>>55262693Bro, that is pretty much how I was with Doctor Who too! The only difference is that my mum tried to get me into it with reruns of classic Who (the 7th Doctor episode I mentioned earlier, that scared the crap out of me just with it's opening theme) and with Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant's episodes, but I was still really scared of it. It wasn't until David's last season that I actually watched and got into the show. I remember being hyped for the Daleks and for Davros, because I remembered reading about them in an old book they had at my school library, that was published in the 80s called "The Doctor Who Visual Effects Book" (I learned a lot about Doctor Who from that book! At the time I was really confused about why there were so many weirdly numbered episodes from the 60s (years later I would learn why that was the case... the missing episodes and the state of the archives, which back when that book was published 1985-86, was in a worse state than it is now). I remember asking my mum about things that she remembered from the show when she watched it, too.), and I really enjoyed that 2 part finale! It was so good, and even though I wasn't familiar with all the characters that appeared in those episodes at the time (Torchwood, Sarah Jane, and K9) I knew it was a big and awesome moment when they all met up with the Doctor on the Dalek ship, and especially when Davros and Sarah Jane saw each other again. Then I would watch Doctor Who all the way up to Jodie's first season.
The first Classic Doctor Who episode I watched was properly (besides that 7th Doctor episode, that I couldn't get past the opening without being terrified) was The Ark with the first Doctor. My Granny bought the DVD for me, and I really enjoyed it! I got the Earth Stories boxset (that came with "The Gunfighters" with William Hartnell, and "The Awakening" with Peter Davison, and a few years later I also got the special edition of "The Green Death", and my love for classic Who grew more and more! When Capaldi's first season started, was when I really started to grow my classic Who collection (specifically when JB HI FI had a special deal going on that was really awesome, buy one get one free on all classic Doctor Who DVDs! They kept doing them every year, and eventually even started doing them 2 or even 3 times a year! It was really awesome, and I remember saving up my money so that when the sale would come around I'd have a lot of money to buy as many Doctor Who DVDs as I could.), and I would watch them all, pretty much whenever I could! I loved watching the special features too, finding out how the episodes were made, and I even listened to the commentaries, and had the info text turned on that would give you interesting facts about the production of the story you were watching while playing the episodes. I loved every moment I spent watching those episodes, and I cherish all my Doctor Who DVDs, and even occasionally still watch one whenever I feel like popping one on! It's a shame that Chibnall ruined this iconic show, but I cherish all the memories that I have of watching every episode and going out and collecting the DVDs.
