I watched Doctor Who for a few years in the 1980s. The three Doctors I think I watched the most were the Fourth, Third, and Fifth in that order. As noted upthread, PBS stations would play episodes that were many years old. After a while it became like eating my vegetables though, because my dad tried to hard to get us to watch it. I did see the TV movie in the 90s and underwhelmed. I never watched more than a few seconds of the revived series, because I got the impression it was like New Coke.

Well, a few weeks ago, while flipped to BBC America to DVR Orphan Black, I started watching an episode with the current Doctor. Because they rerun it a lot I've now seen most of the Peter Capaldi episodes (which I realize isn't that many). I'm really getting into it now. I've also seen the last Matt Smith episode, which give me good understanding of the impact of this most recent Regeneration. I've watched the first couple Christopher Eccleston episodes on Netflix (which has all the Eccleston, Tennant, and Smith episodes).

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He gets better as he goes, as I'm hoping Capaldi does. Not that I think Capaldi was a bad actor but I didn't care for most of the material he was given.

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To me it just felt like more of the same with several of the episodes feeling like retreads of old stories. I did really like the episodes that featured Missy and Mr. Pink and the finale which had them both was fantastic but so much of the stuff was only okay.

Finished watching Season 15 over the last couple months. It's another really solid season and I'm surprised there were so many consecutively good episodes.

"Horror of Fang Rock" was a cracking good start to the season. I really like the creepy lighthouse setting, the characters were good and the alien threat was menacing. Interestingly Leela's eyes change color for the rest of the series after witnessing the explosion of the Rutan mother ship at the end of the serial. My only complaint (which actually isn't a criticism of the episode) is that I wish the Ruton Host were used more throughout the series. They are an interesting villain and it's a shame that this is their only TV appearance. I really like the design even though the effects here aren't the greatest they work well enough. I would also love to see more of their ongoing war with the Sontarans.

"The Invisible Enemy" contains some pretty solid special effects model work for the outerspace scenes. This episode also sees the return of the normal TARDIS console and introduces K-9 as a companion. The story really starts to get fun when clones of The Doctor and Leela and shrunken down and injected into The Doctor who has been infected with an alien virus that threatens to take over his mind. The Nucleus monster costume is absolutely ridiculous and hilariously looks like a giant shrimp. Aside from that this was a decent serial with some good laughs.

"Image of the Fendahl" starts with an interesting mystery about a skull that scientist say can't exist because it's millions of years older than man's earliest ancestors. When the skull starts to glow it drains the life from people. A fantastic serial they really nail the eerie mood throughout. The doctor offering the skull a jelly baby had me cracking up with laughter. The actress who plays the old lady gives an excellent performance. The Fendahl giant space slugs were kind of goofy looking but still pretty cool. Love the explosion at the end.

"The Sun Makers" I couldn't help but laugh at K-9 and the Doctor playing chess. The serial is a solid dystopia story where the company has created artificial suns that allow humans to colonize Pluto. The ruling elite oppress the people with excessive work hours and high taxes even using gas to control people's emotions and keep them docile. There's some interesting commentary on classism as the Doctor helps a group of revolutionaries to overthrow the company.

"Underworld" is an allegory for the Jason and the Argonauts myth about the Quest for the Golden Fleece. There are lots of green screens used in this because of budget restraints like the cave scenes and the zero gravity descent. The actual interior sets looked good though. I really like the design of the Shield guns and the Minyan's campy space suits were fun. The Citadel sacrifice scene was pretty creepy. I liked the reveal of the Seers' faces and the weird three-eyed design. The escape from the exploding planet inside the spiral nebula made for an exciting climax.

"The Invasion of Time" Tom Baker gives an excellent performance in this. The Doctor returns to Gallifrey, becomes President (which is a call back to last season in "The Deadly Assassin") and allows a race of telepathic aliens to invade in order to destroy them. The Vardans special effects look cheap and are pretty silly. Still the story is quite interesting and there is some mythology building regarding Gallifrey and Rassilon like introducing the De-mat Gun which can only be powered by the Great Key of Rassilon. I was happy to see the Sontarans show up. The climax is an exciting chase through the TARDIS interior and it was nice to get a look at the different rooms and corridors. This serial also marks the departure of Leela as a regular companion as she stays behind on Gallifrey.