Dr. Who! Some guidance would be nice

So last week I started watching Dr. Who on netflix. I watched all of season five with the new doctor. I loved it. I watched nearly all of season 6. I skipped the last episode and the episode about the hotel with the rooms for every type of person. I skipped those for a "rainy day".

I started to watch season one but my roommate said that I should just skip the first season. I didn't like the first episode and delt it had some pretty bad acting skills and it just wasn't the same quirky Doctor I had come to like. I watched the second episode of season one much to my friends chagrin. It was much better. But I caved in and skipped to the second season which had the 10th doctor. I'm liking him . I would like to start watching Torchwood as well and this season (the 2nd) mentions the word/group a couple of times. And the Second episode of season two involved characters from the second episode of season one. By all my skipping around have I ruined the show for myself? Can I start watching Torchwood even though I've only watched up to episode 4 of season 2? Am i missing anything good from season 1? I felt like the 5th and 6th seasons were very connected but were "newbie" friendly.

@Ganthetsward20: The main character from Torchwood first appears in the last few episodes of season one but its pretty easy to get caught up. Though you're just talking about new Who, if you wanted to get the full story thats gonna take some effort

@Ganthetsward20: Seasons 5 and 6 are newbie friendly. If you wanna watch 10's stuff, then do it. You're not screwing yourself over by ignoring them as far as 11's continuity is concerned.

@JediXMan: I love 11. Like OP, 11 was my first Doctor. :P But to each their own and blah blah blah.

11 FTW!

@_Whisper_ said:

11 FTW!

@JediXMan:

@InnerVenom123:

@JediXMan:

@JediXMan: I grew up watching reruns of the Fourth Doctor on pbs so for me its Tom Baker all the way, Tennet's a close second tho. 9 is good too

@_Whisper_:

@ZombieBigfoot: I always thought Rose was at her best in 9's run, and then things went horribly awry with her after that.

I'm not a huge fan of Rose Tyler either. I saw the one woman who he had partner up with him from the old times in episode 4 of season 2. I think her name was Martha. She seemed neat and they added K-9. That did have me wondering if I should watch the older episodes from way back. I'm wondering whats the best way to watch them too.

@Ganthetsward20 said:

I'm not a huge fan of Rose Tyler either. I saw the one woman who he had partner up with him from the old times in episode 4 of season 2. I think her name was Martha. She seemed neat and they added K-9. That did have me wondering if I should watch the older episodes from way back. I'm wondering whats the best way to watch them too.

Lol, that was Sarah Jane Smith, not Martha.

And she's awesome.

@InnerVenom123: Bahaha sorry. I feel real dumb now though because she said there should be another smith when she tried to get them to take mickey on their adventures. Hurm.

@Kiara_Sullivan: *High five* I dislike Matt Smith as well.

Despite his appearance, Matt Smith has his charms. Although he comes off as too playful and bordering on patronizing and reading the viewer a children's book, it's probably worth watching till he regenerates again. When is that fool's contract up?

11 takes a lot of crap mostly because he followed Tennet, he's not the best doctor but as far as I'm concerned he's better than 5 thru 8

I honestly dont think I hate any of the doctors I think for the most part (and just from what i've seen. They all work well for the stories being told.

@JediXMan: He does the best he can with what he's got. You can tell he's really trying but yea the writing has been a bit lax

I just saw this ad on xbox lol, any good?

Okay so are the mini episodes any good to watch, and what about the Christmas specials? I've watched all of seasons 2-6. Happy with the new season but do these minis and specials hold any important info?

@Vaeternus: You mean you saw a Dr Who add? Yes its very good i was even able to turn a few friends to it. But I'm more into it then they are

Does anyone know about the minis and also where i can watch the older episodes?

@Razero: my friend asked the same question. I told him that we dont know when it happens. Matt Rorey and Amy are all kidnapped. I'm not sure but cant the daleks time travel too? I also suggested to him that because the Daleks were able to make human/daleks that maybe they were able to actually build many more of the orignial daleks and use the human/daleks as slave labor to create more of them. But I also dont remember any explanation during the episode

@Razero: I thought the one was still alive at the end of the episode? That chick who brought the doctor to the Daleks? I missed something if they died. Have you re watched the episode? I may do that latter today.

@Ganthetsward20: just curious why did you skip around like that? and if you want to sync up both dr who and torchwood , watch torchwood after season 2 of dr who , they have a few crossovers so i believe that's when they make references to each other . my gf got me to watch torchwood , i watched dr who and saw how it all fit , enjoy!

@SoA: Well Looked around online to see where a good starting point would be and found out that starting with season five gave you a good idea of who these people in this show are and what its all about. I continued with the season and my friend told me that the previous Doctor was pretty good. I started with season one after finishing with seasons 5 and six but my friend told me that the previous doctor started in season two and that i should skip season one because he thought it wasn't all that good. But I went ahead and watched the first two episodes from season one anyways then went to season two cause i wasnt really enjoying the first season. Now I've watched season 2-6 but i am still a bit confused on some stuff but im guessing its because i havent watched season on all the way through and i didnt really watch the Christmas specials.

@Razero: Well then I missed something at the end of the first episode of this season then cause I thought all the Daleks on the ship were still alive. I'll re watch the episode cause you got me really confused. I watched the begging of this season with a friend and spent a great deal of time explaining stuff to him so I probably missed something.

@Ganthetsward20: your friend needs a punch in the groin , watch everything straight through . and the x-mas specials are great because all kinds of chaos happens . there are also two movies floating around netflix(one is more of a two parter packaged like a movie) starring the 10th doctor. i watched beginning to end and now im watching them live(as in every week)

@SoA: I watched two christmas specials the christmas invasion and the one they did last year. I didnt know they had two movies out either. I'll have to search for those. I am also watching the new ones every week. I am really enjoying this season.

@The Stegman: Sorry to hear that dude. What episode did you watch, or do you know?