[quote=Magic Magnum]
I've only seen the show so I can't give any advice as to if you should read the books first or not.It would probably depend on how much of a TV or book person you are.I was aware it worked like that, though in that case it was a friend who put it on. So it's possible they loaded a later part without me knowing.But it wasn't a 'skip ahead' confusion bit that bothered me, it was that outside of the doctor everyone just seemed either so monotone or just "Oh Golly! Look at the ancient stuff!".
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Eh, Ian and Barbara are kind of like that, but at least they have a bit of an excuse - they were basically the first companions [i]ever[/i]. Now we're used to the Doctor taking a bunch of humans to see all of time and space with him. Back then... less so. :lol Especially since The Aztecs was one of their earlier episodes.

But yeah, those two aren't exactly the reason why I love that era of the show so much. :hehe I do like Susan, though. It's not often we get to see the Doctor's family (River and her parents notwithstanding).