How Does Modern Who Compare to Classic? 

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Clearly New Who is the best because I grew up with it. Unfortunately, everyone else’s childhood doesn’t matter. Sorry, guys.

The people whp say you can't compare these two eras because there's a 16 year gap between the eras don't understand there is a 26 year gap between the beginning and end of classic Doctor Who.

Although I think I’ve been converted to a mega classic who enjoyer over the past few years , the childhood magic from watching series 5 when I was younger is very hard to top. Like brother I was Amy Pond, I was that kid man. That along with series 3 are absolutely perfect to me. But saying that I’ve begun to favour classic who, shit consistently slaps. Also love the cheeky fun videos, always a massive joy to watch.

_(Sits down, smiles, clicks PLAY)_

This is exactly the dwfan91 content I’ve been craving

i grew up with modern who but fell much more in love with classic who in the past 5 years

I remember stumbling on a weird rabbit hole on doctor who wikis about something called faction paradox. I could never figure out what it really was and how it connected to doctor who, although i imagine it came from the wilderness years in the same vain of the stranger. Could you do a video explaining it, if it is actually doctor who expanded universe stuff, i couldn't tell.

Bruh i don’t even watch dr who anymore but you’re goated bruv

Rise Of The Cybermen 2-parter and the series 8 finale being so low down is one of the hottest takes I've ever seen ngl. I almost admire the boldness.

I completely disagree with this entire list but dwfan91 makes it so entertaining that i agree with him 😂

I feel like I need a video from you going over what you feel are the main differences between classic and modern who and why you prefer the former!

Please make that “Parting of the Ways” video! I need more confirmation of my Eccleston supremacy bias. I just used the “Emergency Program One” monologue for an audition.

Love these videos!! I watched classic Who As a child before the 2005 reboot but never in order, I think this will be my next mission now they are on I-player… I’d love if the show did venture into parallel universes, I think it would be class to reinvent classic stories, especially missing episodes with different doctors in a parallel setting with todays budget.. probably why I’m so set on the Timeless child being in the doctors future not past.

Me and a friend of mine just started going through all of classic who. We’ll definitely being doing a list like this once we’re all the way through.

Happy Birthday you maddest of lads! Thank you for all the fun you bring this community! Here's to another successful regeneration!

the major distinction i make with them , u watch classic if u want to see more exposition and wandering from place to place but if u want more action u watch modern doctor who 2005 - 2017 at least. chibnall's to RTD2 seem to bring back the classic feel a bit with the more exposition and wandering so far so we'll see how the new era goes.

Finally someone that agrees that the beast below and victory of the daleks are underrated! Some of those series 5 choices though...🤣😁 I think cold war and the empress of mars are still the best ice warrior stories we have ever gotten. I do agree that most of series 9 is sooooooooo bad. Demons of the punjab is a good watch.

As a kid I actually watched classic who first due to thinking that New Who would be "scarier" with it's updated effects... and that all went away when I discovered The Lazarus Experiment.

At a fundamental level, I find that there is a big difference between the Classic and New. In the Classic, more of the episodes had more of an external story - a war or some other conflict with characters apart from the Doctor and Companion(s). The Doctor came in and they helped resolve the conflict. New Who often puts the Doctor and Companion(s) as more the focus of the story or as the antagonists. I prefer the Classic stories better though the production etc. is obviously night and day bedtter in the new era.

To paraphrase the old Mark Gatiss Sketch for new Who... Producer 1 "Its vital to get the casting of the first 4 Doctors absolutely correct!" Producer 2: "And then?.." Producer 1 "Oh.. any fucker that ticks a box!"

What happened to The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances...don't see them on the Teir list?

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New Who can be great, but too often ties itself into pretzels over fannish concerns, lampshades some of the silliest elements (rather than accepting them, ignoring them and moving on). it tries to be more "realistic" with "real" reactions to the shows concepts, but too often just highlights the inconsistencies in character and settings. When the new show steers closer to old Who, it smashes it. When it plays with the formula, it can go either way. When it tries to mash the old formula around the 'feels', it does both a disservice

How did I miss this upload? I’m 10 hours late. Gonna watch it.

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completely agree with series 5! absolute best series of nuwho without a doubt it has the perfect mix of high stakes and funny moments ESPECIALLY amys choice the weeping angel two parter makes the angels even more frightening as they can actually kill you rather then making you live to death which wasnt even that bad. and the finale is beyond incredible. The reveal of the whole scenario being amys childhood memories is SO well done however, the big bang falls off a bit because all of the doctors enemies are no longer surrounding him and hes only being chased by one, barely functioning dalek but who knows that might change as ive just started rewatching series 5 🙂

Like others. I grew up with predominantly New Who as a kid. I have vivid memories of series 1 and 2 when they started. Massive nostalgia. But I fortunately was bought Classic Who DVDs because they started growing as a range. So I had a bit of both growing up. But after 2013 and the huge influx of who during the anniversary year. I love it now. So much range, tones and creativity 😁

Great video, but difficult to watch from the sofa on a small-ish TV. On the other hand, I will enjoy watching it again on the computer up close. I agree with about 90% of the choices.

Man I love this guy

peak video as always

The thing about New Who is that it fluctuates so wildly in quality. When it’s good, it’s GOOD, and when it isn’t, it can be REALLY bad.

does anyone know where I can watch Classic Who in Spain?

I would love a video of you talking about Dalek, Bad Wolf & Parting of the Ways. Plsssssss they are such good episodes and I agree that it should b a crime for the soundtrack to not be easily accessible. It’s diviiineee

My only major complaints are the Zygon episodes and Demons of the Punjab. I thought the Zygon two-partner was mid at least, with a great speech at the end. D-tier maybe. And I personally hate Demons of the Punjab. All the things I dislike about the Whitaker era (as a Whitaker era fan) in all the worst ways. There’s so much to love. Love that people love this episode. But I can’t stand it.

The amount of big finish that has been made is insane to me, opening up that tierlist to just keep SCROLLING down the options lmao

Anyone who rates Flatline as S tier has good taste imho

Another banger

The only reason I can come up with with the 2023 who being a separate category is Disney.

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Love it 🙌

I like much of your ratings, but TIME HEIST in C-tier? Really?? Its a banger! And Clara is hot as bombs in it!❤ Otherwise...I love your stuff, man.

When you do the Shada animation video please cover the Ian Levine version, it gets little modern coverage despite it leaking and existing in the wild.

Reason i dont like series 6 opener is because almost every single plot point thats introduced is resolved in the most unsatisfying way ever. On its own it is good though.

Imo a lot of the S Tier modern who is S+ like the Library two parter, Family of Blood, Turn Left but I am lacking in Classic Who knowledge. I do, however, respect the Series 2 slander (the two parters are good though). What happened to Rose Tyler that Series? Great video!

Im so excited to jump in the world of Doctor John Who and watch 60 years worth of silly wacky sci-fi content

Difference is between classic and morden Who is that there have been actors who have done the show for more then just 3 seasons like Jon pertwee did the show for 5 seasons and Tom baker did the show for 7 seasons

I feel for classic who you need to have a different way of watching it considering it’s old 😂 just looking at rose and an unearthly child, there’s a pretty big difference. Not sure about the newer side of classic who as I’ve only seen up to the 4th doctor(in season 12) and yes I’ve seen the tales of the tardis but they’re shortened down so you can’t exactly equate them to their classic who full story counter part. Also ever since the start of this year I’ve been watching about the equivalent of a nuwho episode per day starting with an unearthly child(including multi doctor episodes where I watch an episode multiple times throughout the watch. 1 example being where I watch twice upon a time at the end of the 1st doctor’s era then rewatch it when I get to the end of 12s era) and what I mean by equivalent of a nuwho episode is that I watch 2 episodes of classic who per day as that’s around about 1 episode of nuwho in terms of how long it is in minutes. So far I just finished the space museum today which is currently one of my favourites. I’m also including spin-offs. Also when are you explaining why Matt Smith is a fraud D:

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Im currently watching classic who but unfortunately im having difficulty because of the pacing, i am quite young and have grown up round the Internet and i do have the common case of the brainrot so i prefere the pacing of the 2005 reboot. I am enjoying classic but so far i prefer new who

Now rank all the spin offs, VNAs, Comics and Big Finish

I don’t think I’ve ever been so personally offended watching a video before, when you decided to throw series 8 finale and most of series 9 in the bin 😭 I think we need a video on Zygon invasion/inversion At least you liked hell bent

Never really watched classic who aside from the best episodes in my opinion such as cyberman episodes like attack of the cybermen and silver nemesis and remembrance of the Daleks

hot take, maybe? Timelesschild>Biregeneration

I’m someone who has grown up on nu who but as the years have gone by I’m massively baised towards classic who

Good. Now let’s see how Peter Cushing holds up to classic who

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Was wondering why you placed Rise of the Cybermen/Age of steel so low? For me that's a classic.

As a series 9 enjoyer....ouch

I asked my dad about this since he grew up with classic who, he refused to answer because he doesn’t like favourites but i think the case is that mostly, the people who grow up with classic who will prefer classic who and the people who grew up with nuwho will prefer nuwho.

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>Calls Matt Smith a fraud, rates pretty much all of series 5 highly You can’t hide what’s inside bro

You’re wrong. Still love the content though

The tier list seems to skip a few. I noticed the Satan episodes and love abd monsters are missing

LETSS GOOOOO

Don't pretend to be a fan of classic Who if you don't like the Timeless Child. I said what I said.

Show fell off after they left Totter's Lane 😮‍💨

Classic is way better. And this is coming from someone who started with Nuwho.

I was raised on NuWho and I can tell you for certain. Classic Who is better

At this point I genuinely can't tell if you hating the End of Time is a comedy bit. Its such a bizarre take, it has to be.

There are some based takes here 👍

Pyramid at the End of the World? More like BORE Ragnarok

I honestly must say that until recently nothing was as bad as 80s Who ,YES there'd some exceptions but my gosh the recent 60th specials are and were sadly worse than the entire 80s content ...gutting , but from Eccleston through to end of Whittaker there's probably only 12 stories I don't like much most are from Tennant era admittedly ...but alas ...Moffat, 60s and 70s Who , Eccleston and most of Whittaker eras are my top tier for me ...and end of McCoy at a push ... But yes I think I rank most nu who top tier ... And if classic who had each story edited together a 90min episodes or something it would be easier hehe but alas it's all gravy

New Who can't hold a candle to classic Who. The New Who actors are fine, but their stories are dreadful.

I love your videos, but please stop saying the Chibnall era is in any way good. The Timeless Children is a clumsy, badly written and badly executed load of.old tripe.