Today it was announced with great sadness that Mary Tamm, who played the 4th Doctor Who's (Tom Baker) Time Lady companion, Romana, has died of cancer at the age of just 62.

www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-07-26/doctor-whos-romana-mary-tamm-dies

Ooooh... por Tenth!!

David Tennant is so cute...

Dinosaurs on a spaceship?
Ok, I think I just found my excuse for starting to watch Dr. Who!!!

Molly, you're going to LOVE the Doctor, I'm sure. You can start from Eccleston's episodes. I want to read your opinion

Kitty, I guess A Christmas Carol should be included in series 6 DVDs, but I'm not sure. About the last Christmas special... unless it has been released separately, I think you would have to wait for series 7 DVDs. But I might be wrong

The Doctor wrote:

"you're going to LOVE the Doctor, I'm sure."

*sits back and basks in new-found glory, feeling very smug and accomplished*

*happy to read that*

I've only watched the first 3 series, but I finally gave in and watched the trailer. It looks amazing . Just the picture looks so much better than it does in the first few series.

For those of you who have seen all of the series--could I skip the fourth series without missing too much?

Arya wrote:

I've only watched the first 3 series, but I finally gave in and watched the trailer. It looks amazing . Just the picture looks so much better than it does in the first few series.

For those of you who have seen all of the series--could I skip the fourth series without missing too much?

Yes, you can.  The 4th series with Donna Noble wasn't all that great,  in my  opinion.  The only exception to that  are the two episodes  titled  "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the dead"  you HAVE  to watch those ones.  It's where the doctor meets River,  for the LAST time.   It's a timey wimey...wibbly wobbly....thing.  And that sonic screwdriver is FANTABULOUS!!!  Then the last two episodes--THE STOLEN EARTH  and  JOURNEY'S END you have to watch too.  Captain Jack makes a reappearance.   

HOWEVER--the 4th series as it's listed did not end with the regeneration of ten into eleven.  THAT  happened in a christmas special which aired well after the 13 episodes of season 4  were over.  The episode you want to watch, then,  is called  THE END OF TIME  parts 1 and 2.   That aired Christmas of 2009.   It['s only  after that,  that you can start to enjoy season 5,  which starts with the eleventh doctor, as played by Matt Smith.   Hope this helps.

Oh, yes, as Kitty says. You can skip series 4 except Silence in the library, Forest of the dead and the two parts of The end of time (John Simm!!! )

And I would say, you should also watch Midnight, I loved that episode, though it's not that important for the story.

For those of you who don't venture to other threads (eg the Mark Gatiss tweets one)

Mark Gatiss to script drama about the creation of Doctor Who

The 50th anniversary of Doctor Who will be marked by BBC2 next year with a drama chronicling the beginnings of the show, scripted by Sherlock co-writer Mark Gatiss.

An Adventure in Time and Space – the original subtitle to the show which began on 23 November 1963 starring William Hartnell – will be executive produced by Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat, who works with Gatiss on Sherlock, and BBC Wales' Caroline Skinner.