The Classic Series vs The New Series

[carmen_lj]

There's a curious discussion going on at teh OG just now (worry not, kids, this is nought to do with shipping or beloved companions) that's a general back and forth snarkorama over whether Classic or New Who is better. The answer, course, is that both are rather smashing and 'betterness' is so ridiculously subjective (and, indeed, Lambert is as different from Letts as Adams is from RTD, that viewing the whole Classic series as single entity is silly anyway) that it's an almost meaningless discussion.

Anyway point is that someone said that no-one who's got into Who through the New Series and then gone onto Classic will prefer the Classic one. So I was curious (and I'm pretty sure at least one person on teh flist has pretty explicitly stated that they do) and will thus discover truth by means of that Ultimate Skientific Test, the LJ poll.

[Poll #1041361]

I have reluctantly provided a cop-out choice. I will Totally Judge You for picking it.

Comments

[purple-smurf.livejournal.com]

I chose the "new series but prefer the old" but, dammit, I came to them both at the same time! Never watched Who as a kid, but watched semi-regularly when the ABC started repeating all the episodes they could (there was problems with the Daleks, apparently) at 6pm weekdays. Started watching far more regularly (with more intent, given that the other people in the house didn't want to watch the show and it was on over dinner) when I started to hear about the new series from my flist. So technically I think I came to it through the new series, but I prefer the old.

Sometimes these things aren't that clear-cut, dammit!

[calapine.livejournal.com]

I am v sorry I did not consider people in your SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES when constructing teh poll. However you should take some pride in that you did not cop-out and become a NEUTRAL like so many of my much beloved flist.

[purple-smurf.livejournal.com]

I am told that I'm very good at having unique circumstances *g* And I know! How many people are being all neutral and boring! They won't make it onto f_w with that attitude.

[calapine.livejournal.com]

Ugh. I'd like our fandom to avoid being wanky for, ooh, at least a week. That's be nice. I did like the whole ninja thing though, that was neat.