I got into the franchise through the 2005 reboot series. I can't wait for the new season!

I've watched sporadic episodes since the Christopher Eccleston season. I try to watch any episodes with Daleks, Cybermen and Weeping Angels.

I really like David Tennant but my favorite is Matt Stone. I just loved his crazy energy and his weird detached sentimentality. And my favorite companion is Karen Gillen as Amy Pond, but it's very hard to choose as they were all (Rose, Martha, Donna, Rory, Clara) so good.

I never thought anybody would surpass Billie Piper, but Amy very quickly grew on me.

Strange to think that I had never seen Doctor Who (except for the Peter Cushing movie) until a little over a year ago when my 10-year-old nephew started watching it on Netflix. I feel like it's been part of my life for decades.

I also got into Doctor Who during the new revival, season three to be exact, the Martha Jones era. However, I actually did watch some episodes when I was a kid, way back around 1980 when they were airing on PBS and Tom Baker was the Doctor. As a kid, I just could not get past the special effects. I know that sounds weird - you're supposed to not care about that stuff as a kid. But poor effects bothered me as a kid, anything that seemed fake was right out for me. Nowadays as an adult, I don't care at all about the effects, so I guess I got that bit of progression backwards.

I have gone back and watched a few episodes here and there of the classic series. As a result, I have to say my favorite Doctor is the Third Doctor, Jon Pertwee. He's just cool.

As far as companions, I do like Martha. Usually when I say this, people think I am nuts. I also am a big fan of Donna Noble. As for the rest of the new companions, eh, I like them all well enough I guess, but I'm not a big fan of Rose or Amy or Clara to be honest. Guess I've had enough of the plucky young girl falling for the Doctor thing. Martha at least seemed more mature, studying to be a doctor herself, not to mention walking away from it. That's an adult's choice right there. I also liked Rory, certainly better than Amy. And River Song drives me nuts. Annoying.

I'm really looking forward to having an older and potentially more serious Doctor again. I think it's time for it.

I never watched it as a kid growing up. As far as I recall, we never got it over here in Canada, or at least in Nfld, until the 80s, when I was already in my late teens or early 20s, and it never really drew my attention, even though I had seen the feature film with Peter Cushing at the theatre as a very small child and remembered liking it a lot.

But I've watched the revival since the beginning with Christopher Eccleston and consider myself a fan now. One of these days I want to go back and watch whatever is available of all the earlier seasons.

Martha was far and away my favourite of the companions in the new series until Clara came along, but I have to admit that the latter has taken over the number 1 spot for me. I blame the writers for having her fall for the Doctor - a big mistake, IMO. And I must point out that they did the same thing with Martha near the end of here time on the show. Not a fan of Rose at all. Donna was a good change of pace, though a bit loud at times, but the romantic angle still it ended up feeling obtrusive to me because they they kept harping on its absence so much.

Eccleston is probably still my favourite of the Doctors I have seen. I found the transition to Tennant jarring at first: it took me almost the whole of his first season to accept him but I very much like his version now. I didn't have nearly as much trouble adjusting to Matt Smith, perhaps because I don't think his Doctor is as different from Tennant's as both are from Eccleston's. I'm very pleased with the casting of Peter Capaldi, as I'm a big fan of his work in The Thick of It. We don't know for sure how he's going to play the Docotr yet, but it looks like he might bring a maturity and a darkness and intensity to the role that could make for an effective contrast to the light-hearted charm and eccentricity of Smith and Tennant. Also, wWatching the preview, his lean, fine-boned features reminded me a little of Peter Cushing, though they don't look alike at all in other respects.

I was first exposed to Doctor Who in 1975 at the age of five and have been a fan ever since. My first Doctor was Jon Pertwee, who is probably still my favourite, although Peter Davidson is a very close second. My favourite companion was Leela. I'm really looking forward to the new Doctor, as the little I've seen indicates he may be harkening back to classic Who (and the third Doctor in particular, if the costume is anything to go by).

Ten was good it mostly focused on the companions' family and set up the mystery. Eleven is the much stronger book though.