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What’s the Best Order to Watch (All of) Doctor Who? (www.denofgeek.com)

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With every available Doctor Who episode and its wife coming to BBC iPlayer on November 1, how should you approach a Classic and NuWho rewatch? We have options...

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

You know, I've never thought about this until now. I have two thoughts related to the question.

Has anyone here watched the episodes in chronological order? https://www.stitchesinti.me/watch
Is it established fact that the airing order is chronological order on the Doctor's timeline (more or less)?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I've not watched them in chronological order... Of any sort in fact. I feel like I might try this though there's been so many blogs and books that have done this I could probably read them and pretend I did 😛

It's not established fact - nothing is. We could be watching edited highlights from the Matrix where The Doctor is deliberately making himself look good when in fact he's a complete tool. Assuming that isn't the case, I think it's fair to assume what we see on screen is chronological from The Doctor's point of view - the whole River Song thing would seem to confirm this for the new series at least. In 'Web of Fear' they mention seeing the younger Jack Travers from 'Abominable Snowmen' a few weeks ago for instance, one of several times characters refer back to previous events...