Doctor-Who-ish flistians, I need your help!

[ysobel]

So my mother has expressed interest in seeing DW (New Who) but doesn't have time to see all the episodes. At some point probably several years ago she did see most but not all of Nine (I am fairly sure she saw are you my mummy Empty Child / Doctor Dances, not sure what point after that she stopped, but her memory is fairly hazy).

So I need help: What are the most important episodes to watch, for whatever reason? What can be skipped? What is the best way to catch up someone with limited viewing time?

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[rainbow]

Each Doctor kind of has his own vibes; I'd probably start her on the 11th Doctor and let her work her way through them at her own pace. Then if she wants more, she can go back to 10,t hen 9.

There are so many storylines that get referred back to within in Doctor's story that (for me, ymmv) jumping around from episode to episode would leave out back story. Like if you skip the beginning of 11, a lot of things with Amy make less sense (to me).