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

[faith-less-one.livejournal.com]

I picked New Series first and prefer Classic - although that's not strictly true. I did see a few old reruns before I saw the New Series - but I was young (around 6/7) and didn't really understand it.

Rewatching the Classic episodes now (aged 18) I find them much more compelling.

[calapine.livejournal.com]

Eh, I think that one that made you fannish counts as the first, maybe?

[faith-less-one.livejournal.com]

That's what I guessed.