Favorite Doctor in Doctor Who

[Matt-a-Tastic]

I decided to include all of them even though I doubt some of them will be chosen

[James]

Hard. I love so many.

Sylvester McCoy, still sneered at by "fans" who co-incide the shows official end with his Doctor. The fact that Doctor Who died because the production was trying to do "light entertainment" in a period of soaps and drama doesn't seem to highlight into their thinking. Doctor Who was silly tea time viewing which had been for several years scheduled badly and while the script tried to mature, the producer kept the same childish production values and silly Light Entertainment celebs.

Anyway, McCoy did his job and followed the character change as the stories tried to change tone. I loved his manipulative Doctor, it was showing the start of something interesting and mature which the production didn't dare to adhere to. The result was a mishmash show which was cancelled. McCoy and Aldred (his companion) did a wonderful job.

Peter Davison - Doctor of my youth. Falliable, eager, honest. Not as controlling as Baker, you were never sure he would win. Great stuff.

Tom Baker - Extrovert, solid acting, unpredictable and dominating. Great actor, great performer. Could take over somewhat and the show did for a bit fall into farce, but even then, an excellent performer.

Patrick Troughton - Had a natural charisma that was intoxicating. Gentle, a little erratic. Great actor sadly departed.

Hmm who do I go for?

Tom or Sylvester. Tom was great all round and had the better stories. He is also the obvious choice and I really loved - from a character perspective what was happening with McCoy's Doctor. I'm going with McCoy. I think the stories were a little more out there and cerebral. Not as talented an actor as Baker, nor as funny, but he was exploring a dynamic sadly left unfinished. Because of this, he is somehow left more interesting than he possibly was!

The Doctor for McCoy also rocked in the Virgin New Adventures book series which continued to evolve the character into certainly THE best Doctor.

The more I think about it - the 7th!

[Lord Dalek]

Got to go with ol' Teeth and Curls.

Honnerable mention: John Culshaw as "Tom Baker as Doctor Who" from Dead Ringers.

[Fone Bone]

Tom Baker although Sylvester McCoy is a close second. I'm not really familar with the Doctors before Baker (except for the Five Doctors arc). Still Doctor Who was a great show. Let's hope the new one is in continuity and features a surprise cameo from Paul McGann.

[Lord Dalek]

Tom Baker although Sylvester McCoy is a close second. I'm not really familar with the Doctors before Baker (except for the Five Doctors arc). Still Doctor Who was a great show. Let's hope the new one is in continuity and features a surprise cameo from Paul McGann.If you wan't any example of pre-Baker Who Fone Bone, I'd suggest you watch the four stories season 7 (Jon Pertwee's first)

Those being:

Spearhead From Space (available on dvd)
Doctor Who and The Silurians
The Ambasadors of Death
Inferno (My alltime favorite BTW)

That's perhalps the single best season the show ever had.

[Fone Bone]

If you wan't any example of pre-Baker Who Fone Bone, I'd suggest you watch the four stories season 7 (Jon Pertwee's first)

Those being:

Spearhead From Space (available on dvd)
Doctor Who and The Silurians
The Ambasadors of Death
Inferno (My alltime favorite BTW)

That's perhalps the single best season the show ever had.My local PBS doesn't carry Doctor Who anymore but I think a New Hamshire affiliate might. I'll check it out and hope I get lucky.

I can't wait for the new series!

[Lord Dalek]

My local PBS doesn't carry Doctor Who anymore but I think a New Hamshire affiliate might. I'll check it out and hope I get lucky.

I can't wait for the new series!Have you checked the "This Week in Doctor Who" list over at Outpost Gallifrey?

[Fone Bone]

Have you checked the "This Week in Doctor Who" list over at Outpost Gallifrey?I don't know where that is.

[Lord Dalek]

I don't know where that is.http://www.gallifreyone.net/thisweek.php

[Chris Wood]

Well, I grew up with Tom Baker, and I have to say he was a very entertaining presence, skilled with drama and comedy. I've only seen a few brief snippets of other doctors, but they seemed a bit stiff and bland by comparison.

[Mackaybear]

Well I have to say that my favorite Doctor is Tom Baker. But I also agree with SJJ and Fone in that I think Sylvester McCoy was reallly good. He gave his portrayal of the Doctor a many layer approach and was the victim of really varying scripts and changes of feel/direction. There is no telling how great he would've been with a few more years and better scripts. Ace was one of the truly great companions. Up there with Sarah Jane and K9 in my opinion.


Still though Tom Baker was witty, sarcastic and made you believe the sometimes non sequiter science that some of the episodes revolved around.


He made a public appeal to the producers of the new show to play the Master. That would be really great in my opinion. But who knows yet if they took him up on it. People would freak seeing an older Baker playing the ultimate evil Timelord.

[Matt-a-Tastic]

BTW Tom Baker is my secound favorite doctor.

The worst one was Peter Davison, he just didnt suit the doctor at all.

Also why to fans hate Slyvester McCoy?

[Lord Dalek]

The worst one was Peter Davison, he just didnt suit the doctor at all.I take it you've never seen Caves of Andronzani?

Also why to fans hate Slyvester McCoy?
Four words: Time. And. The. Rani.

[Matt-a-Tastic]

Time and the Rani? dont think Ive seen that episode, is it the one were ace was first introduced

[Lord Dalek]

Time and the Rani? dont think Ive seen that episode, is it the one were ace was first introducedNo that would be Dragonfire.

[Mister Intensity]

Much love for Jon Pertwee. I love his James Bondish Doctor.

Mister Intensity

[Matt-a-Tastic]

No that would be Dragonfire.
Oh yeah, I forgot, it's a long time since I saw that episode. In the UK Dr. Who shows on UK Gold weekdays mornings, i keep on meaning to record it but forgeting so I havent seen DRWHO in a heck of a long time, I think I'll go and set the video for tommorw mornings episode now

[Matt-a-Tastic]

Amazing!!!

I went to set the video for tommorows episode and which episode was it: Time of the Rani !!!! So tommorow I'll be able to see what all the fuss is about;)

[Supernovametalstar]

Peter Davidson was my favorite. I liked his on camera presence and style of dress (although Tom Baker's Doctor was another favorite of mine also). Davidson was the first doctor I watched and became interested in the stories. Before it was just the bad special effects. I recall once when Davidson's Doctor and his companions were all trapped and he tried to use his trusty sonic screwdriver to open the cage, a guard came and destroyed it. His comment was "I feel like a just lost a friend."

Good times :)

[James]

Four words: Time. And. The. Rani.
Yes, a truely horrendous story which was less McCoy's fault and more a confused production staff who didn't have a clue where to take the show OR a new Doctor. McCoy was given little input and the script is as haphazard and stupid as Pip and Jane Baker would occasionally vomit.

Poor McCoy gets so much blame for that first season of his but in the end, the blame comes down to a casturated production team (the show having been slapped down so many times by 1987 for breaching the "Light Entertainment" genre and being actually scary as it was trying to be) lead by a producer who didn't know about producing anything other than Saturday tea time pap. Unfortunately, Doctor Who was now moved to a Monday and Wednesday slot and wasn't even scheduled to be the show the producer made it to be. Totally stupid. Yes Pertwee's first season was good, but like all WHO, suffered from Panto (pantomime - hammy) moments - something leveled to McCoy often.

Some fans never realised that all Who was panto occasionally and try to write the history books different. If you are going for early Who. I would suggest Spearhead In Space from Pertwee, Tomb Of The Cybermen from Troughton, and The Dalek Invasion Of Earth and The Atzecs from Hartnell. All the above are available on region 2 DVD I believe.

[Frozen]

Well, this may be almost OT, but my favourite actor who was nearly the Doctor was the fabulous Jeremy Brett, famous for Granada TV's equally fabulous Sherlock Holmes.

Sadly, it never came to be (two reasons - I believe he declined the part, and then died :sad: )

Jeremy Brett would have been absolutely perfect, in my view, much so than Sylvester McCoy, who I, personally, couldn't stand. So taken was I with the idea that I began a series of "fan art" comics entitled "The 13th Doctor", which set out to chronicle the final adventures of the Doctor in his last incarnation, featuring a Doctor who looked a whole lot like Jeremy Brett. Sadly the project didn't get as far as I'd have liked, but I'm always toying with the idea of resurrecting the project in a new, ahem, incarnation...

[Matt-a-Tastic]

MCgoy's first season was pretty crap, I think he made up for it with the secound season though.

Just out of interest, am I the only one who hates Mel ?

[James]

MCgoy's first season was pretty crap, I think he made up for it with the secound season though.

Just out of interest, am I the only one who hates Mel ?
If you had said "am I the only one who likes Mel?" then I would have to confirmed that to be a positive.

No one likes Mel.

Actually, I met one who did on one forum but there is a Joker in every deck..

Mel is the worst companion. No stable origin (unless you search outside the show and into the extended book universe), an unrealistically chirpy character (regardless of situation unless there is a cause for an ear piecing scream) and acting which would look hammy in the West Ends very best pantomime.

My favourites have always been male companions. They always had far more depth. The great Harry Sullivan, Ian Chesterton, Turlough all had far more depth.

[Frozen]

Hey, SJJ, K-9 was pretty cool too!