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That's understandable. Perhaps I can be of service. 😊
The main character is an alien known only as the Doctor. He comes from a race of beings from the planet Gallifrey, some of whom refer to themselves as time lords. They have ships which can travel anywhere in time and space on any planet but the time lords have a strict noninterference policy, a bit like Star Trek's prime directive but much stricter. The Doctor left Gallifrey because he wanted to get involved in the affairs of other planets to help fight injustices, which is a no-no to the time lords. He stole one of their ships and that is his home as well as how he travels. The ship is called a Tardis, which stands for Time and Relative Dimension in Space. While it can fly, it typically travels by dematerializing from one place and then rematerializing at its destination.
It is significantly bigger on the inside than on the outside. The outside of the ship is supposed to blend in withh its surroundings so, as an example, if the ship materialized in an office it might resemble a filing cabinet. However, the chameleon circut, which causes the ship's outer shell to change shape, got stuck after the first episode and always resembles a British police call box.
Each story is another adventure with the Doctor. He often travels with one or two friends, usually referred to as companions, that he picks up during his travels.
And now you understand Doctor Who. Happy to help.
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Many of the early episodes in video form were lost but all of them exist in audio format, so from the perspective of someone who can't see, they're all available. 😊 Honestly, I think most fans of the series didn't actually start out from the beginning anyway, since those episodes were lost for quite some time and never aired on TV for quite some time. It's something that you could actually start from anywhere and eventually figure things out.
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When I first got into the show in 1985, none of the stories with the first two actors who played the Doctor were available and some third Doctor stories were even lost. That's what was available to PBS during that time, which aired the series in the U.S. Fans learned about the early stories through nonfiction books which were written about the show, as well as novelizations of those early episodes. At the time, none of those books were available in the U.S. so I had to learn from a sighted friend of mine. Eventually, videos of some early stories, including the pilot, were found and my local PBS station began airing them in September of 1985. I later found a source for bootlegged audios of the early stories before most were officially released. Now, most of the books are available in accessible format but thee '80s and '90s were frustrating times to be a blind DW fan. #DoctorWho.
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