I watched classic Who in Chronological Order a while back and I am thinking of watching it all again.
I was thinking that there might be a better order to watch it in. When I watched them in that order I tend to get tired of some Doctors during their last season or two. Has anyone done another type of watch order that they can recommend?
there are lists out there of every doctor who episode in chronological order of when they were set. i havenât tried such a rewatch but i find the concept entertaining.
Do you mean like An Unearthly Child, The Power of the Daleks, Spearhead from Space, Robot, Castrovalva, The Twin Dilemma, and Time and the Rani; then The Daleks, The Highlanders, Doctor Who and the Silurians, The Ark in Space, Four to Doomsday, Attack of the Cybermen, Paradise Towers; and so on?
That might still end with fatigue just because youâd run out of 6th & 7th Doctor stories before very long, then 5th & 2nd Doctor stories, and by the time youâd finished every other Doctor youâd still have over a season of Tom Baker left (although it would certainly still be an interesting journey and that final Tom season is pretty varied, unlike the two before it)
Iâve just typed out what that order would be lol, bc I was curious. In fact after the last non-Fourth Doctor story youâd have The Armageddon Factor and onward, so all of s17 as well as s18.
You, would also get The Caves of Androzani, The Daleksâ Master Plan, and The War Games in a row, which would be pretty cool.
More to be seen as a joke but:
Watch them based on the villain/monster/antagonist starting with the one that appears the most in order of the chronology for the antagonist species.
Actually, if youâre really interested in going a route like first one for each, then second one for each, etc. you can adjust that to space them out more evenly, based on % completed.
In other words, youâd start out 0% completed for each Doctor, so youâd watch one for each Doctor, then your smallest % completed would be for the 4th Doctor, since he has the most stories, so youâd do his second one next, then the second 1st Doctor, and so on. Youâd still be finishing up on Logopolis, but it wouldnât just be a block of T. Baker at the end.
Step One: Watch âThe Happiness Patrolâ
Step Two: Watch âMeglosâ
Step Three: Watch âThe Krotonsâ
Step Four: Sit back and relax, knowing you have watched all that is worth watching in Classic Doctor Who
You can go by themes⌠like
Historical episodes
A set of episodes where a companion leaves and new one comes on board
Reoccurring villains (right now I am watching episodes featuring the Great Intelligence)
Timelord related episodes (although Hartnell would be out of the picture there )