My kids LOVE Dr. Who. I am an old Trekkie, but Dr. Who never appealed to me. What am I missing?
Regarding HOA’s - you buy the house, you agree to the covenants. I disagree with some of them in my neighborhood but I contracted to abide by them so they stand - all are reasonable tradeoffs for a good, quiet neighborhood.
The latest incarnation of Dr. Who is pretty good IMO. They sometimes try to get too cute by far in thier plot twists, but it's still worth watching. There have been some really astoundingly good individual episodes. (Blink is an awesome stand-alone episode that anyone can watch without having to know a lot of backstory).
I actually have the entire show from 1964 on my computer. It is definitely a different show now than it used to be. In the early days it was much cheesier. These days they have enough money to spend on the episodes that you get real FX as opposed to cheesy guys in rubber suits. Causality was taken a bit more serious in the old days. I still think Baker is among the best Doctors. Just the right amount of cheek.