@Dan I like Tom Baker largely because he was the Doctor when I first started watching it; but I certainly don't discount the new stuff. That said, though, watching the older episodes is a good idea both for the background story, but because some of the stories are just awesome (Plus you get a lot of Capaldi's weird callbacks - like there was one scene where he full on channeled Tom Baker, and I said to my wife 'all he needs now is to turn to some random guy and offer a Jelly Baby - and sure enough, less than a minute after I said that...)
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@Dan I like Tom Baker largely because he was the Doctor when I first started watching it; but I certainly don't discount the new stuff. That said, though, watching the older episodes is a good idea both for the background story, but because some of the stories are just awesome (Plus you get a lot of Capaldi's weird callbacks - like there was one scene where he full on channeled Tom Baker, and I said to my wife 'all he needs now is to turn to some random guy and offer a Jelly Baby - and sure enough, less than a minute after I said that...)