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Jon Pertwee was my first and favorite Doctor. I saw the early seventies series in the late seventies, on PBS Station WTTW from Chicago, Illinios. The Terror of the Autons is one of my favorite arcs. As a child, I was scared by these episodes.

Doctor Who was dropped by WTTW. In the mid eighties I found Doctor Who on another PBS station. This time the fourth Doctor, Tom Baker, had taken over. At the end of the Tom Baker episodes, station KUAT tried to show all of Doctor Who.
It aired as many of the old episodes it could get hold of as it could. I saw William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton and, my favorite, Jon Pertwee episodes.

As I went through Doctors, I still found the series entertaining. The special effects got better, but the stories and writing were always good.

I was sad to see Doctor Who disappear in the nineties. I didn't realize how much I liked Doctor Who until I saw the first Christopher Eccleston episode. I was alone watching "Rose", when I recognized the Autons and knew the Nestene were back. I gave a Shout of Joy. Seeing Rose Tyler menaced by store mannaquins, I relived Jo Grant's peril in the seventies.

The enjoyment I had as a child continues. Imagine a program you can enjoy all your life. I, like a lot of British, grew up on Doctor Who. I am Happy to See it Back! Doctor Who is not just for the U. K. It's good for the U. S. A. Too!

Doctor Who started out as a sci fi show with good stories & some questionable effects & acting. It finally ended that way, though some of the "Doctors' managed to deliver some goos performances.
This new series has greatly improved effects, acting and the stories have been excellent!

I first heard about the British TV show “Doctor Who” in 1983, from a friend in the eighth grade. I searched our TV guide, and there it was on the local PBS station, airing at 11:00 pm on Sat. nights. The show’s title intrigued me, and since I am a night owl, I tuned in. My first impression of the show was that it was strange, quirky, yet captivating. After watching a few episodes, I was hooked. I have seen episodes starring all of the actors who have played the good Doctor over the past 45 years (except for the Peter Cushing movies of the 1960’s.) I love the Doctor’s TARDIS and the concept of “regeneration” to explain the change in the lead actor. Despite the Doctor’s changes in appearance and personality, he remains at his core a good person who will use everything at his disposal to help beings or planets in trouble. He comes from a highly advanced race but has not lost his sense of morality or childlike wonder.

The old series episodes started airing on the BBC in 1963 and ran until 1989. It is the longest-running science-fiction show on TV. I have seen most of the episodes from 1970 onward. As I mentioned, over here in the U.S. some local PBS stations (WMPT, WNJN, WDCA or WETA, etc.) aired the still-existing episodes (the BBC unwisely purged some of the earlier episodes from their archives) once a week. WMPT aired these episodes from the 1970’s until the 1990’s as part of their late-night Sat. programming. Unfortunately the old series episodes are no longer being broadcast and are only available on DVD.

In 2005 the BBC started production of a new series of Doctor Who starring Christopher Eccleston. The second season began with a new Doctor in the form of David Tennant, the Doctor’s current avatar. Although the new series has some stories that are “Fantastic” (as Christopher Eccleston’s Doctor would say,) I feel some of the writing is too emotionally over-the-top and melodramatic. They could change the name of the series to “Doctor Emo.” On the positive side, the special effects are a definite improvement over the “B-movie” effects of the old series. I recommend this show to all science-fiction fans!

When I first saw it, I never ever heard about it. After watching one episode, I was hooked. I am a big Sci-fi fan and the Doctor appeals to all. My family has all taken a liking to the series (even my Wife who doesn't watch Sci-fi), I like it because the plots are written well to the point you want to watch it till the end. I really like the ninth doctor, but the tenth has seem to taken a more stricter approach in dealing with matters, I would like to hear what happenedto him that he had to regenerate from the eight to the ninth Doctor. More backstory on the Time War would be good or maybe a chance encounter with previous incarnations or sidekicks (such as the episode with Sarah Jane Smith).