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Originally Posted by Burt
So as a question then, how much Doctor Who do you guys get in your different places around the world? When did you first watch it?
I remember first watching Pyramids of Mars and being utterly spooked. Giant walking robotic mummies? Who wouldn't be?!
But still total bloody first class television!
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In the 70s and 80s Doctor Who was available on some public (noncommercial) television stations, but randomly from city to city. WNJB in New Brunswick, NJ used to carry new episodes in the 80s around 6 months after transmission in the UK, and classic episiodes in between. So I saw "The Two Doctors" and "Remembrance of the Daleks" not long after they came out. But all that petered out in the 90s and now Classic Who is not available here (with one or two cities excepted), and until recently New Who was not in sight either. So the choice was either to wait over a year for the DVDs, or download em.
(I'm not looking forward to the broadcasts on SCI FI channel, to be honest -- SCI FI shows looots of commercials.)
Let's see -- the first episode I remember seeing is "Earthshock" -- Cybermen marching up iron staircases. Out of context I was impressed but a little lost. But later in Boston I was able to see the whole thing from the beginning practically. And then I was hooked. I used to have videotapes off the air of every episode broadcast; now I just have a slew of DVDs. And a new Doctor to enjoy (if I can).