The classic Doctor Who series was from 1963 to 1989.  Are you into that time frame or an earlier time?
I love both eras. My favourite Doctor is from the modern show which started in 2005 and it's those stories that really inspire me. But the original show just had something to it, the First Doctor especially.
I always wanted to be a Doctor companion.  I was always worried the TARDIS would shape shift and I would never find my way back.
That's what gets me about the new series. It seems they can't just write off a companion anymore, they all either have to die or be trapped in some alternate dimension. Like, why can't they just...leave? I could never do it if the Doctor was real
The series has changed a lot.  Old companions were around and then left.  In the new series they seem to like a real end.  The special effects are also much better now.
Yeah but that's part of the charm, you kind of have to accept it's like a stage show. People say the modern series looks so great, but the overuse lens flare has been a real problem with the last two series. I really don't like where it's going right now. I have no problem with the Doctor being a woman, I think it's a fun twist, but the writing is just awful
It sounds like an idea who's time has come, Doctor Who can be a woman. Do the daleks still yell exterminate? Does the fate of the world still rest on a sonic screw driver?
I think they need to retire the daleks for a while. Until they learn how to write them properly. They say the Terry Nation estate makes them use them every year to retain the rights, but I dunno...it's never been explicitly confirmed. Also the sonic screwdriver is just a joke at this point, it's used as a magic wand. Like in the old show it was just used to open doors! It was a shortcut used after episodes got shorter, not an all-purpose problem solver
It is odd how a TV show intended to be inspirational for kids was also quite dark.  Save the world, cheat death.  The technology shown was more a plot point than a real thing.  Sometimes Caption Kirk calls to Scotty in engineering and gets one of two answers... Yes or No depending on the length of time the episode needs to run.
I love the darker episodes. Children can handle that kind of thing. If you can scare a child properly when they're young, that's the kind of thing that sticks with them. That's why I write horror mainly, people appreciate a good scare.
So how do you feel about Alderaan and the millions of lives being used as a minor plot point?  Maybe kids do not need the destruction of a planet to get good and evil.  Maybe morality and empathy can be imparted in a little more gentile way. 
I've never seen Star Wars. I think death can be treated a bit nonchalantly in fiction, which is something you have to be very careful about. Somewhere along the way, writers got the idea that it doesn't hurt to die, which just isn't true. I think it can go a bit far in the other direction with Mary Whitehouse and her pearl-clutching stance with largely harmless things. To bring it full circle, that's actually a large reason Doctor Who got taken off the air in the first place in 1989.