Never saw any Dr Who ever - if wanted to try this out, is it best to just start with first season of this new series? Or start with original series? Or something else?
I'd say start with the beginning of the new series (Eccleston as Dr. Who) If you don't want to go back that far, you could probably just start at the beginning of the Matt Smith era.
I'll disagree. Matt Smith is my least favorite of the new series and I actually hated the new intro when he came on board. It made the series more about Pond than the Dr.I waiver on who I like better as The Dr. My gut always says Ecclesten and if I got one more season with him, I'm positive it would've been him. Tennent was great but I felt he over acted some of his rage and anger. But I got really used to him and how he portrayed the character. Smith is doing alright but I find myself liking Rory the most, then The Dr., and with Amy I waiver between liking her and thinking she's a moron. Side note, Rose and Donna have been my favorite companions. Both for very different reasons.
I agree with every single thing you wrote here. The show really took on a new tone (more kid oriented, IMO) with a new Dr, new writers/showrunner, etc after season 4. It's great that they keep changing it to keep it from getting stale, but the Matt Smith seasons haven't been as good for much of the reasons you stated, IMO.I also have grown to loathe River Song, really liked her introduction in "The Library" 2-part episode (those were great episodes) but she got annoying very quickly. Haven't seen any of the new season yet, there is a new companion coming this year, isn't there?