People say that Blink is the episode to show people you want to watch Doctor Who. It’s a good episode, it’s a good Doctor Who episode, no doubt, but wtf it is NOT representative of the show. An episode that leaves me questioning “Who even is that Doctor person that was in it for an entire 5 minutes but seems to be the main character”? If that was the first thing I’d seen of Doctor Who, I would’ve been SO confused (and probably disappointed) by everything else.
Start at S01E01 Rose or S05E01 The Eleventh Hour or maybe S11E01 The Woman Who Fell to Earth or, if you’re very courageous, S01E01 An Unearthly Child. But BLINK?! Fuck.
People say that Blink is the episode to show people you want to watch Doctor Who. It’s a good episode, it’s a good Doctor Who episode, no doubt, but wtf it is NOT representative of the show. An episode that leaves me questioning “Who even is that Doctor person that was in it for an entire 5 minutes but seems to be the main character”? If that was the first thing I’d seen of Doctor Who, I would’ve been SO confused (and probably disappointed) by everything else.
Start at S01E01 Rose or S05E01 The Eleventh Hour or maybe S11E01 The Woman Who Fell to Earth or, if you’re very courageous, S01E01 An Unearthly Child. But BLINK?! Fuck.
I mean i get your point and i’m with you, but on surface, watching Doctor Who and wondering ‘Who is that Doctor’ seems like a win to me.
You could start at the Empty Child/The Doctor Dances too for another quality Moffat episode with more Doctor in it than Blink.