• Jason Snell:
  I love Matt Smith, but being a #DoctorWho fan is all about change, my dear, and not a moment too soon. Bring on the 12th…

@jsnell Aren’t we supposed to be assuming it’s the 13th at this point?

• Jason Snell:
  @jeffporten all part of Moffat’s evil plan

• Chuq Von Rospach:
  @jeffporten @jsnell why are we assuming there is only ONE former doctor they?ve hidden from us?

@chuq @jsnell That would be one hell of a season: Clara w/ in-between Doctors from the classic show.

• Jason Snell:
  @jeffporten @chuq In Big Finish audios the 8th Doctor lost a companion who was then picked up by the 6th. Wacky.

@jsnell @chuq I’ve been veeerrrryyy slowly catching up on classic Who?currently on Pertwee ’72. Big Finish comes next if I’m not “done”.

• Chuq Von Rospach:
  @jeffporten @jsnell it?s interesting to wander back into Old Who. But I cut my teeth on Tom Baker and faded after Davison.

@jsnell @chuq Come to think of it, the much wackier crossover is the 5th Doctor being the 10th’s father-in-law.

• Chuq Von Rospach:
  @jeffporten @jsnell at some level your definition of ?who? is defined by where you came in on the timeline.

@chuq @jsnell Tom Baker was “my” Doctor on PBS, but never watched consistently enough to remember it.

• Chuq Von Rospach:
  @jeffporten @jsnell that said, this new incarnation is my favorite by far. Tennant/Smith faves, then Eccleston, then baker.

• Chuq Von Rospach:
  @jeffporten @jsnell Pertwee?s doctor can best be described as, well, quaint. and troughton is tough to get into.

@chuq @jsnell I dunno. Hartnell/Troughton/Pertwee all have their moments; main reasons I dislike some shows is variable writing quality.

@chuq @jsnell I suspect Troughton would be fave of the 1st three if more of his eps were available. As is, tie with Pertwee.

• Chuq Von Rospach:
  @jeffporten @jsnell yeah. (I?m really curious how BBC is going to handle the next couple of ?history of the doctor? specials?..)

@chuq @jsnell New series not being judged in same breath as classic. Like comparing Shatner to Pine?audiences/productions too different.

• Chuq Von Rospach:
  @jeffporten @jsnell The tom baker episode, frankly, came across as ?man,he?s a jerk, but we have to do this?.?

• Chuq Von Rospach:
  @jeffporten @jsnell agreed. and old series were aimed at children. New series is for adults. huge difference.

• Jason Snell:
  @jeffporten @chuq I think that doesn?t go far enough, because 1963 Doctor Who was nothing like 1983 either.

@jsnell @chuq I’ll let you know when I get there. Sometime in 2018 at the rate I’m going.

@jsnell @chuq I’m genuinely curious to see if 6th and 7th are as atrocious as I’ve been warned.

• Chuq Von Rospach:
  @jeffporten @jsnell Colin Baker wasn?t terrible, but? wasn?t much. And after that, it was time for the series to hibernate. But it didn?t.

• Jason Snell:
  @chuq @jeffporten Even the old show had elements (like the female assistants) that were ?for the dads”

• Jason Snell:
  @jeffporten @chuq There are some great 6th episodes, actually. Notably Vengeance on Varos and Revelation of the Daleks.

• Jason Snell:
  @jeffporten @chuq 7th is insane. I?m not a fan. It?s like a pure fantasy series at that point.

@jsnell @chuq Watching the Jo Grant seasons now, which makes that obvious. And Wendy Padbury stands out among prior companions.

• Chuq Von Rospach:
  @jeffporten @jsnell I?m still partial to Leela, but god, that?s probably my age at the time speaking.