Geek 101: Doctor Who

So you've just started dating someone, and the person notices some weird eccentricities about you.

Maybe he or she is wondering why you are obsessed with the color blue, when it's 100 degrees outside why you don't take that 12 foot long scarf off, or why you cry ever time some one says, "I Don't Want to Go"?

That's right your significant other is learning a hard lesson: you are a whovian.

Maybe you've enjoyed it all your life, maybe you just got into it recently.

Either way it's something you truly enjoy and hopefully your partner is interested in learning why.

Here are some tips to introducing the elusive Time Lord to your partner.

Fortunately a new season is starting in August so now is the time to begin learning about Doctor Who.

If you are interested in doing a Who-A-Thon it's not to difficult as most of the streaming platforms have most if not all of the new doctor.

However, at more than 100 episodes, that can seam awfully daunting, so maybe starting out with something simpler.

I would suggest maybe starting out with the first episode staring Matt Smith, "The Eleventh Hour" because it really is a fresh start with a new doctor, new companions and even a new executive producer.

But, what about the classic series.

Well there you are looking at nearly 800 episodes spanning 26 years which is an even more daunting task.

This took some thought, but I eventually narrowed it down to one doctor, Tom Baker, and one set of self-contained episodes: "The Key to Time".

This series ran over one season with six stories included in 26, thirty minute episodes.

The series is easy and fun to watch, plus Mary Tamm is adorable as Romana.

Of course the beauty of Doctor Who is every episode takes place in a different time and place, so one can truly begin watching at any point.