Don’t know what to watch first? I got you!

If you are a new Doctor Who fan due to the new Disney+ series or just finding the time to finally get into it, but don’t know where to start, here is your unofficial guide for nuWho! 

Where to start

If you struggle with older CGI and editing, you don’t have to watch all the episodes in season 1 or 2. I originally made this for my sister, but I figured it would be really good for people who are just starting out. 

Season 5, 6 and half of 7

(This may seem extreme, (don’t come after me) but if you are truly trying to get into Doctor Who, this would be the best place to start) 

- watch all of season five and six then stop immediately after “the angels take manhattan”

This is because it is a full story arc. You can get almost all the information you need about the cadence and vibe of the show in these episodes. Plus they are simply amazing.

Season 1

- now a lot of people struggle with these first two seasons, because it is simply just harder to watch older editing styles nowadays, plus if you’re like me, then Rose is the most annoying person on the planet. (Certified rose hater from day 1) 

If for any reason you don’t want to watch the entire season and just need a Naruto watch through for it. Out of season 1, the best episodes to watch for lore reasons would be:

Rose - first episode, introduces Rose and the best character in the series, Jackie Tyler.

End of the world - second episode and sets a foundation for Satellite 5 (this will be needed in the future, make sure to moisturize)

World War Three - Harriet Jones! Reoccurring character introduced!

Dalek - more info into what the doctor just did prior to this season and great performances all around

The Empty Child/ The Doctor Dances - double episode, introduces another reoccurring character!

Bad wolf/ Parting of Ways - congrats you made it through season 1, now you can watch the Christmas special!!

Season 2

As much as I am a Rose certified hater ™️watch every single episode in the season or you will regret it. (girl in the fireplace and love & monsters I love you forever)

Season 3

Now they did my girl Martha dirty in this season. She is by far one of the best companions, just completely overlooked. By this time you’ve probably fallen in love with David Tennant as the doctor so you would have no trouble watching through season three.

(for my Spider-Man nerds out there Andrew Garfield is an episode five)

Season 4

DONNA MF NOBLE! if you watched the Christmas special for season two and LOVED it. You will be beyond happy with season four.  While a lot of the plot of season four doesn’t happen until about episode eight it has some of the highest rated episodes of Doctor Who. You can skip through some, although I don’t recommend, but these are the ones you should absolutely watch.

Partners in crime -introduces the season

The fires of Pompeii - Karen Gillian AND Peter Capaldi <3, plus WHY Donna is the best companion

Sontaran stratagem/ The Poison Sky - double episode! And Martha’s back!

The Doctors Daughter - do a lore dive on this after and come back here lol Sigmund Freud would love that episode.

Unicorn and the Wasp - Agatha Christie Unsolved Mysteries just a great episode, very very well rated

Silence in the Library/ Forest of the dead - MUST WATCH. Period end of sentence.

Midnight - this is the precursor to “The Well” in the newest season

Turn Left/ Stolen Earth/ Journey’s End - 3 parter technically, again a must watch if you want to understand the recent specials on Disney +

THE WATERS OF MARS - ABSOLUTELY THE BEST EPISODE OF DOCTOR WHO EVER MADE IMO

Christmas Special: End of Time pt1/pt2, the end of Ten and a whole load of lore coming your way. Ten was loved by everybody and that’s why they gave him like four different specials.



Look at that! Now you are caught up to season 5! Which you have already watched! Now you can start the Christmas special for season 7! Which is oddly placed in the middle of the season.

Optionally if you want to go back and rewatch 5/6 and then 7 that is also something you could do just understand it will hit you just as hard as it did the first time, If not harder.

Season 7

Now that you are caught up on the lore of the doctor up until this point, you can go ahead and watch the rest of season seven up until episode 14!

50th Anniversary Episode

All of the work that you just did was for this episode! So you can actually understand what’s going on! This is one of the biggest lore episodes of New who! Good luck!

The Time of the Doctor

Goodbye Matt Smith, Hello Peter Capaldi!

Season 8/9/10

No, this is the time where you sit your butt down and watch every single episode of these seasons. Doctor Who’s graphics are 10x better, a sarcastic Scottish man is yelling at everyone and SONIC SUNGLASSES!! Real shit, these seasons are insane.

Season 8 is primarily one off adventures, but the last two episodes dark water/death in heaven are two parts. 

Season 9 on the other hand is primarily two part episodes, this season also has one of the highest rated Doctor Who episodes of all time “Heaven Sent and Hell Bent” 

Season 10 here we have our professor, I truly wish we had more time with Bill these episodes are truly amazing. I wouldn’t skip them for the world.

Season 11, 12 and 13 

I am not going to sit here and force you to watch these seasons at all. If you want some base information, you can go ahead and watch, but I can’t promise you’ll have a good time. The story writing in these last two seasons really messed with the entire concept of the show, I love Jodie Whitaker as an actor but I don’t think that she was given the best story. This is a common thought towards these last three seasons, they didn’t have a good lead writer and it really showed. 

Spoilers ahead for the flux sweetie.



It follows the flux, which is a large mass destroying the universe, set up by republican timelords and yada yada. Basically that old senator race that 10 was talking about, had a secret “division” that shaped the doctors universe into things for its own good from OUTSIDE the universe. And then because the doctor goes around and saves people, they thought that the doctor was an infection to the universe, and therefore released the flux in order to kill the doctor and the universe. 

In the end, the doctor defeats it and then there’s another special and then they regenerate into 14!!