103 - How to Watch Doctor Who

Doctor Who: Verity! - A podcast by The Verities

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Editor's note: We recorded this before the Amazon Prime/Crave TV news dropped! Appropriate links below.

We've touched on it before, but in our year of firsts, we thought it worth revisiting--where do you recommend people start watching Doctor Who? And how can folks (especially in the US) find it to watch? Join Deb Erika, and Tansy as we dive deep into both halves of this tricky equation. There are many different strategies to get folks to join us in loving Doctor Who, but there are few ways to watch it--and even fewer now that Hulu and Netflix in the US have lost all DW titles.

How do you start new viewers on Doctor Who? Do you base it on the person, or do you have a go-to story? And where do you recommend they find what you want them to watch? Let us know in the comments!

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Also covered [links on our site]:

  • Tansy enjoyed DW actors in other properties:
    • David Tennant in The Decoy Bride!
    • Karen Gillan in Selfie!
  • Erika's heart is still warmed by sweet Gally memories:
    • Radio Free Skaro's intro video for their live show, "Gallifrey One Is Required"!
    • Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and after!
  • Deb bookmarked a couple great DW items:
    • BBC's "Making Who"!
    • Clarissa's Unofficial Gallifrey One Ribbon Database!

Bonus links [also on our site]:
Doctor Who: The Fan Show gives a Ribbon primer
Erika's essay on starting new folks with "Blink"
Jason Snell's post on how to start watching Doctor Who
Erik Stadnik's open letter about what classic Who to watch before a con
Works of Lois McMaster Bujold
The Nerdist's Guide to Watching Doctor Who Online by Kyle Anderson
The Doctors Revisited series

Post-recording good-news links! [also also on our site]
Series 1-8 coming to Amazon Prime in the US!
Doctor Who coming to CraveTV in Canada!

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