[mairdie]

I agree about the start of Dr Who. I really became engaged with the second doctor.

Dr Who - Greatest American Hero (Mixed Doctors) - Joey Scarbury
https://youtu.be/09txw8J2hrw

Dr Who - Heroes and Friends (Mixed Doctors) - Randy Travis
https://youtu.be/75eU4ScBAl8

Dr Who - These Boots (Mixed Doctors) - Eric Church
https://youtu.be/TUX-HlE8fmY

Dr Who - My Old Friend - Tim McGraw
https://youtu.be/HahsKz7qV9Y

Dr Who - Let’s Make Some Memories - Jane Olivor
https://youtu.be/DLukTMmGTS0

[nopardons]

The "fun" in the original series was the "hidden" things...i.e. which myth, fairy tale,Biblical story, book was the episode leaning into, if not using the whole plot line of. And also the historical facts sprinkled into some of the episodes and the guest stars.

Like Looney Tunes, the show was for ALL age groups and done in such a way that everyone watching could enjoy it on their own level.

The remake did NONE of that, it also started off being slightly WOKE and grew worse as it went on. And the whole thing about allowing the DOCTOR to keep regenerating beyond the stated number of times, even bringing back a VERY shoddy sort of reincarnation of THE MASTER was stupid, incorrect ( THE MASTER ACTUALLY DIED [ original series] after attempting to regenerate for a 13th time! ), and made NO sense at all.