Dr Who

So, I have chosen to enter the Dr Who Discourse for my social media class. It's a bit daunting. There are 756 episodes according to the wikipedia page. But that doesn't begin to scratch the surface of the Dr Who world. There's also something called "Doctor Who Confidential" and other Dr Who related things that are a part of this Discourse.

My impression of the first 3 episodes: the door never opens for Rose! And there's a lot of unnecessary dramatic bits. It's amusing and mildly interesting. Rose seems to always have some dark profound thought about the nature of time. The main thread that connects the episodes is that I don't know much about Dr Who. Since I've only seen the first three episodes of the new series, I'm wondering what kind of liberties this series is taking with the original. How much did we know about Dr Who before? I can't wait for the DVD of the original to come. I'm enjoying the contemporary references the show makes. In the second episode, in celebration of the life and death of planet earth, a jukebox mistakenly identified as an iPod plays a traditional earth ballad, Toxic, by Britney Spears. It made me laugh.

This is such an odd way to join a Discourse. It feels like an overwhelming assignment given that there's so much content. And I must not only watch the show, I have to join the community. But I don't want to look at the extra stuff before I've seen a fair few episodes because I don't want to get overwhelmed or anything... or spoil the fun... but! at least Dr Who isn't like Lost, where there are really any spoilers. Also, I'm sure I'll discover that I'm supposed to be writing it Dr. Who or Doctor Who instead, but... I'll wait until I figure it out organically. Let this stand as an example of my stupidity as a noob.