Everyone's seen it - that blue police box. If you've ever been to Britain or watch the BBC at all, it's popped up in advertisements, store-front ads and a ton of other places. Some know that it has something to do with a 'Doctor Who,' but not much more than that.
Like many hardcore fandoms, Doctor Who appears to outsiders as a strange world of wonder that they could never truly appreciate. Appearances, however, can be deceiving. As much as some Who-nerds may want to keep the fandom exclusive, it isn't nearly as difficult to get into as it may first appear. Check out Doctor Who: A Beginner's Guide.
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Two fails that I spotted immediately:
"From a writing standpoint, the companions are meant to help the viewer get into the show easier. The Doctor explains everything in detail to his companion and vicariously to the audience."
Hardly since it's a tradition in Who that the Doctor will fail to solve the big problem and one of his companions, or a character appearing only in that story, will solve the problem.
Secondly the idea that viewers should start with the 2005 series is ridiculous. This was some of the worst Who ever and made the show into something of a soap opera. Partly it was the writing and partly Ecclestone's apparent inability to grasp the character or give him anything like a believable or consistent personality. The fast that Ecclestone was by his own admission not a fan of the show could have had something to do with it.
Ignore the 2005 series as an aberation and start in with the 2005 Christmas special, The Christmas Invasion. There was still some soap opera romance and melodramatic emotion to the plots in the Tennant era, but at least Tennant was a long time fan of the show and knew what the character is about.
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