Let's see...I was first exposed to Doctor Who on here, seeing gifs, avatars, icons, etc. in people's signatures and profiles. X3 I never understood what it was and I didn't think I'd ever watch it. Then I made friends/made stronger bonds with previous acquaintances who loved the show my senior year of high school (2011-2012), I listened to all they said, but I still didn't know what they were talking about, but I did start having an interest in watching the show. It wasn't until this year during my first semester of college that I actually watched it. I started riding the public bus and 2 guys from my high school rode it and went to the same school as me and I felt more secure having "bus buddies" and I felt left out when they talked about Doctor Who, so I decided to request the 5th season of the new series from the public library because it was the only one that had the least amount of requests on it. ^^;
And that's what got me hooked. So the 11th Doctor is one of my favorites because he's the one that got me interested/got me hooked on Doctor Who and made me want to watch all the previous ones.
So far, I've only gone as far back as the...3rd season of the new series and as far forward as the 7th season part 2 the Silver Menace episode I think it is. I haven't seen the episodes where the Ponds leave, though I know it happens and I haven't seen the season finale of the 7th season. ^^;