When you tell people to watch Doctor Who, the first question they’ll ask is where to start. You can’t tell them to start from the show’s very beginning in 1963 because those episodes barely resemble the Doctor Who of today — and because of the BBC’s infamously bad archiving practices, some episodes aren’t available at all. You could tell them to start with the 2005 reboot, but that still saddles them with 15 seasons of TV to catch up on, which is a tough sell considering the next season premieres in just a few weeks. You could even tell them to start with the Disney+ seasons, but that misses out on so much of the series’ best moments.
The best answer for the ultimate Doctor Who entry point is a reboot that wasn’t really a reboot: the first episode of a new season, a new Doctor, and a new showrunner that somehow created the best Doctor Who crash course.
