I don't have the nostalgia factor with Doctor Who. I only watched it when Nep convinced me to late last year.
We started with the new series, and I think it started out nice. Really silly, but there was a lot to like about it. Some episodes were fantastic, while others were a steaming pile of shit. The thing that appealed to me most were the alien designs. I like seeing what people come up with and how they portray it. There were alien designs that felt genuinely alien, and not just humans cut and paste with different skins, and that was nice. And I really loved getting to see different worlds from time to time, even if it was just a description of the world.
However, by around the 5th series, the novelty started to wear off. None of the story arcs were nearly as interesting, and there were seldom any new aliens popping up. What's the fun in that?
Watching Classic Doctor Who, I found a lot of the stories hard to follow. Overall though, my opinion of it was the same as watching series 1-4. Really silly.
I basically like Doctor Who for the same reasons I liked Star Wars.
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