I know there are some users here more familiar with the long history of Doctor Who, so I'm asking for help:

My wife and I both grew up watching Tom Baker on PBS and now we really enjoy the new series. As an admitted nerd, I feel ashamed to admit that I don't know a lot about the gallopin' Gallifreyan's storied history but I'm keen to learn. So, I'm asking for a reference that puts the T.V. series in some kind of order (I'd say chronological but it's about a Time Lord, so time doesn't matter, heh?).

We'd like to buy the DVDs but what order do we watch them in? I could order them by incarnations of the good Doctor but that only takes it so far. I've looked at Wikipedia but I almost fell asleep because the history there was awfully dry.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

BTW, I miss Rose...

Direct link to Galiifrey One's episode guide - Click me

Quoting Madmage:

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Have you seen the current spin offs? "Torchwood" and "Sarah Jane Smith"
There are Older spin offs too..

Reply privately if you have any direct questions.

I'd heard about them but haven't seen them. The U.S. takes a long time to catch on, if at all.

The wife and I found three used but perfect Doctor Who DVDs this past weekend, each with an episode number. We both wondered what moron would sell a Doctor Who DVD but I'm not complaining.

Thanks for the suggestions!

Quoting Cigarash:

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Ash's useless trivia portion of brain won't help you much, but it does contain the doctors by name in order:-

William Hartnell
Patrick Troughton
Jon Pertwee
Tom Baker
Peter Davidson
Colin Baker
Sylvester McCoy
Paul McGann
Christopher Eccleston
David Tennant

With a quick appearance as the good doctor by Peter Cushing in "Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D."

So there you have it.  My brain is officially full of crap. 

Now name the comic relief doctors in order

Not a surprise you might know these bits of trivia ... reading your name backwards

Quoting Sidrat:

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Also it's the type of TARDIS the War Chief; a renegade Timelord played brilliantly by Edward Brayshaw; builds for his boss, The War Lord in the classic Dr. Who story The War Games.

You mean some people don't know this?     

Quoting Caroline:

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I didn't - I have not been a Dr Who fan - We never saw any of it on TV that I know of. Sad, I know.

I grew up hiding behind the settee (when I was a child I hasten to add..) watching Dr who.

Have you seen the 'Blink' episode yet? I assume probably not - but try and watch this - apparently lots of children in Britain had to start hiding again..

Doh!!!!

I sit corrected.  Help yourself to ten bonus points and a gold star.