ChainsawAsh said:
I urge you to finish Series 1. If you don't want to watch all of it, then please watch these episodes before you give up:
- Dalek (somewhat cheesy, but much less cheesy than almost any other Dalek episode)
- Father's Day
- The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances (my all-time favorite DW episode[s], VERY low on cheese)
I did finish series one, and have begun to appreciate the show a bit more. Funny, I actually liked Eccleston's Doctor a lot more than Tennant's, but I think the quality of the episodes in series two are a considerable jump in quality from series one and enjoy it much more now. I think Eccleston deserved some better episodes, kind of sad he wasn't in series two, but then again I don't think he could have pulled off Girl in the Fire Place (my favorite so far) quite the way Tennant did.
I actually didn't care much for Dalek, found it a bit on the dry side. Father's Day was a great concept, but really annoying in execution. The whole gargoyle thing was lame, and it is also stupid that he bounces around all over the time line saving lives without much consideration, but suddenly saving Rose's father has the potential to tear space and time apart at the seams. The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances was pretty good. At first I thought it seemed kind of silly, gas masks growing out of people and all, and had a hard time taking it seriously (after farting aliens, can you blame me?). But in the conclusion they actually gave it a really logically explanation.
I am about halfway through series two at the moment.