era began where the doctors regenerated into more, how do i say it, compassionate persons?

Tennant & Capaldi are at the top for me ❤

if i tried explaining it it would take years however you should watch it, my favourite show tbh

My fave doctor from classic would be patrick troughton (2nd doctor) and from modern it would prob be peter capaldi (12th doctor)

My favourite? Tom Baker. Although I've watched this show since 1963 it's always been Tom Baker.

Doctor Who is a question. He is a Time Lord and when he is dying his body Regenerates into someone else. He is a very Lonely Man because he can't live his life with a Woman he Loves because she will die of old age and he will live on.

My favourite is Matt smith the 11th doctor

William Hartnell. The very first actor to play the role.

A show this Iconic, it has become part of UK culture, Even having the TARDIS feature on Google Maps. In Just 2 years now it turns 60, thats right 60 Years, What other TV show from any Genre can compare, I think maybe only another UK Icon James Bond with nearly the same length in time but an incredible Show, pity recent years has seen a sharp decline in ratings to the point where they desperately got one of the older showrunners back to Save the show.

Tom Baker (number four) is Doctor my doctor.

You haven't even seen the great battles, monsters, scares, etc etc

My favorite is either david tenant or christopher eccleston version of the doctor. I have rewatched the 2005 doctor who at least 10 times. I have only seen a few episodes of the originial doctor who

The 11th Doctor has always been my favorite but my girlfriend LOVES the 10th Doctor :)

best doctor is no10 (one with spiky hair)

To see what Doctor Who looked like to its kid audience in 1981, take a peek at ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yAOKjbOplQQ.html It was originally conceived as a children's show, and aired on Saturday afternoon/evening. As its audience grew up, it became rather more sophisticated in its story telling, and the 21st century revival ("new Who" compared to "Classic", as if it were Coca-Cola) it is decidedly a general-audience show, but with plenty of thrills and scares that the small fry can enjoy (rather like Star Trek).

Not bad for a kids programme!

Was the original video taken down ?

The best doctor is Peter capaldi as the 12th doctor

Doctor 5 and 6 are my favs....

Let’s just all say what everyone knows to be true. David Tenant is the Doctor. Not just a doctor, but the Doctor. When you think about the doctor, David Tenant’s 10th Doctor is what comes to mind first before you think about the other doctors. David Tenant is the Doctor and will always be the Doctor. He just is.

This vid is, as others have pointed out, the scenery-chewing parts of the good doctor. They missed all the jokes: one of the first and best, as it started the whole mystery of the doctor's name: Ian Chesterton: 'Doctor Foreman, how are we going to get home?' Doctor First: 'What? Doctor Who? What's he talking about now?'

No, he's not a god, he is a time traveling alien a mad man in a box

Tom Baker, Then David Tennet

My favourite is from the classic series its the 4th doctor played by tom baker.there has been 13doctors (😉to the fans) so far.the classic series ran from 1963 to 1989. Then there was a tv film in 1996.the current series has been running from 2005. Its a shame the video didn’t show a regeneration gives you the transition from one doctor to another basically that happens when one is dying.same doctor different appearance and personality but the same memories.

Four all the way - you don’t see him in this. People new to the show tend to get overwhelmed by how much “Doctor Who” there is and everyone has an opinion about where you should start watching, but the bottom line is it’s a fun ride that’s worth taking. ☺️

Tom Baker, Jon Pertwee