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Get some of the 2005 stuff to set the scene and go from the there. Watch for the season spanning sub-plots like Bad Wolf. Watch for detail because there's some deep and subtle clues being thrown around. Also check the web-sites accessed in the show. Some of them are real. This one from the 2005 season was updated in line with the episodes.

If you're not going to watch everything, try some of Stephen Moffet's work since he's running the show now. The Empty Child, Blink and the library one were all pretty out there and really good. Get some friends to watch 'The Empty Child' then phone them. Mummy...

Informative?!

see this conspiracy theorists site for more info:
http://www.whoisdoctorwho.co.uk/

But wasn't Von Stratten who invented the Internet?
Here's an interview with the man himself plus an internet post about his claim to inventing the internet.

P.S. in case you didn't get this, this is a reference to the tv show DR WHO.. Von Stratten is a fictional character. The first two sites above are by the BBC...

I agree. I think it's wonderful, in the main. Have you seen the website that goes with the series? [SPOILER WARNING] Do not follow the link unless you have seen all the episodes so far!!! Who is Doctor Who website [SPOILER WARNING] This website was alluded to in the first episode, but you really should not go to the website if you've not seen the episodes. Interestingly, it looks like there is a .com (as opposed to .co.uk) version of the URL which doesn't have any content yet. Hopefully the producers are keeping this one for when the series is shown in America. It really is a clever idea and one which shows how much thought has been put into this series.

[i]Which clues would these be? Some kid wrote his nickname in graffiti on the side of the Tardis... later the doctor caught him and made him paint it blue again. This is a clue to something? Somehow I doubt it.[/i]

Episode 1 (hearsay) - The Nestine Conciousness mouths the words "bad wolf" when speaking with the Doctor.

Episode 2 - The Moxx of Balhoon mentions a "Big bad wolf scenario" to the Face of Boe.

Episode 3 - Quinneth mentions the "Big bad wolf" and pulls away from Rose, terrified.

Episode 4 - "Bad Wolf" spray painted on the TARDIS.

Episode 5 - Indirect reference. Who Is Doctor Who?, the tie-in website, mentions "big bad wolf" when referencing the closing minutes of the episode.

There is also an upcoming episode titled "Bad Wolf."

Where is the ambiguity?

The writers have already implictly and explicitly stated that there is a dark mystery regarding Rose and the Doctor, and their relationship.

What? You are crazy... he is the best Doctor since Tom Baker.

He's the first Doctor to brutally kill a villian. His behavior is sometimes darker than Colin Baker's darkest moments. We still don't know all the events surrounding the Time War, and we have no regeneration sequence to show that this Doctor came from McGann's incarnation. It has even been explicitly stated that there will be no such sequence.

Plus, from a practical standpoint, he's eating up incarnations like candy. Going on to the 10th out of 13 after just one series seems a bit quick, but allowing the current Doctor to be a phoney gives the writers an extra incarnation to play with.

Except that the episode was written and filmed last year, back when the series was shot. This is not a case of "Oh, the ratings are slipping a bit. Let's put in a Dalek episode." This is a case of the fans saying, "It's not proper _Who_ unless we have classic _Who_ villians, like the Daleks, the Autons, the Cybermen..."

The BBC is heavily banking on the new Doctor Who, and it's no wonder, considering that the first episode was the highest rated show in its timeslot, and third highest rated in the week. They've already gone and commissioned a second series, a Christmas special, a line of toys, novels, and heaven knows what else. They advertise the show non-stop, set up tie-in websites here and here, and even show a documentary series which ties in to the most recent episode of the show.

Point is, they've spent a whole heck of a lot of money on the show, and they plan on spending a lot more. If this is a vote of no-confidence, I wish more sci-fi series would get such treatment.

If you have any information about "The Doctor", if you or anyone you know has seen him, please submit a report to this site, which is trying to put together some sort of coherent answer to the question in the parent post.

Do not approach him if you see him however, as he has a long history of association with death and destruction. Don't bother reporting him to the authorities, as there is evidence of a long-running cover-up, but be very careful as he is clearly an extremely dangerous man.