Just so you know. The Classic Who episodes run for either 4-6 episodes. Some of these you may wanna watch by youself with how many there are. But for someone who is still a newcomer. Just got into the third Doctor… These are the episodes is how I got into Classic Who… S3. Galaxy 4(optional) Daleks Master Plan (lost story but optional), The Ark, War Machines. S4 The Tenth Planet, The Power of The Daleks, The Moonbase, The Macra Terror (My fav), Faceless Ones, The Evil of the Daleks S5 The Tomb of The Cybermen, The Ice Warriors, The enemy of the world, The Web of Fear (A Definite Watch), Fury from the Deep, The Wheel In Space S6 The Dominators (Amazing), The invasion, The Krotons, Seeds of Death, War Games If you noticed how I delisted The Underwater Menace, Abdominable Snowman. These Stories are not important.
"Pull to open" the telephone compartment, not the door. The telephone is for "public call," so the instructions on the sign are meant for the public. The door is for a policeman, not the public, so the instructions don't apply to it. Moffat got that wrong.
@kanton4108 Doesn't really have anything to do with it. The sign is not inviting the public to open the door, and police officers didn't need an invitation.
First Doctor: The Daleks, which is the next episode after an Unearthly child. Also for the first Doctor- “The Aztecs”. For the second Doctor, “the mind robber”, and “tomb of the Cybermen”. Third: “spearhead from space” (regeneration story), “Terror of the Autons”. Fourth doctor- “robot” (his first episode, abd “Genesis of the Daleks” which ties into newer Who more than any other classic episode. And please keep in mind these episodes rather show the time in which they were made. However much is the same. I’ve put in episodes that might tie in to nuWho or give you a feel for the doctor. Some episodes have slow pacing due to the time period but it’s amazing how much they show the doctor is always the doctor. Ian and Barbara really helped change him, and it’s the first time we see he needs humans to soften him. And yes, Susan screams a lot. When she finally left, I cheered. For my ears’ sake
I should add Genesis of the Daleks first two episodes are slow, but it picks up and the last few are really important in understanding the doctors heart
Great to see another Classic reactor. :D Obviously The Daleks next. The 75 minute version may be more accessible from todays perspective; but,honestly, I would give the original 7 part serial a go. Get used to Classic cliffhangers,and classic pacing. After The Daleks,I would move right on to the next story in the sequence: The Edge of Destruction.
@@CrankyGrandmaBut it's cut to ribbons - i gave up on the cin colour version as the sound was awful and the cuts aren't good - i can see what they were trying to do but i don't think it works.
There'a a reason the first doctor can't steer. Gallifrey has "the eye of harmony", made from a black hole, that acts as a power source and navigational beacon (universal lighthouse) for all the Tardises. The Doctor muffled the connection when he left so his Tardis gets power but isn't sending transponder data back to Gallifrey reporting its position (so they don't immediately know where he is), but that means he's not getting data either so the GPS navigation is offline, and he has to navigate by dead reckoning, which he has not yet learned how to do and it's kind of tricky at the best of times. Ordinarily a Tardis works a bit like an elevator, punch in your destination and it goes there automatically. He's giving it offsets from his last known position, but everything's constantly moving and the time vortex has currents that send you off course. So it gets to its destination and then lands in the nearest reasonably habitable spot, which isn't always a planet.
The problem you're going to run into with the first two Doctors is that a lot of the "important" episodes no longer exist. they were erased and they haven't had animated reconstructions yet. Luckily, thanks to the Whovian fan base who was obsessive even back then, the original sound recordings from every episode still exist. Those sound recordings are what they base the animations around.
And speaking of important animated reconstructed episodes, The Celestial Toymaker was just released as an animated reconstruction, and given the characters recent appearance in The Giggle, that one should qualify as important. However, it's not available to stream anywhere yet. You would have to purchase the disc.
@@Darkly_i_Shine Yes, and a half dozen episodes have been set on gallifrey over the years so it's come up. (First shown at the end of the war games, then the three doctors, the deadly assassin, invasion of time, the five doctors, arc of infinity...)
@@CrankyGrandma The Lord President of Gallifrey personally uploaded the translation into the Matrix, and asked time lords like Romana to use it (The Pirate Planet, I think?).
@@Darkly_i_Shine There are a lot of audio dramas by a company called Big Finish. In one story called The Beginning, they told about Susan and the Doctor's escape from Gallifrey. She came up with the name TARDIS, and the Doctor's reaction implied that they were called TARDISes already, but he let her continued to think she invented it.
People seem to agree with that, I did not know the daleks were introduced so early! I'm trying to find the remaster color version people have mentioned to me
@@Darkly_i_Shine great reaction! they might have mentioned the on colour version but most will say watch the original 7 parter (i think). speaking of which, if it's not problematic, curious how you found a copy of an unearthly child given the current issues with it
@@Darkly_i_Shine but i'm guessing not an unearthly child - britbox uk doesn't nor iplayer (the whoniverse launched in November on there has basically everything that still exists) because of a streaming rights dispute (the dvd's are ok thought) so it's a good th8ng 8f britbox uk still has it but only until the licence expires (apoarrently) which is why i m curious - to point others to - if it's not problematic 😀
Regarding the "It's Alive" comment, that's a slightly antiquated way if saying something has an electrical current running through it. Just reads really odd 60 years on
All of Classic Who is the best and it's a timeless series there are no worst episodes except maybe one but i won't name it. "An Unearthly Child" aired a night just after the John F. Kennedy assassination but no one was tuning in that night as the whole world was in shock at that time so it had to be repeated the following week.
Yes but you also got to bare in mind too that television was in it's infancy these earlier episodes were basically a theatre play on screen they couldn't afford to do retakes so they had to do the best as possible when you rewatch it over and over it really feels less slow paced especially if you watched these things week to week and not binge through the whole thing after awhile but that's just me.
Huh funny u mention that's it like a teacher play . I was talking to someone about the acting and I told them some of the acting seems over done like if it was for the theater on stage instead of tv. And I guess that's exactly right
@@kanton4108 William Russell, who played Ian, passed away very recently at the age of 99. We saw Ian briefly in the companion support group at the end of "Power of the Doctor". "Did you say... 'her'?"
I adore Barbara and Ian! Not that it's necessary every video, but I'm loving that you know NuWho well enough that you can add clips from the future that relate to moments in the Classic episode. It adds depth and cleverness. Your brain is amazing! 🤩
I explain why below, so that's spoilers, but I'm recommending The Daleks, The Dalek Invasion of Earth, The Rescue, The Space Museum, The Chase, and The Time Meddler. I'm not going to judge which are good ones, but, for important ones, for the first two seasons, I'd call out The Daleks for introducing the Daleks, The Dalek Invasion of Earth for the introduction of Daleks being able to leave Skaro and the first companion departure, The Rescue for the next companion being introduced, The Space Museum for having temporal shenanigans as part of the plot for the first time, The Chase for introducing the Daleks' time-travel capabilities and having the next companion departure, and The Time Meddler for being the first pseudo-historical (being set in Earth's past but with sci-fi elements)
Was going to pick out some stories, but really the whole thing is so much better if you watch it all in order. You get to see how the dynamics between the Doctor annd companions change over time. In early seasons there's more continuity between serials.
Galifry called TARDIS time capsules until a lot later on... The Doctors TARDIS was a Type-40 time capsule. A redundant model ONLY the Doctor uses, mainly because he stole it.
For this first season I think, like other people said in the comments, you should watch The Daleks and Edge of Destruction; then just jump to The Aztecs (Keys os Marinus is not that important or good), and then PERHAPS The Reign of Terror if you're up to watch the animated reconstructions (they're generally just decent), there's some nice character moments for the Doctor there
@@CaiodeCarvalhoF Animated reconstructions are unavoidable if she wants to see the entire story of the First Doctor's regeneration and the Second Doctor's first story.
@@ValenAlder-it5owBut most of S3 is missing so it's difficult to tell - the gunfighters isn't that bad, even with the song (yes you would rewatch it much because of the song but ..🤣)
So much shouting and/or screaming!!! In Big Finish, The River Song diaries, River was actually there on Earth a few weeks before these events. She's wearing Amy's Police outfit posing as an Police woman... Alex Kingston wearing something that was tight on Karen Gillan.
@@Darkly_i_Shine she was hunting an alien who was hunting time lords and had started to hunt Susan. It was a great story, especially about how step grandma treats step granddaughter.
I would say continue on from where it leaves off but that's up to you i noticed alot of people are asking you to watch the colourised version of the original Dalek story honestly take my advice don't it's butchered alot of good scenes it's cut down to 75 minutes and they added in music that wasn't necessary and you be denied of knowing what the original Dalek sounds look by the great David Graham and Peter Hawkins because they sound very threatening Nick Briggs voice was forced in and it really doesn't sound great it's very jarring like especially if your going into that story for the first time it should be viewed as it was originally broadcast in glorious black and white yes it's a 7 parter yes it's slow in places but gives you an idea what it was like as watched in 1963.
7 parts is alot. But I do like that I watched the original version of pyramids of Mars rather than the tales from the TARDIS like most did. Hard to decide
Could I interject to ask for the 'Edge of Destruction' two parter after 'Daleks'? Doctor turns his views on his companions about this story. ...also you need a gap between two Dalek stories basically.
Some have said edge of destruction and some have said skip to the Aztecs so the decisions is between those 2 options after "the daleks" serial at the moment
@@Darkly_i_Shine were the question 'Best serials of Season 1' Aztecs would get my nomination also - excellent character piece that shows off the actors.
Well, you gave me the impetus to actually watch this. Okay, but the fight scene where you can see their modern underwear when they bend over, etc. They couldn't just make the robes a little longer? I like Susan. The teachers are a bit odd.
Obviously 'The Daleks' is the next big one, and I'd suggest 'Edge of Destruction' after that for sure.
Just so you know. The Classic Who episodes run for either 4-6 episodes. Some of these you may wanna watch by youself with how many there are. But for someone who is still a newcomer. Just got into the third Doctor… These are the episodes is how I got into Classic Who…
S3. Galaxy 4(optional) Daleks Master Plan (lost story but optional), The Ark, War Machines.
S4 The Tenth Planet, The Power of The Daleks, The Moonbase, The Macra Terror (My fav), Faceless Ones, The Evil of the Daleks
S5 The Tomb of The Cybermen, The Ice Warriors, The enemy of the world, The Web of Fear (A Definite Watch), Fury from the Deep, The Wheel In Space
S6 The Dominators (Amazing), The invasion, The Krotons, Seeds of Death, War Games
If you noticed how I delisted The Underwater Menace, Abdominable Snowman. These Stories are not important.
"Pull to open" the telephone compartment, not the door. The telephone is for "public call," so the instructions on the sign are meant for the public. The door is for a policeman, not the public, so the instructions don't apply to it.
Moffat got that wrong.
Standard police box doors opened outward
@kanton4108 Doesn't really have anything to do with it. The sign is not inviting the public to open the door, and police officers didn't need an invitation.
First Doctor: The Daleks, which is the next episode after an Unearthly child. Also for the first Doctor- “The Aztecs”. For the second Doctor, “the mind robber”, and “tomb of the Cybermen”. Third: “spearhead from space” (regeneration story), “Terror of the Autons”. Fourth doctor- “robot” (his first episode, abd “Genesis of the Daleks” which ties into newer Who more than any other classic episode. And please keep in mind these episodes rather show the time in which they were made. However much is the same. I’ve put in episodes that might tie in to nuWho or give you a feel for the doctor. Some episodes have slow pacing due to the time period but it’s amazing how much they show the doctor is always the doctor. Ian and Barbara really helped change him, and it’s the first time we see he needs humans to soften him. And yes, Susan screams a lot. When she finally left, I cheered. For my ears’ sake
I should add Genesis of the Daleks first two episodes are slow, but it picks up and the last few are really important in understanding the doctors heart
Great to see another Classic reactor. :D
Obviously The Daleks next. The 75 minute version may be more accessible from todays perspective; but,honestly, I would give the original 7 part serial a go. Get used to Classic cliffhangers,and classic pacing.
After The Daleks,I would move right on to the next story in the sequence: The Edge of Destruction.
@@iansmith9279 I’m inclined to recommend the 75 minute one, as old pacing is so slow.
@@CrankyGrandma I agree....
...but she's going to have to get used to it at some point (War Games e.g!)
@@CrankyGrandmaBut it's cut to ribbons - i gave up on the cin colour version as the sound was awful and the cuts aren't good - i can see what they were trying to do but i don't think it works.
There'a a reason the first doctor can't steer.
Gallifrey has "the eye of harmony", made from a black hole, that acts as a power source and navigational beacon (universal lighthouse) for all the Tardises. The Doctor muffled the connection when he left so his Tardis gets power but isn't sending transponder data back to Gallifrey reporting its position (so they don't immediately know where he is), but that means he's not getting data either so the GPS navigation is offline, and he has to navigate by dead reckoning, which he has not yet learned how to do and it's kind of tricky at the best of times.
Ordinarily a Tardis works a bit like an elevator, punch in your destination and it goes there automatically. He's giving it offsets from his last known position, but everything's constantly moving and the time vortex has currents that send you off course. So it gets to its destination and then lands in the nearest reasonably habitable spot, which isn't always a planet.
"Find the rhythm! Find the rhythm!" LOL!!! THANKS for this!!! Oh, your style will go great with Classic Who!!
Oh I'm glad you're going to join me for the ride 😄
The very next serial, which is seven parts, is the introduction of the Daleks.
The problem you're going to run into with the first two Doctors is that a lot of the "important" episodes no longer exist. they were erased and they haven't had animated reconstructions yet. Luckily, thanks to the Whovian fan base who was obsessive even back then, the original sound recordings from every episode still exist. Those sound recordings are what they base the animations around.
And speaking of important animated reconstructed episodes, The Celestial Toymaker was just released as an animated reconstruction, and given the characters recent appearance in The Giggle, that one should qualify as important. However, it's not available to stream anywhere yet. You would have to purchase the disc.
1963 England walking around in the dark is nothing... No sense of danger, don't forget only 20 years early we were dodging bombs...
Its probably a sad statement that I can't even imagine walking alone at night and feeling safe.
Susan came up with the english word for Tardis. (Whatever the Gallifreyan word for it is always translates as "capsule".)
So on Gallifrey it would be just a type 40 capsule ?
@@Darkly_i_Shine Yes, and a half dozen episodes have been set on gallifrey over the years so it's come up. (First shown at the end of the war games, then the three doctors, the deadly assassin, invasion of time, the five doctors, arc of infinity...)
It obviously caught on with other time lords eventually.
@@CrankyGrandma The Lord President of Gallifrey personally uploaded the translation into the Matrix, and asked time lords like Romana to use it (The Pirate Planet, I think?).
@@Darkly_i_Shine There are a lot of audio dramas by a company called Big Finish. In one story called The Beginning, they told about Susan and the Doctor's escape from Gallifrey. She came up with the name TARDIS, and the Doctor's reaction implied that they were called TARDISes already, but he let her continued to think she invented it.
The Daleks obviously next.
People seem to agree with that, I did not know the daleks were introduced so early! I'm trying to find the remaster color version people have mentioned to me
@@Darkly_i_Shine great reaction!
they might have mentioned the on colour version but most will say watch the original 7 parter (i think).
speaking of which, if it's not problematic, curious how you found a copy of an unearthly child given the current issues with it
There's issues with it? Britbox streaming service has classic who
@@Darkly_i_Shine but i'm guessing not an unearthly child - britbox uk doesn't nor iplayer (the whoniverse launched in November on there has basically everything that still exists) because of a streaming rights dispute (the dvd's are ok thought) so it's a good th8ng 8f britbox uk still has it but only until the licence expires (apoarrently) which is why i m curious - to point others to - if it's not problematic 😀
Britbox in the US has it. Now I wonder for how long but that's where I watched it
Regarding the "It's Alive" comment, that's a slightly antiquated way if saying something has an electrical current running through it. Just reads really odd 60 years on
Oh! So he didn't actually mean that his first guess is "it's a living breathing creature " ?
All of Classic Who is the best and it's a timeless series there are no worst episodes except maybe one but i won't name it.
"An Unearthly Child" aired a night just after the John F. Kennedy assassination but no one was tuning in that night as the whole world was in shock at that time so it had to be repeated the following week.
I dunno. Some of it is difficult to get through. But some is fantastic.
@@CrankyGrandmaBut mainly just that 1 story ...😀
Yes but you also got to bare in mind too that television was in it's infancy these earlier episodes were basically a theatre play on screen they couldn't afford to do retakes so they had to do the best as possible when you rewatch it over and over it really feels less slow paced especially if you watched these things week to week and not binge through the whole thing after awhile but that's just me.
Huh funny u mention that's it like a teacher play . I was talking to someone about the acting and I told them some of the acting seems over done like if it was for the theater on stage instead of tv. And I guess that's exactly right
The guy who plays Ian has a son who played Dean Thomas in the Harry Potter films.
@@kanton4108 William Russell, who played Ian, passed away very recently at the age of 99. We saw Ian briefly in the companion support group at the end of "Power of the Doctor".
"Did you say... 'her'?"
Ahh, ok yes. That was him? Cool
I adore Barbara and Ian!
Not that it's necessary every video, but I'm loving that you know NuWho well enough that you can add clips from the future that relate to moments in the Classic episode. It adds depth and cleverness. Your brain is amazing! 🤩
Good God you are so sweet. Thank you.
I explain why below, so that's spoilers, but I'm recommending The Daleks, The Dalek Invasion of Earth, The Rescue, The Space Museum, The Chase, and The Time Meddler.
I'm not going to judge which are good ones, but, for important ones, for the first two seasons, I'd call out The Daleks for introducing the Daleks, The Dalek Invasion of Earth for the introduction of Daleks being able to leave Skaro and the first companion departure, The Rescue for the next companion being introduced, The Space Museum for having temporal shenanigans as part of the plot for the first time, The Chase for introducing the Daleks' time-travel capabilities and having the next companion departure, and The Time Meddler for being the first pseudo-historical (being set in Earth's past but with sci-fi elements)
Was going to pick out some stories, but really the whole thing is so much better if you watch it all in order. You get to see how the dynamics between the Doctor annd companions change over time. In early seasons there's more continuity between serials.
Galifry called TARDIS time capsules until a lot later on... The Doctors TARDIS was a Type-40 time capsule. A redundant model ONLY the Doctor uses, mainly because he stole it.
For this first season I think, like other people said in the comments, you should watch The Daleks and Edge of Destruction; then just jump to The Aztecs (Keys os Marinus is not that important or good), and then PERHAPS The Reign of Terror if you're up to watch the animated reconstructions (they're generally just decent), there's some nice character moments for the Doctor there
@@CaiodeCarvalhoF Animated reconstructions are unavoidable if she wants to see the entire story of the First Doctor's regeneration and the Second Doctor's first story.
@@CaiodeCarvalhoF Second "The Aztecs".
S3 is where it gets a lot better. Only story that is a bit naff but passable is ‘The Gunfighters’
@@ValenAlder-it5owBut most of S3 is missing so it's difficult to tell - the gunfighters isn't that bad, even with the song (yes you would rewatch it much because of the song but ..🤣)
It's easier just to watch it all in order.
Did you see the abbreviated version of the Daleks in colour? You could also watch the Tales of the TARDIS omnibus versions...
I haven't watched anything else yet. I am trying to get the daleks in colour version. Britbox has the regular one if nothing else
@@Darkly_i_Shine The advantage is that it is 75 minutes total, rather than 7x25 minute episodes. VPNs are very usefull in this respect.
I can do vpn do u know who has it streaming ? Although I think it's on daily motion 😮
@@Darkly_i_Shine iPlayer has it if you tunnel to UK.
No don't ask her to watch the vandalised version watch the proper version especially if your going into that story for the first time.
The Daleks and then the Aztecs .
Dagobah???
Ummmmm, nope. But they both have little green things living there.
So much shouting and/or screaming!!!
In Big Finish, The River Song diaries, River was actually there on Earth a few weeks before these events. She's wearing Amy's Police outfit posing as an Police woman... Alex Kingston wearing something that was tight on Karen Gillan.
On earth in 1963? By coincidence or actually spying on those events?
@@Darkly_i_Shine she was hunting an alien who was hunting time lords and had started to hunt Susan. It was a great story, especially about how step grandma treats step granddaughter.
Ohh that sounds like a good story
I was five when this was first broadcast and the stone age people terrified me. I asked my mother if they were witches.
Hahahaha!
I would say continue on from where it leaves off but that's up to you i noticed alot of people are asking you to watch the colourised version of the original Dalek story honestly take my advice don't it's butchered alot of good scenes it's cut down to 75 minutes and they added in music that wasn't necessary and you be denied of knowing what the original Dalek sounds look by the great David Graham and Peter Hawkins because they sound very threatening Nick Briggs voice was forced in and it really doesn't sound great it's very jarring like especially if your going into that story for the first time it should be viewed as it was originally broadcast in glorious black and white yes it's a 7 parter yes it's slow in places but gives you an idea what it was like as watched in 1963.
7 parts is alot. But I do like that I watched the original version of pyramids of Mars rather than the tales from the TARDIS like most did. Hard to decide
Agreed. The colourised version is disappointing in many ways.
Could I interject to ask for the 'Edge of Destruction' two parter after 'Daleks'? Doctor turns his views on his companions about this story.
...also you need a gap between two Dalek stories basically.
Some have said edge of destruction and some have said skip to the Aztecs so the decisions is between those 2 options after "the daleks" serial at the moment
@@Darkly_i_Shine were the question 'Best serials of Season 1' Aztecs would get my nomination also - excellent character piece that shows off the actors.
I would suggest the next story... It's called 'The Daleks' SPOILERS!
Well, you gave me the impetus to actually watch this.
Okay, but the fight scene where you can see their modern underwear when they bend over, etc. They couldn't just make the robes a little longer?
I like Susan. The teachers are a bit odd.
The Daleks go for the colorized version would be my recomendation
Thank you
No honestly don't it's terrible watch the original version.
No watch the original.
I'm not expert enough to recommend the next show to watch - but looking forward to your next choice!
The OG
First watch to your reaction , enjoy start , but clips from other shows a distraction