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I only like three eras of Doctor Who


Namely:

The John Nathan-Turner stuff
The Russell T Davies stuff
and lastly
All of the 1970s stuff

I don't give a damn about Doctor Who in the 1960s, and certainly not the Moffat and Chinballs stuff.

So to me, Doctor Who is over and I can keep the good stuff.

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I grew up on the Baker Who stuff via UHF channel. I'd catch some cool Japanese cartoons, Ultra Man, and then Tom Baker as the Doctor. Absolute classics. To me, it is the best Who.

As for the nuWho era. I thought Ecelston was the best actual Doctor but the better stories came in the Tenant run. The Matt stuff wasn't bad and some of it even great but I have problems with Moffat's style (I hated his Sherlock).

I gave the old guy a chance for 6 episodes and that was enough to push me off the ship for good. No idea if the lady in it now is any good nor do I have any interest in finding out. It's only rerun Who for me if at all.

I agree with the sentiment that few if any newer versions of honored IP are any good at all. Star Wars, Star Trek, comic books & their movies, Terminator, you name it.

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For me it's the Tom Baker era. Of the new stuff, I liked at least half of what I saw from Eccleston, Tennant, and Smith. Each of those eras had its own reoccurring flaws and even occasionally infuriating. Moffat had some knock-out great episodes but I was getting very tired of him by the end of Smith's run. It was Moffat x 10 from the start of Capaldi. Quit after 5 episodes. Watched one ep of Whittaker and somehow the show got even worse.

The stand alone episodes are always best.

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