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Originally Posted by redx24

weekly downloads is how ive stayed into the show since the 9th doc, and just like star trek forget what happened before you jumped on cause it'll just get retconned in a few years anyways.

I'm don't agree with this. Sure, some elements revealed in previous episodes have been either ignored or explained away in the years since, but that's to be expected in a show that's been around for so many years and with this depth of internal history. I'd say most of the show's canon has remained relatively consistent.

I actually started with the 2005 series, but went back and watched all of the classic series (filling in the missing episodes with restorations, some of which better than others) and I enjoyed most of it immensely. There is a lot of material there that can flesh out the current series in fulfilling ways. Not all of classic Who is good, just like not all of the new series is good. But there are some real gems in there. Simply ignoring it all would be a loss. It's worth at least checking out the earlier Doctors, just to see the actual characters behind the faces that still crop up now and again.