That one, essential TV series that's on your MUST-watch list?

[J. R.'s Piece]

I don't mean a whole list of titles that you plan to watch, it's about that one particular show that you need in order to complete your personal TV pop culture.

For me, it's DOCTOR WHO, that's the missing piece in my essential TV experience.

But there are 97 missing episodes of Doctor Who. I’ve got the soundtracks to all of them. And some have been released on DVD/blu-ray, with animation. But Doctor Who also thrives in spin-off series and an expanding range of spin-off media adventures, some of which have fed back into the tv series and been acknowledged by the tv series. It wouldn’t be completing. More a new beginning.

 

[J. R.'s Piece]

To be honest, I'm only interested in the 60s to 90s stories (but maybe I'd want to see more after that).

Most of it is available on DVD (I don't have a bluray player) but it's a story here, a compilation/omnibus there, complete Doctor boxsets that are actually NOT complete at all, the stories are numbered, the years are numbered, the seasons are numbered - in other words; the "home cinema" release of Doctor Who is a giant mess.

The most logical thing to do would be a separate, complete box set for each doctor (or as complete as possible) but for some mysterious reason that perfect idea has never occured to them.
Maybe this would be a good job for the Australians, they love their mammoth DVD box sets.

William Hartnell and Peter Davison both exited Doctor Who partway through series though. Hartnell left eight episodes into series four (the first four episodes had been filmed at the end of the previous series). And the story of the change continues straight into the next story.

With Tom Baker to Peter Davison, they released Tom’s last two stories with Peter’s first, as there is a continuing narrative with The Master in all three stories. And two of Davison’s companions arrive in Tom Baker’s last two stories.

 

[Angela Channing]

The West Wing. I've never seen a single episode but many of my friends used to tell me how good it was an that it would be the kind of show that I would like (I do like political dramas). However, because I want to watch from the beginning rather than picking it up half way through, I've never gotten around to seeing it. One day, I will buy the whole series and watch it all from the start, but not yet.

 

[J. R.'s Piece]

To be honest, I'm only interested in the 60s to 90s stories (but maybe I'd want to see more after that).

Most of it is available on DVD (I don't have a bluray player) but it's a story here, a compilation/omnibus there, complete Doctor boxsets that are actually NOT complete at all, the stories are numbered, the years are numbered, the seasons are numbered - in other words; the "home cinema" release of Doctor Who is a giant mess.

The most logical thing to do would be a separate, complete box set for each doctor (or as complete as possible) but for some mysterious reason that perfect idea has never occured to them.
Maybe this would be a good job for the Australians, they love their mammoth DVD box sets.

But with Doctor Who, people could dip in and out and get the stories they want to.

Your idea would have several stories released more than once though. Troughton debuts in Hartnell’s last episode. And Hartnell and Troughton returned for The Three Doctors. Troughton returned for The Five Doctors and The Two Doctors. Pertwee returned for The Five Doctors. Footage of Tom Baker, from his incomplete story, Shada, was used in The Five Doctors. Tom Baker appears in Jon Pertwee’s last episode. Peter Davison appears and is credited in Tom Baker’s last episode. Colin Baker appears in Peter Davison’s last episode, has a brief scene and shockingly takes top billing in the credits, which now have his face on. And Sylvester McCoy is a guest star in Paul McGann’s TV movie.

And later, David Tennant is in Christopher Eccleston’s last episode. David Tennant makes a crossover two-episode appearance in The Sarah Jane Adventures (which has references to his forthcoming exit, which Tennant had finished filming the previous week) and stars as The Doctor in two separate animated adventures. Plus stars in the interactive game, Attack of the Graske. Matt Smith is in David Tennant’s last episode. Matt Smith makes a two-part crossover appearance as The Doctor in The Sarah Jane Adventures. And is briefly scene in a drama about the genesis of the show Peter Capaldi’s eyebrows prominently guest star in The Day of the Doctor, which features return appearances by David Tennant and Tom Baker. Plus all the previous leads are credited for it. Peter Capaldi is in Matt Smith’s last episode. Matt Smith guest stars in Peter Capaldi’s first episode. Peter Capaldi guest stars as The Doctor in the first episode of Class. And Jodie Whittaker first appears at the end of Peter Capaldi’s last story.

And there are a number of mini adventures and shorts made with David Tennant and Matt Smith as The Doctor. Which in some instances are directly connected and part of their adventures. David Tennant has two Children in Need adventures that in each case slot directly between two of his Doctor Who stories. One of these also stars Peter Davison, who is David Tennant’s father-in-law, as Tennant is married to Davison’s daughter, Georgia, who played The Doctor’s Daughter to Tennant’s Doctor.

And Colin Baker and Peter Capaldi both guested in Doctor Who as other characters before being cast as The Doctor. Peter Capaldi also guest starred in series three of Torchwood. And with William Hartnell dead, both Richard Hurndall and David Bradley played his character in later Doctor Who stories.

 

[Willie Oleson]

But with Doctor Who, people could dip in and out and get the stories they want to.

The plan wasn't to dip and out.

Your idea would have several stories released more than once though. Troughton debuts in Hartnell’s last episode. And Hartnell and Troughton returned for The Three Doctors. Troughton returned for The Five Doctors and The Two Doctors. Pertwee returned for The Five Doctors. Footage of Tom Baker, from his incomplete story, Shada, was used in The Five Doctors. Tom Baker appears in Jon Pertwee’s last episode (etcetera etcetera)

I'm perfectly fine with any overlapping or confusing parts as long as I can watch everything (or at least what's still available) in chronological order. Even if chronology isn't important to the stories I'd like to get the feel of how the series progressed. 1971 doesn't look the same as 1979.

 

[J. R.'s Piece]

The plan wasn't to dip and out.

I'm perfectly fine with any overlapping or confusing parts as long as I can watch everything (or at least what's still available) in chronological order. Even if chronology isn't important to the stories I'd like to get the feel of how the series progressed. 1971 doesn't look the same as 1979.

There was a strike in 1979, which caused Doctor Who: Shada to be abandoned.

Tom Baker returns to Doctor Who to finish lost 1979 episode

Longest-serving Doctor films new footage to complete Shada, an episode that was abandoned due to a BBC strike

amp.theguardian.com

 

[J. R.'s Piece]

The plan wasn't to dip and out.

I'm perfectly fine with any overlapping or confusing parts as long as I can watch everything (or at least what's still available) in chronological order. Even if chronology isn't important to the stories I'd like to get the feel of how the series progressed. 1971 doesn't look the same as 1979.

Well, there are multiple versions of what happened to Atlantis . And multiple versions of Shada. Douglas Adams reused Professor Chronotis and other ideas from Shada in his book, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. Tom Baker narrated links for Shada 1992 VHS release. And Paul McGann starred as The Doctor in a webcast version of Shada (released on CD) with Lalla Ward (as Romana again).

And there was the time that the actors who played Doctors five, six and seven (and eight) tried to break into the fiftieth anniversary special.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

I have The Abominable Snowmen steel book on pre-order.

I adore the steel book of Evil of the Daleks. It's a terrific story.

Gawd, I love Doctor Who. It's a terrific show.

 

[Jock Ewing Fan]

Well as much as I love Dallas it would have to be Doctor Who for me.

I bought the VHS cassettes, then I bought the DVDs and now I have all the collection boxsets (to date), which are absolutely fantastic value for the amount of old and new material on them.

I grew up with the Pertwee era but consider both him and Tom as my Doctor, both were at the top of their game in the role. I also loved Davison but really didn't like Colin or Sylvester and still have issues when watching their stories. I've seen all the episodes available from An Unearthly Child through to Survival but it's the Perwee/Baker/Davison seasons I watch the most.

With NuWho I loved Eccleston and wish he'd done more, Tennant and Smith were fantastic too. But I did have issues with Capaldi, I just didn't like his Doctor or the stories, I watched them on broadcast but really didn't enjoy his era. I did adore Missy though.

With Jodie, I absolutely love her and her era, I know many don't but after the Capaldi era I found it fresh, fun and entertaining.

Roll on the next era with RTD's return, I'm very much looking forward to seeing what and who's coming next.

I like Doctors 1-6, I like Colin Baker, I think he is a good actor who had a lot of potentia in the role, and his era was sadly cut short
Did not care for McCoy. I thought Paul McGann was good in the movie, and it is a missed opportunity that he didn't have the
opportunity to play the Doctor in a full series or 3.
Agree with Eccleston and David Tennant. Matt Smith wasn't my favorite, but his time was quite good.
I really liked Capaldi, a terrific actor who, much like Colin Baker, didn't have the best scripts in his era.

Respectfully I have to disagree with you on the JW era, don't care for it at all.

A discussion like this is part of the Doctor Who experience. We all can have our favorites.
On balance, I think Pertwee and Tom Baker are my favorites

 

[Biggie]

I'm looking forward to Top Boy. It's simply excellent. The whole thing shows that the hard work starts when you get to the top of your profession.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

I'm looking forward to the Easter Doctor Who episode Legend of the Sea Devil's.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

I've not long pre-ordered this blu-ray collection.

Just guess what brilliant, iconic show it is!

 

[supermanfan]

For me it would be the dukes of hazzard awww my childhood memories!

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

For me it would be the dukes of hazzard awww my childhood memories!

I have the entire series on DVD! Go check on eBay to get yourself a copy.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

I am currently waiting for this blu-ray boxset to arrive.

Season 22 of Colin Baker's tenure as the Doctor in the ground breaking and well loved TV series Doctor Who.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

That's the wrong boxset I posted above, it's season 23 the Trial of a Time Lord season.

It should've been this one.

 

[Jessie]

I want to watch “Six Feet Under”.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

The Dallas Complete Series Blu-ray Boxset Collection.

I want it so badly.

 

[alovelylady7991]

Without a doubt, one of the last great network series, "THE GOOD WIFE" (CBS - 2009-2016)
And - it's probably my 2nd favorite show of all time, other than "Dallas".

The series featured: Julianna Margulies · Matt Czuchry · Christine Baranski · Archie Panjabi · Alan Cumming · Josh Charles · Chris Noth - Jeffrey Dean Morgan - Matthew Goode

The Good Wife had been named one of AFI’s Top Television Shows, won the Television Critics Award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama and garnered five Emmy nominations and three Golden Globe nominations, with an Emmy win, for star, Julianna Margulies.

The drama stared Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick, a disgraced wife who returns to work as a lawyer after her husband, Peter Florrick, is imprisoned following a scandal. After starting her own firm and finding success as a litigator alongside her colleagues Diane Lockhart and Cary Agos, Peter’s trusted advisor, Eli Gold, convinces Alicia to run for State’s Attorney, the position once infamously held by her husband. Following a win at the polls after a hard-fought campaign, Alicia is forced to step down from office when voter fraud threatens the Democratic party in the state of Illinois. Now, with her political career over before it began and without a law firm to call her own, Alicia cautiously begins to practice law, becoming an attorney for arrestees seeking release on bail, with the assistance of Jason Crouse, a calm, experienced hourly investigator whom she hires. In the course of her new job, she meets Lucca Quinn, a fellow lawyer who competes for her clients. And as Alicia tries to reinvent herself, Peter, now Governor of Illinois, contemplates a bid for the Presidency that may thrust her into the spotlight once again.